Monthly Archives: June 2016

ATTENTION: time for a poo sample?

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From my records around 80% of faecal samples tested have returned with LOW-NEGATIVE results….meaning no treatment is required… IF these horses had been part of a ‘periodic’ worming programme, FOUR out of FIVE doses of Wormer would have been pointless in these cases……or ONLY one in five horses would have benefited from being wormed!

We recommend removing poo from pastures being grazed at least twice weekly in summer months and once weekly during the winter.

Faecal Egg counts, undertaken two to three times yearly, will give you the CONFIDENCE your effort in removing all that poo is worthwhile!

See further articles on Worms and their control on this web site…

Faecal egg counts available, at £9.50 per sample and come with my personal advice regarding your horse or pony worming programme.

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Vaccination Advice

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New Health Advice section covering Vaccinations in particular Equine Influenza vaccination.

HOPEFULLY you all have your horse’s vaccinated against Equine Influenza….but what does that mean?  what is in that vial of vaccine? and why have I chosen this vaccine to use?

Equine Influenza is a large, continually evolving virus family split into groups or lineage.

Since 2011 almost ALL the equine flu outbreaks in Europe belong to clade 2 of the Florida sublineage, while a few are from Clade 1.  Whereas in the USA and Latin America, mostly clade 1 virus are isolated.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) recommend that vaccines should contain both Clade 1 and Clade 2 strains of the Florida sublineage in order to ensure optimum protection.

My vaccine, PROTEQFLU, not only contains Clade 1 and Clade 2 strains of the Florida sublineage BUT it is the only such vaccine on the market to offer such protection.

As they say never accept compromise….