![]() It is available from the iPhone App Store and Google Play Store: text Stable Mate to 80800 to download. The site contains an informative video, a quick quiz and a helpful advice leaflet that can be downloaded.įor further information, visit You can also download Stable Mate, the horse health management App from Zoetis. Learn more about the Zoetis encysted small redworm awareness campaign at and test your knowledge before discussing the best treatment options with your vet or Suitably Qualified Person (SQP). “It’s crucial to remember that even if your horse’s faecal worm egg count is negative you must still treat for encysted small redworm before the early spring, to protect your horse from this deadly parasite.” “The veterinary recommendation is that all horses should receive a treatment for ESRW during the late autumn/winter, regardless of their faecal worm egg count,2,3” said Wendy Talbot, National Equine Veterinary Manager at Zoetis. Untreated, encysted small redworm may develop and emerge en masse from the gut wall in the early spring, causing diarrhea and colic with a mortality rate of up to 50%1 They pose a potentially fatal health risk but won’t show up in a standard faecal worm egg count. They are the larval stages of the small redworm that have buried into the lining of the gut where they can lie dormant for some time. ![]() This may leave horses at serious risk, said the worming experts at Zoetis, who recently introduced a campaign to help inform and educate about the dangers of ESRW.Įncysted small redworms are one of the most common and harmful worms found in horses. This year’s annual National Equine Health Survey*, held in May, has revealed that one in five owners who claimed to have treated for encysted small redworm (ESRW) used a wormer that was not indicated to treat these potentially lethal encysted parasites.
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