what type of worms can they be ? serious answers please?

Question

I wormed my horse and she is passing worms, which is a good thing that its getting rid of them. But they are skinny little red worms about a 1/4inch long, What kind of worm do you think this could be ???? Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

This sounds like "bots" which are a type of fly larva.

Answer 2

Probably Strongyles...would be a good idea to keep watch on your horse to see the amounts it is passing...if they are large clumps and your horse keeps passing them might be a good idea to talk to your vet and make sure your horse can't get an impaction from them, also keeping all the manure cleaned up that your horse is passing. There are some kinds of worms that can affect any other horses or live in soil/produce eggs, better safe with contamination. Good idea to worm again in 3-4 weeks. One thing you might think of is to do a power wormer with Safegaurd you can use this wormer daily without affecting your horse for 5 days...you give the normal dose every day for 5 days and safegaurd is one of your less expensive wormers...I have had to do this with weanlings that were wormy and I have done it on older horses and it works great...you can buy the whole power wormer pack or I used cattle safegaurd when you compare the labels it is exactly the same ingredients but half the price and it comes in a larger tube for the 5 day dose.

Answer 3

Country Girl,
I've researched this question for an hr.now & here's my thoughts:
You've gotten a lot of good answers so far.
Best advice that I can give you is to take a freshly collected stool sample
to a vet that specializes in farm animals.I doubt that it'll cost a dime for
them to look at the sample.
By simple observation,they can determine what type of worm it is,the
degree of infestation,& the best course of treatment.Perhaps you are
capable of treating the animal yourself,...or maybeso,...it calls for more
professional help.WHY take a chance?
It's my understanding,that some of these parasites can enter thru the
skin,so,keep the feces picked up as well as you can to avoid others
from contracting it.
For an animal to pass worms after worming is a good indication that
the treatment is WORKING!!
Those critters should be wanting to get "the HELL out of Dodge",...so-
to-speak.
Be that as it may,I'd still seek a professionals opinion.
Hope this advice helps.

Answer 4

Sounds to me like strongyles, but your vet can ID them an any others from a fecal sample. It would be good to get a deworming schedule from your vet too, as you want to alternate worming medications and do scheduled tube wormings also. Check this site for the ID'ing of Strongyles ... they can be blood red or white .. about 1/4 in. to 2 in. in length.

http://www.horsesring.com/articles/the-worst-worms.html

Answer 5

Small Strongyles ( red worms ) . She needed to be wormed again in about 4 weeks with a different brand of worner . Good Luck

Answer 6

Strongyles

Answer 7

it rather is roundworms. maximum doggies get this from in basic terms walking on the floor. If there replaced into in basic terms one then it rather is going to not be a too extreme case yet you nevertheless choose to get him taken care of rapidly. Roundworm is rather basic and you ought to purchase over the counter remedies at any puppy strore, objective, walmart, everywhere. i might advise you p.c.. some up asap and be arranged to take your domestic dog out on widely used potty journeys. i might additionally advise you place the feces in a plastic bag afterwards a some worms could stay to tell the story and ought to reproduce in the floor and your puppy ought to grow to be contaminated lower back. this won't completely ward off it inspite of the undeniable fact that it decreases the percentages of it occurring lower back. they are able to be handed to people yet i does not be too in contact except you coach indications. to cut back this likelyhood you may spray the bottoms of your footwear with bleach water upon entering the domicile and mop all flooring with bleach to kill any larvae worms searching for a bunch. in the case or roundworms a vet is ordinarily not needed yet while the over the counter remedies do not look to paintings a vet bypass to could be required.

Answer 8

Practical Advice on Worm Control

The Small Redworms (Cyathostomes) are probably one of the most important worm groups. They have the ability to hibernate in the large intestinal wall over the winter and then come out en masse in the spring, causing profuse diarrhoea. This may be fatal. Usually affecting young stock this group of worms is showing most advanced signs of restistance to wormers.

Worms can become resistant to the wormer being used. So how do we avoid this ?

Basically there are three classes of wormer.

Benzimidazoles eg. fenbendazole
Avermectins eg.ivermectin and Milbemycins eg. moxidectin
Tetrahydropyrimidines eg. pyrantel
In order to reduce the incidence of resistance, it is wise to rotate the routine wormer annually, eg. using a pyrantel based wormer year 1, an avermectin year 2 and then a benzimidazole year 3. However worming is unfortunately more complicated, in that not all wormers kill all worms.

Tapeworms, bots and encysted small redworm larvae pose particular problems.

Tapeworms are susceptible to pyrantel based wormers at double the normal dosage and to praziquantel wormers.

Bots are susceptible to ivermectin and moxidectin wormers.

Encysted small redworm larvae are susceptible to moxidectin and five day courses of fenbendazole.

Most wormers need to be repeated after a period of six to eight weeks. Moxidectin is effective for thirteen weeks.

During the year dosing intervals should be based on these periods and by seeking further advice from your veterinarian in the selection of wormers for tapeworms, bots and small redworms an effective worm control program can be commenced.

Other Control Factors
Horses that are well minded and on a good plane of nutrition are less susceptible to worms.

Do not overstock the pastures with horses.
Practice paddock rotation.
Remove horse manure regularly from the paddocks, at least once weekly.
Worm any new horses arriving on the yard and stable for 48 hours to prevent pasture contamination with its possible worm burden.
Summary
The control of worms in the horse is a very important subject. Hopefully this article will you the reader understand better the complexities involved in controlling these parasites.

Please contact your veterinarian for further advice on appropriate wormers and worming programs for your horse.

Threadworms (Strongyloides westeri) in foals may cause persistent diarrhoea.

Large Roundworms (Parascaris equorum) in young stock cause lack of thrift and in some cases due to their size may cause complete blockage of the small intestine. Coughing may also be evident as the larval intermediate stages of the life cycle migrate through the lungs.

The Large Redworms (Stongylus vulgaris) live in the large intestine and while the levels of this worm have been significantly reduced in recent years, they cause anaemia and illthrift by their blood sucking activity and as the larval stages go through a migratory stage involving the arterial blood supply to the gut, they have been frequently associated with cases of colic due to interruption to the gut blood supply.

The Tapeworms (Anoplocephala perfoliata) have been associated with colic involving the caecum. This can become a very serious life threathening colic.

Bots have been implicated in the development of stomach ulcers.

Lungworms (Dictyocaulus arnfieldi) typically affect the lung and cause coughing and in extreme cases pneumonia.

Answer 9

Sounds like strongyles to me.
http://www.extension.org/pages/Strongyles_in_horses

Answer 10

They could be strongyles.