I am lucky as Caddy and Dimby share a field so I do not have to be on a programme with other people on a yard....... this is an impotant factor in a worming programme that all horses are wormesd at the same time and on the same programme or your worming programme will not work as effectivley. Poo picking is so impotant in caring for your horse as this helps towards preventing severe infestation and keeping the worm count low..... it doesn't stop it but it helps a lot!
Worming is very imortant because if your horse is not wormed (or has a worm count that is to have a poo smaple done and sent off to see what worms your horse has, then treated from this) then the outcome can be life threatening, it can cause colic and a lot of other problems and also can be life threatening if the infestation is very bad....... as the saying goes prevention is better than cure. here is a good link I found that will give more information on worming
http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Worming+advice?opendocument
This is the worming Programme I use
When you have completed year 3 you go back and start at year one. Because
Caddy and Dimby do not share a field with others and I poo pick twice a day I am
thinking of sending their poo off to be analyzed to see what wormer they need and
that way I won't be using wormers I don't need.
Year 1.
February 14th Panacur equine guard ( small red worm larvae)
March 31st Pyratape P(double dose for tape worm)
May 12th and 12th July Vectin (routine wormer)
September 17th Pyratape (double dose for tape worm)
November 1st Panacur equine guard December 15th Vectin (bot treatment)
Year 2
February 14th Panacur equine guard
March 31st Pyratape P double dose for tape worm
May 14th, June 25th, August 6th Pyratape P routine wormer
September 17th Pyratape P double dose for tape worm
November 1st Panacur equine guard
December 15th Vectin
Year 3
February 14th Panacur equine guard
March 31st Paratape P double dose for tapeworm
May 14th,June 25th, August 6th Panacur routine wormer
September 17th Pyratape P double dose for tapeworm
November 1st Panacur equine guard
December 15th Vetin