Poll
Worrisome Worms
What is your most important parasite concern?
Total votes cast: 395
Comments & Write-in Answers
all parasites are worrysome
8/14/2010 10:42:44 PM
Rescue dog we were fostering shed a tapeworm, took precautions w/all animals we have!
8/14/2010 6:50:31 PM
all parasites are of concern, but the hard to kill ones worry me
8/14/2010 10:42:35 AM
All
8/14/2010 9:17:37 AM
Tail rubbing drives me crazy. I find tub paste takes a while to show any improvement.
8/13/2010 1:48:23 AM
Tapeworms and their connections to impaction colic/difficulty detecting in fecal tests
8/12/2010 6:11:26 PM
These seem to be the most detremental to the older horses
8/12/2010 5:28:37 PM
encysted strongyle larvae
8/12/2010 3:28:16 PM
both large and small strongyles no problem with all the rest
8/12/2010 2:46:06 PM
all of them are most important!
8/12/2010 2:33:24 PM
are even resistant to panacur power pack
8/12/2010 11:41:13 AM
Resistance!!
8/11/2010 8:53:19 PM
my real concern is growing resistance to available anthelmintics
8/11/2010 7:25:51 PM
I consider all parasites important when it comes to my horses
8/11/2010 5:02:55 PM
neck threadworms
8/11/2010 4:12:38 PM
Deworming the senior horse
8/11/2010 3:33:56 PM
Drug resistance for any internal parasite
8/11/2010 11:47:42 AM
combo of all, whatever would be present to harm my horses.
8/11/2010 11:42:54 AM
liver flukes from irrigation water
8/11/2010 10:29:02 AM
Have to say to me, They all are!!
8/11/2010 8:38:31 AM
not worried, do fecals twice yearly
8/10/2010 10:11:02 PM
Anything else I can handle! I haven't seen bots on my horse, so not worried about those.
8/10/2010 8:57:40 PM
all of them. I do regular fecal checks.
8/10/2010 8:31:56 PM
encysted small strongyles until they come up with a new "worm of the day"
8/10/2010 8:09:58 PM
resistance
8/10/2010 8:04:05 PM
I had a horse colic from bots once - it took month for her stomach to recover! now worm every month
8/10/2010 6:43:28 PM
All of them?
8/10/2010 6:23:38 PM
culacoides gnats
8/10/2010 6:03:27 PM
do not know
8/10/2010 5:17:54 PM
My horses are regularly wormed, but last year bot flies were BAD!
8/10/2010 5:00:05 PM
RESISTANCE!!!
8/10/2010 4:45:41 PM
all of the above
8/10/2010 4:45:03 PM
seeing disgusting worm/stomach photos on the web
8/10/2010 4:41:14 PM
Alll the above, especially bloodworms & bots
8/10/2010 4:35:30 PM
resistance
8/10/2010 4:33:00 PM
I worry over all of the worms not just one kind
8/10/2010 4:06:39 PM
how about "all of the above"? Dogs / Horses / Cats living in close vicinity
8/10/2010 3:58:27 PM
Wormer resistance.
8/10/2010 3:57:49 PM
Small strongyle RESISTANCE
8/10/2010 3:50:38 PM
I have a 16-wk old colt, so ascarids are the number 1 baddie for me right now
8/10/2010 3:48:34 PM
TICKS
8/10/2010 3:48:33 PM
All of t he above plus ticks carrying many diseases
8/10/2010 3:47:06 PM
all of them
8/10/2010 3:46:07 PM
Ticks are the parasites I have a problem with.
8/10/2010 3:45:00 PM
Parasite resistance to drugs over time.
8/10/2010 3:40:30 PM
Managing different horses- fecal eggs counts, etc.
8/10/2010 3:33:38 PM
No worries
8/10/2010 3:26:24 PM
Fecal counts have been negative for 1 yr now. I do not have bots so I am not concerned.
8/10/2010 3:05:36 PM
I think that any that migrate through tissue and blood vessels pose the most danger
8/10/2010 3:03:36 PM
onchocerciasis - inability to easily diagnose and eliminate adult parasites from hypersensitive hors
8/10/2010 2:58:43 PM
hookworms
8/10/2010 2:55:00 PM
all of the above.
8/10/2010 2:50:06 PM
large strongyles mostly in our area..
8/10/2010 1:25:52 PM
I'm concerned about all parasites.None do the horses any favors
8/10/2010 12:31:48 PM
As far as I'm concerened, they are all pretty much serious.
8/10/2010 9:52:04 AM
ALL of them!! and i have a hard time remembering what to give seasonally
8/10/2010 9:19:16 AM
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