Preventative Medicine 

Parasites/De-worming

CEC recommends having your horses on Strongid C
a daily continuous wormer. If you choose not to be on the Strongid C program, the following de-worming schedule is recommended:

Vaccination Schedule


Month               De-wormer Product                                            Vaccine(s)
Feb-Mar             Anthelcide Paste (Oxibendazole}                         ---------- 
Apr-May             Equvalen Drench or Paste (Ivermectin)                  Flu-Rhino *
                                                                                                        EEE/WEE **
                                                                                                        WNV ***
                                                                                                        Tetanus 
                                                                                                        Strangles ****

June-July           Strongid Paste (Pyrantel Pamoate)                          WNV ***
Aug-Sept            Anthelcide Paste                                                     WNV ***
Oct-Nov              Equvalen Drench or Paste                                       Flu-Rhino*
Dec-Jan              Strongid Paste*                                                      ----------

{double-dose with Stongid Paste every other year to kill tapeworms}
De-worming not only prevents parasite damage, but can also inhibit Colic-(#1 ki ller of horses)

Horses on Strongid C2x (continuous daily de-wormer) should be given a boticide (Ivermectin) in the spring and Ivermectin/Praziquantel in the fall.

A Dental Examination is recommended annually!

* Influenza and Rhinopneumonitis: Both an intramuscular and a new, intranasal product (Calvenza ) are available. Calvenza  requires an initial series of 3 boosters, 3-4 weeks apart; vaccines are needed once per year subsequently. The other vaccine product should be given twice per year.

**Eastern and Western Encephalomyelitis (sleeping sickness)

***West Nile Virus (requires a booster in 3 to 6 weeks for the first series in previously unvaccinated horses), then two vaccinations per year thereafter (2nd in June or July)

**** Itranasal Strangles vaccines are recommended for horses boarded in large barns. If not vaccinated previously, an initial series of 2 vaccines , 3-4 weeks apart is needed.

Foal De-worming & Vaccination Schedule

Age                              Service           

24 hours                      Physical Exam, IgG Test
2 months                     De-worm: Anthelcide Paste
4 months                     De-worm: Strogid Paste
6 months                     Booster#1: EEE/WEE**/WNV***/Tetanus, Flu-Rhino*
                                   De-worm: Invermectin Paste
7 months                     Booster#2: EEE/WEE**/WNV***/Tetanus, Flu-Rhino*
8 months                     Booster#3: Flu-Rhino*
                                   De-worm: Strongid Paste