Horse Seminar, Tuesday 24th July 2012

2. “Rabbit”
8month old colt recently
purchased from a stud
down south.
Last wormed 6 weeks ago
Vaccinations up to date
Very healthy, large foal

3.  Startedtransport journey on Monday
 Arrived at lay-over destination on Friday
 Owners took home on Friday evening
 Not quite right on Saturday
• Eating, drinking, a bit picky on food
• Quiet, “resting” a lot
 Noteating Sunday morning, rolling at lunch.
Seen by a vet on Sunday 2pm. Improved
overnight with pain relief.

4.  Severe colic pain
 Un-responsive to high
dose pain relief and
fluids

5.  Surgical
exploration
 Ileo-ceco-colic
intussusception
found
 Lots of Tapeworm
identified

7.  Pinworms Oxyuris equi
 Tapeworms Anoplocephala spp.
 Ascarids Parascaris
 Small and Large Strongyles

12.  No external
skin/ skeleton
 Temperature
 Desiccation

13.  Sub-clinical  Overt Clinical
• Reduced feed efficiency • Diarrhoea
• Poor growth • Colic
• Poor performance • Coughing
• Pot belly • Sudden death
• Weight loss

14.  Paddock fatigue
• Stocking Rates
• Faeces
 Moisture on the ground
• Rain
• Water Courses
• Run off from septic tanks

15.  Anthelmintic resistance
• Macrocyclic Lactones:
 Avermectins and Milbemycins
 Equimec, Equimax, Elevation
• Benzimidazoles :
 Any thing ending in “Ole”
 Strongyle killer
 AMMO, Oximinth, Panacur, Equinox Orange

16.  Rotational vs Strategic Worming
 Change product every season
 Change product every 6 months
 Change product every year
 Product efficacy???
 Strategic Worming
Collect a poo sample
Worm if greater than Less than 200epg re-
200epg sample in 6 weeks

17.  Pickup your poo
 Low stock rates
 De-worming:
• Rotational worming vs Strategic Worming
• FEC