Natural Horse Wormer - A Gentle Alternative?

There is more and more natural wormer for horses onproducts are scientifically tested and might not be
the horse health market available.effective enough for some worm species. Their
Keep in mind that those products are working though,effectiveness is still not as well researched as the
but only in combination of a very careful and thoroughchemical products.
deworming program.Natural wormer based on homeopathic or herbal
This includes a regular worm egg count of faecesingredients usually cause none or only minor side
samples of every horse on the premises and aneffects. But they can cause occasionally side effects
effective environment management. Additional bloodthat can be quite severe, if an acute onset of allergic
sampling will give results about presence of worms inreaction occurs. So be careful and seek professional
the intestines.advice before you administer those drugs.
If a worming program will be used for the first timeNatural products are not killing adult worms, larvae or
and new horses come onto the premises a frequentworm eggs; they are just creating an environment in
dosing during the first weeks/months will be required.the equine digestive tract to make it uncomfortable
How frequent depends on the product itself.and unattractive for worms.
Although natural wormer is significantly cheaper thanYou will understand that larvae and worm eggs are
allopathic (chemical) products, you will find that annot influenced by the product. Only, if they also mature
effective management and initial treatment is anto an adult worm, they will probably prefer to" leave".
investment. Once it is up and runs well, you might find itThere are a lot of alternative worming products on the
cheaper on the long term.market and descriptions do promise a lot. Before
If one of the above mentioned factors is beingbuying a product try to contact sales departments, get
neglected, worms will soon be present again.more information by reading fact sheets and try to find
Bear in mind that not all of those natural wormingpeople who use it and can share their experience.