Horsemen's Laboratory
Horsemen's Laboratory
Worm Control News
October, 2010
In This Issue
Worm of the Month: Dewormers - Oxibendazole
Rotation Deworming - It's Not Working
Worm of the Month
We're continuing our series of 'Worm of the Month' articles about deworming medications.
 
This month:
Dewormers - Oxibendazole


Classes, or families, of equine dewormers have an effect on different types of parasites. Oxibendazole is a member of the benzimidazole family, which includes dewormers typically used to treat various worm species including nematodes (roundworms - 'nema' being a Greek word meaning 'thread') and trematodes (flukes - 'trema' meaning 'hole').

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Boot Brushes

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Greetings!

 
Welcome to our October issue of Worm Control News, from Horsemen's Laboratory.

This month, we're celebrating an anniversary! It's been a year since our first issue of Worm Control News; we hope you've found the information and resources useful in your own equine worm control program.

For October, we're also back to our Dewormer Series in the Worm of the Month section.

As always, if there's anything we can do to help in your equine worm control program, please call or email us at [email protected]. We hope you enjoy reading this issue!


Sincerely,
John W. Byrd, DVM
Horsemen's Laboratory

John Byrd, DVM, of Horsemen's Laboratory

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Misconceptions exist about how to use fecal egg count (FEC) testing. At Horsemen's Laboratory, helping horse owners understand the most effective way to use FECs is part of our mission; as such, we're constantly on the lookout for new information and research we can share with our customers.

Rotation Deworming - It's Not Working

 
Common wisdom has long said that by rotating among the various classes of dewormers throughout the year, we're likely to eliminate most, if not all, of a horse's parasite load.

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A 1990s study on oxibendazole resistance showed
that rotating among several dewormer medications
not only didn't reduce resistance, it decreased
overall dewormer effectiveness.

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However, while a number of information sources still espouse a simple monthly rotation strategy and many horsemen and women still carry out that type of program, parasitologists now have evidence as to why the long-followed rotation tactic just doesn't work, and could be hastening resistance.

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