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RE: [RC] natural horse wormers? - Burnett, EllyTitle: RE: [RC] natural horse wormers?No, there are no natural wormers. I know a lot of people have reservations about using chemicals on their horses, but wormer is one of those things you're going to have to bite the bullet on. It's true--effective wormers are one of the main reasons we have horses living well into their 30's these days. Our pathology professor at the university (who's older than dirt), said that every single horse they necropsied back in the day had strongylus vulgaris lesions in their cranial mesentaric arteries. These worms can cause, most importantly, thromboembolic colic, which is an extremely serious form of colic (dead worm pieces lodging in very important arterial supplies for large amounts of intestines=painful death). He said now that worming treatments have become so effective, they see horses in their 30's with the most pristine cranial mesentaric arteries ever.
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