If you’ve thought about using a horse worm egg count kit to help prevent unecessary worming, find out what Georgia Guerin thought when she tried it out
Top eventer Piggy March is among those backing a campaign that urges owners to act on wormer resistance – before it is too late. The Badminton and Burghley winner has given her support to CANTER – Controlling Antiparasitic resistance in Equines Responsibly – which is named to “communicate the urgency of its crusade”. H&H reported […]
In “Targeted Parasite Control to Take Best Care of your Horse and the Environment,” Registered Animal Medicines Advisor Claire Shand and equine internal medicine specialist David Rendle will look at the fascinating and potentially confusing issues around parasite control in horses.
OWNERS are reminded that a wormer treating only tapeworms is still available from vets and that broader-spectrum products are not necessary to treat this parasite. The only previous product available on the open market that contained only praziquantel was discontinued in 2018 in a “setback” in the fight against wormer resistance. The drug was then […]
A leading veterinarian says 20 years of research and education had failed to change horse owner behaviour, and if an equine welfare crisis was to be averted the supply of dewormers might have to be limited.