Pet Wormers

It is inevitable that once in the life of a horse, no matter how healthy it may look, will surely have parasites in its body particularly the intestinal parasites. This parasites feed them self by absorbing all the nutrients in the intestine of their host. These parasites are transmitted in different ways and also through different carriers.

Intestinal parasites are deadly especially when they are not immediately attended to. Since these parasites feed on the host’s nutrition, the health of the horse suffers greatly. A pet wormer must be given periodically needed through out the horse or pony’s life.

Helpful step to reduce infection and parasite’s infestation include:

• Regularly removing droppings from the horse’s stall, shed or field
• minimizing crowding in fields
• periodically leaving a field empty for several weeks
• breaking up droppings in fields by harrowing or disking
• placing animals other than horses on the field for a period of time

However, worms cannot be completely eliminated. Therefore, in this modern way to reduce this parasite is to give horse wormer.

Methods commonly use are purge wormers and continuous wormers. Purge Wormers kills parasites with a single strong dose, this are periodically given usually 8-12 weeks. Purge wormers are effective for rapid killing all parasites, but this are gone in the body of the horse in a few days, and then the horse may start to be re-infected.

A continuous wormers this also called daily wormers, this are given in the horse’s feed each day. This is given in small doses, and will kill worms as they infect the horse. Continuous wormers are mild low dose and maybe easier in the horse, but this kind of treatment may not be effective in quickly killing worms.

Pet wormers come in various forms, this includes pastes, gels, powders, and granules or pellets. veterinarian may recommend worming with a mild class of drugs, such as Panacur, or a low-dose daily wormer for the first month or so, and then follow with periodic purge wormer treatments.