Can my veterinarian administer deworming medication?
Question: Can my veterinarian administer deworming medication?
When your horse's heath is concerned, your best adviser is your veterinarian. Talk to your vet when planning your parasite control schedule.
Answer:
Your veterinarian can administer dewormers if for any reason, you feel that is best for your horse. One way they do this procedure, called 'tubing' or 'tube worming', is to insert a tube through the horse's nostril, and feed it through the eosophagus into the stomach.
They then administer the medication through the tube. This way all the medication reaches its intended location-rather than your horse picking around a powdered or liquid dewormer or spitting out a paste or gel. Before you could buy the small containers of dewormer at the feed or tack store, this was a popular option.
The downside is greater expense and some horses may object to the procedure. There is a small amount of risk involved. Some horses will object to the discomfort and there is a chance that the tube will make the horse bleed a bit through the nose. There is a very slight chance that the vet could put the tube into the horse's lung, but this is extremely rare and not something an experienced vet will do. Some horse owners have the veterinarian deworm their horses when they get their annual vaccinations and administer dewormers themselves for the rest of the schedule.
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When your horse's heath is concerned, your best adviser is your veterinarian. Talk to your vet when planning your parasite control schedule.
Answer:
Your veterinarian can administer dewormers if for any reason, you feel that is best for your horse. One way they do this procedure, called 'tubing' or 'tube worming', is to insert a tube through the horse's nostril, and feed it through the eosophagus into the stomach.
They then administer the medication through the tube. This way all the medication reaches its intended location-rather than your horse picking around a powdered or liquid dewormer or spitting out a paste or gel. Before you could buy the small containers of dewormer at the feed or tack store, this was a popular option.
The downside is greater expense and some horses may object to the procedure. There is a small amount of risk involved. Some horses will object to the discomfort and there is a chance that the tube will make the horse bleed a bit through the nose. There is a very slight chance that the vet could put the tube into the horse's lung, but this is extremely rare and not something an experienced vet will do. Some horse owners have the veterinarian deworm their horses when they get their annual vaccinations and administer dewormers themselves for the rest of the schedule.
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