What kind of de-wormer is recommended for my horse this time of year?

Question

I gave my horse Zimectrin gold last month but I'm not sure which to give this month.

I deworm every six weeks. (Too clarify)

Answer 1

You can rotate one of several wormers this time.
I would use either strongiod althemeticide or Pancur something like that. Then rotate to something like Quest and then one of the
others then back to the Zimectrin.
I rotate every eight weeks with one type then the other and then back to the ivermectin. I give ivermectin 2 times per year and quest two times per year and something else the other two times per year.
The vet thought this was a good program. Be sure to use the ivermectin after a hard freeze if you get them in your area. It helps with the bot eggs.

Answer 2

The only answer is to never use a wormer until you have a fecal sample taken to the vet to ensure your horse has worms. One of the biggest problems in the horse community right now is the over use of wormer. This is driven by the companies that make worming products. The worms are developing resistances to all wormers. My vet has 2 cases where they cant de-worm the horses because the worms don't react to any of the wormers. The horses are wasting away and there is nothing the vet can do. The y have them quarentined and will be burning the animals after they die. In your case, you will need to take a fecal sample from both the new horse and one horse in your herd. If both are negative then you are good to go. If the new horse has worms but the herd doesn't you just have to worm the new horse while keeping it seperate from the others. Then continue to take fecals to the vet until no worms. If the new horse does not have worms and the group does, I would try to keep the new one seperated. Then worm the herd until no worms are found. When you have multiple horses in the same pasture, you only need a fecal sample from one of the horses in the pasture. Next year or 6 months do a different horse. If one of your horses does have worms then most likely they all do. If one is clean then most likely they are all clean. You may never need a wormer Please stop worming on a schedule. Talk to your vet and ask about doing a fecal sample first. They are pretty cheap. Please help stop making worms stronger, Stop worming your horses on a set schedule. Get a fecal and make sure you need to worm first. Good luck.

Answer 3

I only deworm my horse every other month. In the winter months I would use Ivermectin. In April I would go with Strongid. THe purpose of rotating if to try and kill different kinds of parasites that you horse might recieve. Your best bet would be to ask you vet because depending on where you are located could always depend on what dewormer to use.

Answer 4

Just as a heads up, deworming your horse every month is not necessary, and gets expensive. I would recommend not doing it more than every three months, or at the most, every other month.
Oh and you need to rotate every time, like ivermection then pyrantal pamoate then fenbendazole etc. or similar

Answer 5

Sounds like you are doing good. Give a regular Zimectrin until the ground thaws and it becomes warmer and more springish, then give him another Gold as the warm weather activates more worms and you will want to cover them all.

Answer 6

http://www.allivet.com/Zimectrin_Horse_Wormer_p/10057.htm

Follow up with it thats the only brand we use