Your autumn worm count needs to be done this month... ‘Stop and think before using wormers’Worming advice has changed. Good worm control practice starts with using faecal worm counts and tests, only administering a wormer if necessary. Resistance to wormersHorse worms are evolving to become resistant to some worming drugs, especially those that have been around for a long time. This means we can no longer rely on keeping horses worm-free purely by giving them wormers. It’s much better to test...

All Horses need a worm count done 6-8 weeks in the summer months... Worming advice has changed. Good worm control practice starts with using faecal worm counts and tests, only administering a wormer if necessary. Resistance to wormersHorse worms are evolving to become resistant to some worming drugs, especially those that have been around for a long time. This means we can no longer rely on keeping horses worm-free purely by giving them wormers. It’s much better to test first and target the...

Have you done your horse's worm count this month? ‘Should I use a wormer?’Worming advice has changed. Good worm control practice starts with using faecal worm counts and tests, only administering a wormer if necessary. Resistance to wormersHorse worms are evolving to become resistant to some worming drugs, especially those that have been around for a long time. This means we can no longer rely on keeping horses worm-free purely by giving them wormers. It’s much better to test first and target...