Equine

Help educate horse owners about worming with top TV programme

vetreportFebruary 23, 2016

Horse & Country TV’s informative Vet Essentials episode on worm control in horses is being aired again this spring. Encouraging your clients to watch it is a great way to help them learn about worming.

The programme, brought to you in association with Zoetis, follows presenter Jenny Rudall on her mission to explore every aspect of worming horses, including how to tackle encysted small redworm. Jenny talks to vet Ben Gaskell from Minster Vets for the low down on worm control, before heading off to the Moredun Research Institute in Scotland to meet parasitology experts Jacqui Matthews and Thomas Tzelos to find out more about the role of faecal worm egg counts, the damage that can be caused by worm burdens and the growing problem of resistance.

Zoetis vet Wendy Talbot says: “The programme should be a big help to vets when it comes to explaining worming to horse owners. They can tell their clients about it and encourage them to watch. It will help educate them about all aspects of worming and specifically about the threat of encysted small redworm at this time of year. This, in turn, should help protect horses against this potentially fatal parasite.”

The programme will be screened from 19^th February until 26^th March 2016 on Horse & Country TV (Sky Channel 253). Help spread the word to your clients by email, via your Facebook page and by word of mouth.

Every horse should receive an annual treatment to combat encysted small redworm, ideally during November/December and certainly before the spring arrives.^1,2 There are only two active ingredients licensed to treat for encysted small redworm: a single dose of moxidectin, which is only available in Equest or Equest Pramox or a five-day course of fenbendazole. Resistance to fenbendazole is now widespread in the UK so a resistance test is recommended before using it.^1,3 Moxidectin has high efficacy against adult small redworm as well as  luminal and mucosal larvae, including inhibited EL3.⁴

Speak to your Zoetis Account Manager to find out more. Further information is available from your medicines provider or Zoetis UK Ltd, Walton Oaks, Dorking Road, Walton-on- the-Hill, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7NS Customer Support: 0845 3008034 www.zoetis.co.uk.

EQUEST and EQUEST PRAMOX are registered trademarks of Zoetis UK Ltd. EQUEST contains moxidectin and EQUEST PRAMOX contains moxidectin and praziquantel. EQUITAPE contains praziquantel. Advice on the use of these or alternative treatments must be sought from the medicine prescriber POM-VPS. Further information from Zoetis UK Ltd, Walton Oaks, Dorking Road, Walton-on-the-Hill, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7NS

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References

1. Matthews (2008) Equine Veterinary Education., P552-560
2. Matthews (2105) Proc. London Vet Show. P157
3. Nielsen (2012) Veterinary Paristology. 185. 32-44
4. Bairden (2006) Vet record, 158, 766-768