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Worm Control News October, 2010
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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').
Continue reading Worm of the Month: Dewormers - Oxibendazole
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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
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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. _____________________
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.
Continue reading Rotation Deworming - It's Not Working
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Thanks!
We hope you've enjoyed reading this issue of Worm Control News.
Here at Horsemen's Laboratory, we support horse owners who want to have healthier, happier horses, and manage their barns, pastures, and paddocks appropriately. If you have comments or suggestions, please pass them along. Our email address is [email protected], or call our toll-free lab phone at 800-544-0599.
Worm Control News is written and produced by KempEquine.comCopyright 2010 Horsemen's
Laboratory. Please contact us at [email protected] for reprint permission.
Linking to Worm Control News is acceptable, and we would appreciate notification of links so we can
acknowledge them in future issues.
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