So, what do you think of this new craze on worming horses for tape worms??? Is it something the wormer producers have come up with to charge more for thier wormers, or is it a legitmate concern.
I've been thinking the next time it's time for me to use an ivermec, I'd get that Zimectrin Gold, just to be safe. But I've never wormed for tape worms in the horses before.
Becky
I don't know.... actually didn't even know there was a craze! Tape worms are carried by fleas aren't they? -unless they have another 'host'... and horses don't get fleas.
I'm like Hair, I see no need to worm for tapes, coz most of the time, tapes come from fleas and horses don't get fleas. The only other way I know that a horse could get tapes is if he happened to eat some shed tapeworm segments, say in the pasture where an animal that had tapes had gone to the bathroom, or had them to fall off it's butt. So I guess theoretically, horses COULD have tapes, but it's not all that likely IMO. I think it's just a way for them to make more money.