Sitemaps

How often does an adult horse have to be dewormed2007-11-24 21:16:08Answers:

Should be wormed every 6 to 8 weeks and wormers should be rotated and strongid double dosed, spring and fall.

---

every 3 mos.

---

At least 2-3 times a year. certain species of worms will become desensitized to the meds if you do it too often. make sure to rotate the meds because of this too. i use zimectrin/ivermectrin and then go back to something different on the next cycle.

---

I usually deworm mine every four months, which works out to be once a season. So that's what I would say, but you might what to ask your vet just to make sure.

---

Deworming your horse depends on how many horses it is stabled with. If you are at a boarding barn, most will have schedules, usually every 8 to 10 weeks with rotational wormers. There are so many to chose from. I still use the traditional, ivermect, panacur, strongid and safe guard. I have my two horses home and I only need to deworm them about every 3 to 4 months. I always have a fecal sample performed about once year. Sometimes these can give you a false positive, because horses are usually shedding worms..you just look for a low count. Talk to your vet about that. They will be able to advise better given your location and where you plan on stabling the horse.

---

Depending on how you stable your horse, what other horses you have with him/her(for example a new horse arriving), size of the pasture. It is always important to change wormers to make sure you kill all the worms and they aren't immune to it. I would say every 6-12 months but i have heard of people worming every 2 months because of the size of pasture.