DEWORMING

There are more than 150 internal parasites that afflict the horse.  Among the most common and troublesome are:

- Large Strongyles (blood worm)             - Bots

- Small Strongyles                                     - Tapeworms

- Ascarids (round worms)                         - Threadworms

- Pinworms                                                - Lungworms

Any or all of these parasites can be present in the horse at one time, but they may be at different stages in their life cycles.  Some species can lay more than 200,000 eggs in a day, so parasite loads can escalate quickly.