![]() “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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