Faecal Worm Egg Count Tests are vital to
ascertain which sort of treatment your horse needs and wil
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Posted by Wormers-direct on 20th Nov 2020
Autumn and winter worming
Posted by Wormers-direct on 16th Jan 2020
This
article has been very kindly supplied by Ben Gaskell, Pfizer’s veterinary advisorAutumn a
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What is a Suitably Qualified Person (SQP)?
Posted by Wormers-direct on 16th Jan 2020
An SQP is a
category of professionally qualified persons who are entitled to prescribe
and/or supp
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Worming donkeys
Posted by Wormers-direct on 16th Jan 2020
There is a limited
range of worming products available for worming donkeys on the UK market. Here
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Worming horses on organic farms
Posted by Wormers-direct on 16th Jan 2020
The soil association recommend that rotational and multi-species
grazing should be used to control
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Health & youngstock
Posted by Wormers-direct on 16th Jan 2020
Different chemicals work in different ways
within the body of the dosed horse so extra thought need
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Tapeworms in horses
Posted by Wormers-direct on 15th Jan 2020
Tapeworms belong to a group of parasites known
as cestodes (or flatworms). Three species of t
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The threat of large roundworms in horses
Posted by Wormers-direct on 15th Jan 2020
Large roundworm also known as ascarids are very long worms up
to 40cm when mature and produce large
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Neck Threadworm (Onchocerca species)
Posted by Wormers-direct on 15th Jan 2020
The
larvae (which are called microfilariae) live in the tissue under the skin and
are ingested by
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Encysted small redworm in horses
Posted by Wormers-direct on 15th Jan 2020
A survey (Equine Health Survey
(NEHS) May 2012) of horse owners showed that nearly half were not wo
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Equine pinworm - How it affects your horse
Posted by Wormers-direct on 15th Jan 2020
Pinworm (Oxyuris equi) burden is becoming an
increasing problem for UK horse owners. Pinworm
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Horse pasture management in the UK
Posted by Wormers-direct on 15th Jan 2020
With regard to horse pasture management and
worm parasite burden we are often asked about the effec
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