SMART worming

Assess the worm burden and treatment needs of each horse individually

Ask yourself whether your horse has any of the following risk factors

Choose an appropriate treatment regime based on your findings

Targeted treatment for redworms and tapeworms (and roundworms in youngstock) based on test results
Routine treatment in winter for encysted redworm may be appropriate for at risk horses

For every 5 adult horses grazing, only 1 will need treatment. This means that when we worm every horse without looking at their infection levels or risk factors, 4 out of 5 horses are wormed unnecessarily¹.
SMART worming is proven to be cheaper¹.
Parasites aren’t all bad; it is beneficial to maintain a low level of sensitive worms called ‘refugia’ on the pasture.
Overworming is contributing to the widespread development of worms that are resistant to treatment. It’s important that we stop over-worming now in order to prevent a situation where we can’t protect our horses from the effects of worms because there are no effective treatments¹.