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The Disturbing Truth About Neck Threadworms and Your Itchy Horse

Look on any ivermectin or moxidectin-based wormer packet and you’ll see a long list of parasites. Tucked in neatly at the end – it’s nearly always at the end – you’ll see the words Onchocerca...

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How to Fight the Big Fight against Neck Threadworms

This follow-up to ‘The Disturbing Truth About Neck Threadworms and your Itchy Horse’ discusses how to manage the parasites, once you know your horse has them. The original article was aimed at my...

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The Worm That Kills – And Why Only Two Worming Chemicals Can Stop It

After worming with standard wormers, some horses become critically ill with colic. Some even die. This guest post by Ann Nyland explains why this can happen in horses that haven’t received chemical...

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Why Thinking About Neck Threadworms Still Leaves Us Scratching Our Heads

Less than 12 months ago, I wrote about neck threadworms and how they might be behind many horses’ frantic itching. The uptake on that article continues to astonish me. It has now had well over 60,000...

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Equine Lyme Disease Doesn’t (Officially) Exist In Australia – Here’s How it...

According to various authorities, Australia has no Lyme disease, human or equine. Despite this, many Australians are testing positive – and that’s happening with horses, as well.   The following guest...

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All You Need to Know About the New Biological War on Worms

Australia has declared a new war on worms – and this time it’s biological. You may already have read about this wonder from Down Under, the “world’s first biological control for grazing animals”, on...

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