by Stuart Baulk | May 14, 2021 | RESOURCES
All horses should be de-wormed at least once a year: this is to clear out any burdens of worms that may have built up over 12 months, or remove species of parasites that cannot be diagnosed using faecal egg counts, such as bot-fly larvae. Mid to late autumn is the...
by Stuart Baulk | Nov 27, 2020 | RESOURCES
Spring is the time for new life. But Spring isn’t all ducklings and foals: worms use the warm, wet weather (especially in southern states) as a key time to reproduce. The most common worms in horses are strongyle nematodes. These have a simple lifecycle (Fig 1), and...
by Stuart Baulk | Oct 14, 2020 | RESOURCES
Bot flies are a common annoyance for horses throughout summer and autumn. In Australia, there are three species of bot fly, all within the genus Gasterophilus: G. intestinalis, G. nasalis and less common, G. haemorrhoidalis. Each species is slightly different in...
