☀️🐴🕷🐛 Every season brings its problems and even though we look forward to the long light days, summer is no exception. So while the battle to control flies is a visible daily trial at this time of year it’s important to remember about other parasites too such as intestinal worms, pinworm, bots, ticks and summer sores that might affect the health of our horses.
📝🤒🐴 Westgate Labs has pledged to support the National Equine Health Survey. We are urging owners and keepers of horses and ponies to take part in the survey between 21-28th May, to help improve the future wellbeing of horses everywhere.
🥚🐣🥚 Counting eggs this Easter? Two bank holidays are definite cause for celebration but they mean no post in the lab and a bit of disruption to mail services. The laboratory will be closed both bank holidays, Friday 30th March and Monday 2nd April but open for testing on Saturday 31st March.
🐴🐛🆓📞 Are you unsure about parasite control for the horses in your care or would you find it helpful to sense check your worming programme for the year ahead? Book a FREE phone consultation with our friendly experts.
It’s that time of year when we all go gooey over foals! But how do we protect them from parasites that are in their environment and help them to develop to their best potential? “While foals and weanlings are literally just mini horses, the worms that they are likely to be infected by and the treatments for them can be very different” explains Carolyn Cummins MVB Phd MRCVS.
Sitting seventh in the World Eventing rankings with a string of top horses in training for the 2018 season. Find out how she prepares for the season and why worm control is an important part of this.
The season of sunshine, showers and lighter nights is finally on its way. It’s enough to cheer the soul even if it does bring with it the joys moulting horses and a rising risk of parasite infection. It's time to plan worm counts and tapeworm tests and get outside and enjoy our horses!
The KeepingHorsesHealthy website identifies vaccination, dentistry and Faecal Worm Egg Counts (FWECs) as the cornerstones to healthy happy horses, something close to the heart of Britain's horse owning community and to healthcare providers.
It takes a bit of weather to stop us hardy northerners in our tracks but we’re sorry to say that heavy snow thunderstorms (who knew they were even a thing?) have done it today! 🌨⚡️