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**'''Strongid-P® paste:''' 19mg/kg PO. For foals over 4 weeks of age up to 8 months dose every 4 weeks. For horses over 8 months of age dose every 6 to 8 weeks, but when at grass dose every 4 to 6 weeks. Always dose 3 to 4 days before turning out after in-wintering.
**'''Strongid-P® paste:''' 19mg/kg PO. For foals over 4 weeks of age up to 8 months dose every 4 weeks. For horses over 8 months of age dose every 6 to 8 weeks, but when at grass dose every 4 to 6 weeks. Always dose 3 to 4 days before turning out after in-wintering.
*'''[[Benzimidazoles]]''' such '''fenbendazole'''
*'''[[Benzimidazoles]]''' such '''fenbendazole'''
**'''Panacur® Equine Oral Paste:''' 10mg/kg PO. It is recommended that horses and ponies are routinely wormed with a single dose of this product every 6 to 8 weeks. It is recommended that horses are administered the 5-day Panacur treatment in the Autumn (ideally late October/November) and again in the Spring (ideally in February) to cover for encysted cyathostomins. All new horses whose worming history is unknown should also be administered the 5-day Panacur treatment. Pregnant mares and young foals may also be safely treated with Panacur at the recommended dosage levels. Not to be used in horses intended for human consumption. The horse must have been declared as not intended for human consumption under national horse passport legislation.
**'''Panacur® Equine Oral Paste:''' 10mg/kg PO. It is recommended that horses and ponies are routinely wormed with a single dose of this product every 6 to 8 weeks. It is recommended that horses are administered the 5-day Panacur treatment in the Autumn (ideally late October/November) and again in the Spring (ideally in February) to cover for encysted cyathostomins. All new horses whose worming history is unknown should also be administered the 5-day Panacur treatment. Pregnant mares and young foals may also be safely treated with Panacur at the recommended dosage levels. Not to be used in horses intended for human consumption. In the case of foals that have not been on a controlled programme or if a large burden is suspected it hasbeen suggested that fenbendazole be given at a lower and less efficacious dose of 5mg/kg PO (only 50% efficacy against ''Parasacaris''), followed one week later by a full dose at 10mg/kg PO.
Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because they increase the risk of development of resistance and could ultimately result in ineffective therapy:
Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because they increase the risk of development of resistance and could ultimately result in ineffective therapy:
*Too frequent and repeated use of anthelmintics from the same class, over an extended period of time.
*Too frequent and repeated use of anthelmintics from the same class, over an extended period of time.
Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anthelmintics should be further investigated using appropriate tests (e.g. Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test). Where the results of the test(s) strongly suggest resistance to a particular anthelmintic, anthelmintics belonging to another pharmacological class and having a different mode of action should be used.
Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anthelmintics should be further investigated using appropriate tests (e.g. Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test). Where the results of the test(s) strongly suggest resistance to a particular anthelmintic, anthelmintics belonging to another pharmacological class and having a different mode of action should be used.
*Regular faecal worm egg counts should be conducted to monitor the effects of the anthelmintic schedule and the presence of resistance
*Regular faecal worm egg counts should be conducted to monitor the effects of the anthelmintic schedule and the presence of resistance
*Clean pasture management including the regular removal of faeces
*Clean pasture management should be encouraged including the regular removal of faeces
*The worming programme for adult horses should reflect the circumstances and efficiency of clean pasture management. A strategic or targeted startegic dosing plan is recommended.
*The worming programme for adult horses should reflect the circumstances and efficiency of clean pasture management. A strategic or targeted startegic dosing plan is recommended.
*Thorough cleaning of stables that have been occupied by foals or weanlings
*Stables that have been occupied by foals or weanlings should be thoroughly cleaned
*Bathe mare and clean udder before arrival at foaling premises to remove any ascarid eggs on the coat
*Mares should be bathed and their udders washed before arrival at foaling premises to remove any sticky ascarid eggs on the coat.
==References==
==References==