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Member:
maggienm

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:36 am:

When I was grooming my mare today I noticed something under her tail.
The best way I can describe what I saw is it looked like bot eggs that you would see on the horses shoulders or legs in the fall.
They were on the inside of the buttocks, a smear of them about 2/3 size of a deck of cards.
They were yellow like bot eggs, I couldn't find them anywhere else, none of the other horses have them. They did rub off if I brushed them.
This mare is on a regular worming program.

thanks for the help
Member:
hollyw

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:51 am:

Lori,

Check out "pinworms." Since I can't see what you are seeing, I don't know if that's what it is, but if you can find a photo (on this site? in a book? on line?) of what pinworms look like around the anus then, you may be able to identify what you saw.
Member:
mitch316

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 1:48 am:

Lori, if it looks like bots, it is probably pin worms. Has she been kinda itching her but against things? If not, they have not hatched yet. The eggs on the outside can be killed with a topical medicine for pinworms (make sure the label specifically says pinworms) and can use Ivervectin Gold to get the source worms, which reside on the inside of the large bowel. Just as a warning, be sure to keep them under observation because they are coming more and more resistant to wormers (at least around here).

If you keep her in a stall or small lot, all of the poop will need to be THOROUGHLY removed, or reinfection will occur almost immediately. I also use a sprayer and mix 2 tablespoons of bleach per gallon of water and spray the stalls down as well. If in a pretty "layered" stall floor, you will probably find live worms as well in the poop, and it needs to be cleaned (at least in my opinion) all the way down to the dirt. By layered, I mean packed dirt, sawdust, and poop over a long peroid of time.

It may just be our area, but it seems like pinworms have been especially bad this year so far. Hope everyone out there is using a "rotating" worming schedule similar to the one posted here on the site. It has become absolutely vital with all the resistance showing up. Here is the link to the article on the site. Pretty good pictures on there as well. BTW, they are NOT bots. if you use an external spray, make sure it doesn't get sprayed right onto the anal or vaginal opening...use a clean cloth, spray onto it until well saturated, and wipe around the area gently.

https://www.horseadvice.com/horse/messages/4/10184.html#artsub3

Hope this all helps!
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 7:11 am:

Lori, be sure to follow through on the proper diagnosis as described in the article that Jesse has linked to, so as to properly identify if this is pinworms. You will note on reading the article that there is growing resistance problems with these worms.
DrO
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