Re: Re: deworming program (quest)

["Becky Huffman" <TOS@htcomp.net>]

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From: Kathy Mayeda <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>
> Becky - just out of curiosity, did you rotate with Panacur? The "kill-off"
> explanation worked for me until now.....

I have heard lots of stories of horses that have severe colic soon after
being wormed, and I would buy the "kill-off" reaction for that.  I do fecal
checks and only worm if I find eggs.  I alternate ivermectin, panacur and
fenbendazole. (-without checking my records).  I got concerned about the
encrysteds, so did half the horses with Quest....  but look again at the
dates., they are at least 120+++ days out (except for the stallion, and we
know that he had a tumor on his brain stem).  isn't it supposed to be out of
their system by than?  I wonder if more problems would be found if you
looked past the standard time frame.

Becky Huffman
Huffman's Arabians ~ The Original Series ~
http://www.htcomp.net/Huffman/

> 9/1/99 wormed 5 horses with Quest: of those five:
> 1. mature gelding: died Jan 9th (found dead - no apparent struggle, no >
obvious reason)
> 2. aged mare: died Jan 21 (coliced.  seemed to recover but her bladder >
prolapsed and broke off)
> 3. young broodmare: colic (no apparent reason) Jan 28 - thumps Jan 29. >
delivered weak filly 3 weeks overdue. (April)
> 4. mature gelding: died July 5th 2000. succumbed to injection infection.
> 5. 2yr filly: - fine as far as I know., but she left here in October
>
> 2/2/00 wormed 2 horses with Quest:
> 1. mature stallion: died March 30 explosive growth of tumors and >
dramatic > downhill since middle of Feb.
> 2. yearling filly  - fine as far as I know.  she is still here, and I >
haven't seen any sickness or weakness in her.
>
> 7 horses not wormed with quest: all completely healthy.
>