Dewormer

Dewormers

Dewormers help remove parasites from your pet. Prescription Dewormers for dogs and cats can help eliminates tapeworms, hookworms, ascarids and whipworms. Chemical control using dewormers is just one part of a complete parasite control plan.

Forms of Dewormer are available as paste, pellets, powder and liquid suspension.  Some dewormers (ivermectin and febantel) are low volume so are more convenient to administer.  Larger volume dewormers can be messy in paste form and significant amounts can end up on the ground if the horse is uncooperative or has food in his mouth when the paste is given. 

Whether or not to rotate dewormers (switch to a chemically different product every few months or every year) is a controversial topic. The Big Rotation Question, rotation refers to using dewormers from different drug classifications.  The two main reasons given for rotating dewormers is cost and parasite "resistance". Alternate dewormers according to your veterinarian's recommendations.

• Horse dewormers with the active ingredient Pyrantel Pamoate aid in the removal of Large Strongyles worms.
• Anthelmintics (Dewormers) Tapeworm Tablets (30/bottle)  A specific treatment for tapeworms in dogs.
• Virtually all dewormers are effective in combatting roundworms.
• Daily dewormers can be worthwhile in grazing horses.
• There are three main ways of administering dewormers: Oral paste syringe Feed additive (powder, liquid, or pellets) Nasogastric (stomach) tube.

Further research on resistance to dewormers has shown that resistance (of small strongyles to the use of benzimidazoles) is neither delayed nor enhanced by rotation of drug classes.

Research is underway to see if dewormers given to a horse at a time in a parasite's life cycle when the parasite is not vulnerable might explain persistent problems with small strongyles.