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Veterinarians: Dewormer Resistance Must Be Addressed To Avert Equine Welfare Disaster Sponsored by: Though veterinarians and equine caretakers around the world have stressed the importance of forgoing the once-standard practice of rotational deworming, a recent study shows that dewormer resistance is still looming. Currently, small redworms and large roundworms are resistant to all available dewormers; no new dewormers are currently in creation. Members of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) anthelmintic working group wrote to the Veterinary Record to express their conc...

Horsetalk.co.nz The commonest types of worms that infect equids are the small strongyles (also known as cyathostomins). A group of British equine veterinarians says an anthelmintic resistance disaster is looming unless horse owners radically change their ways. In a letter to the journal Veterinary Record, David Rendle and colleagues from the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) anthelmintic working group reported the findings of a small-scale survey into the use of fecal worm egg counts (FWECs) and anthelmintic sales. The seriousness of the problem is highlighted by the fact that res...

The death toll from the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) outbreak in Europe has climbed to 11 following a fatality at a veterinary hospital clinic in Valencia, Spain. Official and confirmed figures supplied by the FEI indicate there have been five deaths in an equine hospital in Valencia, two at the competition venue in Valencia, two in Barcelona, and two in Germany. There are now nine countries with confirmed cases: Spain, Germany, Belgium, France, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Britain and Qatar. The movement of horses away from events in Spain has resulted in the spread of virus to other premises ...

Horse & Hound Trending: Zoetis, Worming. More evidence has emerged to indicate that reducing worming frequency does not typically have a negative effect on horses’ health, and may help prevent an “equine welfare crisis”. Leading equine parasitologist Martin Nielsen’s research supports the move away from the traditional approach, of frequent worming without diagnostic testing. Dr Nielsen’s study involved 99 mares and 93 foals at stud farms in New Zealand. Researchers evaluated the worm egg counts, weight and health of groups of horses under different parasite control programm...

"De-worming every six to eight weeks and rotating between products is still very common around the world but this sort of carpet bombing is completely unnecessary."