[Te Amo's mommy]

what is a good cheap dewormer????

[Dawn]

The cheapest place (on average) to get dewormer is Horse Tack & Horse Supplies - Horse.com

You need to look at the active ingredient when selecting a dewormer. As there are ivermectins out there that you can pay $13 for. Or you can get the exact same chemical (with a different name and maybe not quite as nice of a syringe) for less than $3.

[Sue B]

Agree with Dawn...you can't just get the "cheapest" dewormer and call it good. You have to rotate and utilize different types of dewormers for different parasites. For example, in the late fall, bots will generally become the main concern....at that time you will need to use a product with a boticide in it (ivermectin or moxidectrin), during the summer months....strogyles will be the of most concern....generally, the dewormers that address these are the "cheapest". Additionally, depending on where you are located, tapeworms may also need to be addressed 1-2 times/year with paraziquantal.

Consult with your vet as to what and how often you should deworm. Generally in norther climates, where winter freezes help slow the ingestion of parasites....deworming is done less often than in climates with more consistant warm weather and full grazing for most or all of the year.

[dklarson]

The best thing to do is to talk to your veterinarian. He/she can recommend & help devise a deworming program that is the best for your horses & your situation. Factors such as climate, humidity, season, rainfall, stocking rate, age of the horse, and financial resources of the owner all affect which strategy is chosen.

In most circumstances, a horse will need to be dewormed four to six times a year starting at about 4 to 8 weeks of age. Typically, parasite control programs are most effective if treatments are administered at the times when environmental conditions are favorable for hatching of eggs or development of larvae, which is the time when transmission of infection is likely to occur. An essential component to an effective parasite control program is checking the efficacy of that program by evaluating fecal samples for parasite eggs on an annual basis.

The five most common dewormer ingredients found in horse dewormers are: Febendazole, Ivermectin, Moxidectin, Praziquantel, and Pyrantel.


Febendazole controls large strongyles, encysted early- and late-third-stage and fourth-stage cyathostome larvae, small strongyles, pinworms, and ascarids.

Ivermectin controls large strongyles, small strongyles, pinworms, ascarids, hairworms, large-mouth stomach worms, bots, lungworms, and intestinal threadworms.

Moxidectin controls large strongyles, small strongyles, pinworms, ascarids, encysted cyanthostomes, hairworms, large-mouth stomach worms, and bots.

Praziquantel controls tapeworms.

Pyrantel Pamoate and Tartrate control large strongyles, small strongyles, pinworms, ascarids, and tapeworms when double-dosed.

Pyrantel Tartrate is the ingredient in daily horse dewormers.

The cheapest place to buy dewormer is from Country Supply as Dawn said. Horse Deworming Tips and Information

Additional info:

12 Part Parasite Series from TheHorse:

• January: Bad Bug Basics
• February: Tapeworms: An Underrated Threat
• March: Ascarids: A Growing Problem
• April: Strongyles: The Worst of the Worms
• May: Bots and Beyond: Little-Known Parasite Enemies
• June: Diagnosis: Examining the Evidence
• July: Parasites in the Environment
• August: Drugs for the Deworming War
• September: Resistant Worms: Do Your Horses Have Them?
• October: Parasite Control Without--or Along With--Chemicals
• November: Age-Related Parasites: Scourges of Foals and Young Horses
• December: Parasite Control Programs for Mature Horses
• All 12 articles

From myHorseMatters:

Tapeworms
Parasite Control Tips
What Can Your Veterinarian Do for Parasite Control
Internal Parasites: Strategies for Effective Parasite Control

From the University of Maine:

eXtension.org : Management and control of internal parasites in horses

From EquiSearch:

Worming (or Deworming) Your Horse

[kelli]

Never get quest, i personnaly like exodus dewormer it works great i have never had a problem with worms *knock on wood*

[Dawn]

Originally Posted by kelli

Never get quest, i personnaly like exodus dewormer it works great i have never had a problem with worms *knock on wood*

Why not? (With the quest that is.)

Exodus has a very high resistance rate. Of course it's higher in some areas than in others. And while I won't say that it shouldn't be used. It should be used with care and with frequent fec's to ensure effectivness. It also needs to be used every 4 weeks (assuming there are no fec's ran every 4 weeks). It does not control bots, tapeworms, or encysted small strongyles, just to name a few.

It's definately not a good candidate as a 'main' dewormer.

[Madick]

Good info. Just remember that small strongyles (and therefore cyathostome larvae) are highly resistant to Fenbendazoles in many parts of the world.

[Blistering Winds]

Originally Posted by Dawn

Why not? (With the quest that is.)

Exodus has a very high resistance rate. Of course it's higher in some areas than in others. And while I won't say that it shouldn't be used. It should be used with care and with frequent fec's to ensure effectivness. It also needs to be used every 4 weeks (assuming there are no fec's ran every 4 weeks). It does not control bots, tapeworms, or encysted small strongyles, just to name a few.

It's definately not a good candidate as a 'main' dewormer.

I agree.

Quest is an excellent product when used properly

[kelli]

I was just always told not to use quest, they said it didnt work as well, so i just went with it to be safe...

Well and exodus i have never had a porblem with anything relted to worms ext.. So i have found it one of the better ones as well as 2 others

[Dawn]

Originally Posted by kelli

I was just always told not to use quest, they said it didnt work as well, so i just went with it to be safe...

Well and exodus i have never had a porblem with anything relted to worms ext.. So i have found it one of the better ones as well as 2 others

Quest is by far the most effective anthelmintic out on the market.

There was either a misunderstanding, or the person that told you that didn't know squat.