Any information on pour-on horse drenches?

Question

Is there a pour-on drench for horses on the market? We have quite a few relatively unhandled broodmares who are a nightmare to drench orally. They run in a natural herd in several thousand acres and have limited human contact. Can we do them like we do the cattle? Our vet advised us to use a cattle lousicide when we had lice last year and it worked very well, but as he is away at the moment I can't ask about the drench. Has anyone got any information about this?

Answer 1

I dont know of a registered pour on for horses. I would contact the company of the drench you currently use, they often have off label recommendations for this kind of thing. Another country vet may also be able to help so try looking one up online and calling them.



Though cattle drenches will only contain something for roundworms and not tapeworm or bot flies. So your deworming effect will be reduced. Have tried using deworming granules in the feed?



Finally, you might be better off not deworming them. Horses pickup worms from pasture that contains worms, if the horses are running wild on several thousand acres then there is a very good chance they are running with very few worms anyway as they are not regrazing of sites covered with manure like most city horses. The best way to check if they desperately need to be dewormed is to send some manure from 10 horses to your local Vet or Ag person and have count the number of worms.

good luck.

Answer 2

Pour On Cattle Drench

Answer 3

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