There is more and more natural wormer for horses on the horse health market available.
Keep in mind that those products are working though, but only in combination of a very careful and thorough deworming program.
This includes a regular worm egg count of faeces samples of every horse on the premises and an effective environment management. Additional blood sampling will give results about presence of worms in the intestines.
If a worming program will be used for the first time and new horses come onto the premises a frequent dosing during the first weeks/months will be required. How frequent depends on the product itself.
Although natural wormer is significantly cheaper than allopathic (chemical) products, you will find that an effective management and initial treatment is an investment. Once it is up and runs well, you might find it cheaper on the long term.
If one of the above mentioned factors is being neglected, worms will soon be present again.
Bear in mind that not all of those natural worming products are scientifically tested and might not be effective enough for some worm species. Their effectiveness is still not as well researched as the chemical products.
Natural wormer based on homeopathic or herbal ingredients usually cause none or only minor side effects. But they can cause occasionally side effects that can be quite severe, if an acute onset of allergic reaction occurs. So be careful and seek professional advice before you administer those drugs.
Natural products are not killing adult worms, larvae or worm eggs; they are just creating an environment in the equine digestive tract to make it uncomfortable and unattractive for worms.
You will understand that larvae and worm eggs are not influenced by the product. Only, if they also mature to an adult worm, they will probably prefer to" leave".
There are a lot of alternative worming products on the market and descriptions do promise a lot. Before buying a product try to contact sales departments, get more information by reading fact sheets and try to find people who use it and can share their experience.
Dr.med.vet. Ellen Schmidt
She is a veterinary surgeon living and working in Scotland, United Kingdom. Her passion are horses and horse driving for recreation. Visit her website and sign up for the free e-zine "The Cart Wheel" on http://www.discover-horse-carriage-driving.com This is an "Infoport" for hobby drivers and horse lovers who would like to get expert information about most aspects of equine driving, horse care and horse health issues. See also here to learn more about alternative deworming products for horses.
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