What Horse Wormer to Use this Spring

Coming into Spring it’s time to think about what wormers are appropriate to give to your horse

We always recommended worming as part of an appropriate horse management program – this includes pasture and paddock management, faecal egg counts, type of grazing etc.

However this time of year we generally recommend worming all horses with a wormer that covers for encysted small strongyles and tapeworm

The only two wormers that we currently have in New Zealand that will do the job are

Ultramox

Equest Gel + Tape

Make sure that you do give the appropriate dose based on your horses weight – if you don’t have access to horse scales or had your horse recently weighed, this is quite a good tool to help you estimate the correct weight

https://au.virbac.com/health-care/horse-worms/horse-weight-calculator

If you have a horse that has any underlying disease conditions we do recommend having a chat to your vet’s before administering any worm treatment.

Check out our other Spring Horse Healthcare tips HERE