{"id":4610,"date":"2014-07-23T12:27:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T02:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=4610"},"modified":"2024-09-17T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T06:37:09","slug":"use-chemical-wormers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalhorseworld.com\/stage\/use-chemical-wormers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Use Chemical Wormers &#8211; Encysted Strongyles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Cooper<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5460\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img title=\"Why I Use Chemical Wormers &#8211; Encysted Strongyles - Natural Horse World\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5460 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalhorseworld.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7632-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"worming at liberty\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalhorseworld.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7632-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/naturalhorseworld.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7632-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturalhorseworld.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7632-500x504.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturalhorseworld.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7632-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/naturalhorseworld.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7632-510x514.jpg 510w, https:\/\/naturalhorseworld.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7632.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaching your horse to accept the worming tube is easy with positive reinforcement (clicker training) and regular practice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I would love to be able to worm my horses more naturally, and years ago I tried it that way, but their health was suffering due to the following issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Property too small for the number of horses (15 on less than 40 acres).<\/li>\n<li>Not enough help\/time\u00a0to pick up poo regularly and land too steep for manure vacuum cleaners!<\/li>\n<li>Not enough paddocks to rotate around to let them rest for long enough.<\/li>\n<li>Neighbours who don&#8217;t worm their horses for bots and so my horses get infected too.<\/li>\n<li>A wet climate which allows worms to spread easily (they travel in water and along grass that is covered in water droplets).<\/li>\n<li>Breeding young horses who are more susceptible to worm infestation, so they need treatment more regularly until around 3 yrs.<\/li>\n<li>Natural wormers don&#8217;t really work as my fecal egg counts showed.<\/li>\n<li>Previous problems with colic symptoms in various horses which I couldn&#8217;t attribute to anything else, and which resolved upon worming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve come to realise that perhaps the only way you can get around using fewer chemical wormers are to have the opposite of all the situations I listed above, and\/or use a long-acting wormer like Equest which suggests 14-16 weeks between treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Also, some horses are more likely to have a better immunity to worms so if you only had a couple of horses who lived together on a largish acreage then you might get away with worming naturally, picking up all manure and keeping a check on their egg counts.<br \/>\nHowever, faecal egg counts won&#8217;t tell you if they have tapeworms or encysted strongyles that can stay in the gut wall for years, just waiting for the right conditions to hatch.<\/p>\n<p>Encysted strongyles are one of the leading causes of worm related deaths (most present with colic symptoms or severe and prolonged diarrhea, and sadly, many people aren&#8217;t aware of this.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent poll on worming, from a total of 280 votes \u2013 it looks like less than half the voters knew what to treat encysted strongyles with (Moxidectin or Fenbendazole).<br \/>\nResults of the Poll by The Horse.com<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following de-wormers do you use to treat encysted small strongyles?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Ivermectin: 35.57% (164)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Moxidectin (e.g., Quest): 25.60% (118)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Pyrantel Pamoate (e.g., Strongid): 19.09% (88)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Fenbendazole (e.g., Panacur): 15.84% (73)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Other: 3.90% (18)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ivermectin will not touch encysted strongyles<\/strong> and there seems to be more brands of wormer these days that contain Ivermectin (+ other chemicals) than there are alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>To better understand worming read <a href=\"https:\/\/horsesandpeople.com.au\/the-ultimate-guide-to-worming-your-horse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ultimate Guide to Horse Worming here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Cooper I would love to be able to worm my horses more naturally, and years ago I tried it that way, but their health was suffering due to the following issues: Property too small for the number of horses (15 on less than 40 acres). 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