Deworming at C2R

We place a high importance on deworming. From the time a foal is born, to the time it dies, it is bombarded with parasites, which travel through the blood stream and digestive track, causing all kinds of damage, including breathing problems, colic, and death.  As early as 4 weeks old, you can begin to deworm your horse, with the help of your veterinarian and a very inexpensive fecal exam, you can prevent the damage and your horse will be healthier throughout its lifetime.

We choose to feed a daily feed-through wormer all year around and use a paste-wormer in the spring and in the fall.

The advantages of this type of program are as follows:

• The paste-wormer kills adult stages of worms, and the feed through kills the worms in the larvae stage, before they have time to do damage.

• There is no build up of resistance by the worms to this type of worming.

• The worms are destroyed at the larvae stage, so the manure is safe to spread on your property.

• It is such a minute amount of wormer on a daily basis that it is safe for all types and ages of horses and the environment.

Take a look at this diagram and see which areas are affected by which type of worms.

Here are the brands we use:

Equi Aid Continuous Wormer (2.11% Pyrantel Tartrate)

EquiMAX Paste Wormer

Both products can be purchased at www.jeffersequine.com