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As the herds get bigger that may not be true. Wild horses use the same 
watering holes and in some places there are not many. A good place for 
parasites grow and get passed on.  In most ranges there is not a lot of 
grass, a few patches here and there - a good place for parasites to grow 
and get passed on.

I've heard to many incidences of range raised horses having evidence of 
long term worm damage to believe that there are not issues on the range.

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'd figure 5 "rough years" on the range would be a good start. :-)  I
> read once a study from a University where they tested for worms in
> different situations. They tested one horse that was on 50 acres and had
> never been wormed in his life. He had practically none. Then they tested
> yearlings that had been wormed every 6 weeks but were kept in cramped
> conditions and they all had more. I'll be free range horses do a pretty
> good job of not grazing near manure and loading themselves up. Think how
> many of our domestic raised horses have been kept in cramped situations,
> minimal turnout, not wormed regularly, muddy lots, etc. The range
> upbringing sounds better and better. If their feet looked good I'd be
> happy.
>
> Angie
>   


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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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