 Preventative Care
One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! Get on top of potential problems before they become big issues. We offer preventative medicine packages for your horse.
These include:
Preventative Medicine Package
Thorough physical examination
Ophthalmologic Exam
Oral Exam
Neurological Exam
Basic Bloodwork (Complete blood count and chemistry)
Fecal Egg count
Diet evaluation
Geriatric Package
Preventative Medicine Package plus Cushings testing and/or other bloodwork
Older horse special needs and management consultation
Vaccinations
We follow the vaccine recommendations from the American Association of Equine Practitioners.
For more details check out these links:
www.aaep.org/images/files/Adultvaccinationtablerevised108.pdf
www.aaep.org/images/files/foalvaccinationfinal108.pdf
Parasite Management
 Many recent studies have shown that resistance to currently available antithelmintics (dewormers) has progressed over the years. In order to help determine if resistance to any of these medications exists on your farm and to try and reduce the risk of building resistance we are now recommending a targeted worming program. As part of this program all we are recommending that all horses be dewormed twice a year in the spring and fall with ivermectin and praziquantal. Before the first worming in the spring a fecal egg count should be done to help classify your horse as a low, moderate, or high shedder. Each horse will then have a customized treatment plan created
based on their classification. To aid in keeping track of your horse's individual needs we will be providing each barn/client with a treatment plan sheet for the season based on the results of the spring fecal egg count. The general treatment plan according to your horse'sclassification is as follows;
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Low Shedders
(<200 eggs/gm)
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Moderate Shedders
(200-400 eggs/gm)
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High Shedders
(>400 eggs/gm)
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| Spring |
* Fecal egg count
(8-12 weeks after last dewormer)
*Moxitectin (Quest) or Ivermectin
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* Fecal egg count
(8-12 weeks after last dewormer)
*Moxitectin (Quest) or Ivermectin
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* Fecal egg count
(8-12 weeks after last dewormer)
*Moxitectin (Quest) or Ivermectin
* Repeat fecal egg count 2 weeks after deworming to determine efficacy of dewormer and to see if resistance is present. Treat with appropriate dewormer through summer according to results.
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| Summer |
*Nothing |
*Fecal egg count 12 weeks after spring deworming.
*Dewormer will be recommended off fecal results.
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*Deworm and fecal egg count throughout summer as recommended. |
| Fall |
* Fecal egg count
* Ivermectin with praziquantel after 1st frost.
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* Fecal egg count
* Ivermectin with praziquantel after 1st frost.
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* Fecal egg count
* Ivermectin with praziquantel after 1st frost.
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New horses moving in to a barn should have a fecal egg count performed on arrival and treated according to the results. Please contact our office for special recommendations for foals, broodmares, and rescue horses with unknown deworming histories.
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