Re: Let's Discuss Worming

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

Haha!  Sylvia - you are talking to the person who has done the 'mother of
all dumb things' (involving a horse in a trailer).  I'm still
recovering...and that accident happened the Monday after the July 4th
weekend.  

Interesting point
>regarding the worming.  since  most of us compete our horses on a pretty
tight
>schedule, what is the recommended worming schedule?  I have always tried to

When you did OT how far in advance did you worm?  I've read on the FDA
websites that it can take up to a full month till ivermectin leaves the
horses system.  I don't know if that would affect their performance at all,
though we are talking a toxic substance (toxic to the worms for certain --
but what about the horse?)  

I think what you are doing is probably exactly right - every two months.  I
remember asking one of my vets that question once, and he promptly loaded
me down with volumes of information (pages and pages) to read.  

At the one clinic I went to they said that the Strongid C daily wormer is
only about 2% of the dose of what a regular worming dose would be.  So
technically if you are worming within a couple of weeks of a ride, the
horse is going to have that much or more residual wormer still left in
their system - (I'm just guessing here, don't know that for a fact) so I've
always been paranoid about worming a horse and then doing a ride within a
month of that.  

Happy Trails,

Karen
in Gardnerville
& Weaver
& Rocky