| Equine Health Information Deworming
Schedule:
Severely malnourished or infested horses require special care and should
see a veterinarian to receive a custom deworming program
designed to kill the parasites off slowly. If a horse
has a large number of worms, killing them all off at
once can lead to colic or death.
We believe fecal exams are the most important part of your deworming
program. Parasites continue to develop resistance to our
deworming medications. Horses on regular worming
schedules can sometimes be heavily infested due to
parasites being resistant to the medication used. These
infections can be identified through fecal exams and
treated with specially designed deworming programs.
Click
here for Deworming Recommendations
Vaccination Schedule:
Click here for Foal Schedule
Click here for Adult Horse Schedule
Important Summer Health News:
Summer! The grass is green, the
mosquitoes are biting and its hard to remember the
bitter cold of winter as you are sweating in the saddle.
This year seems to be starting out as an
especially good hay year. Warm temperatures and lots of
rain are filling the fields up. However, if you are
horses are on pasture, remember that grass is VERY high
in sugars. If your horse is overweight, has had
laminitis in the past, or is a breed prone to laminitis
(ponies of all types, Morgans) his or her grass intake
needs to be monitored and possibly limited. A grazing
muzzle is sometimes a good option for these horses.
These are now available at numerous local farm stores
due to the frequency with which our clinic and others
recommend them.
Hot weather and rain also brings out the
insects, especially mosquitoes. Remember to vaccinate
your horse for ALL the insect borne diseases—West Nile
virus, Eastern and Western Encephalitis virus, and
Potomac Horse Fever. West Nile, Eastern and Western
Encephalitis are all carried by mosquitoes. Potomac
Horse fever can be spread by May flies and Caddis flies
( see our disease section for
more info) Potomac Horse Fever is very common in our
practice area, and can kill your horse or leave them
crippled with laminitis. It is NOT included in the
normal “5-way” shot , so you need to make sure your
horse receives vaccinations for this disease.
With more horses traveling to shows,
there has been a sudden surge of upper respiratory
disease in horses in the practice area. This disease
seems to include high fever , loss of appetite,
depression, cough and nasal discharge. Most horses are
recovering well but a few unvaccinated horses have
become seriously ill. Remember to use caution at shows
and try to avoid sharing buckets, bits, leads or
anything else that goes near a horse’s nose or mouth.
Also, we have had what is believed to be
an incident of hoary alyssum poisoning in our practice.
See our disease section for
more information on hoary alyssum and how to identify
it.
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Denise Bickel DVM
Whole Horse Veterinary Services
Phone # 517-474-4050
Fax # 517-764-7710
3906 Seymour Rd
Jackson, MI 49201
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