Brook Farm Therapy Centre

06/12/2024

🐴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 🐴

We are very aware that it was once strongly instilled amongst horse owners to give an Equest Pramox to all horses in winter. Unfortunately, we have since realised that this practice is wrong and leads to problems with wormer resistance. 𝗡𝗢𝗪 is the time to change and adopt a new approach.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆:

🐛 Moxidectin (in Equest and Equest Pramox) is the only drug effective against encysted redworm and should not be overused

🐛 Praziquantel (in Equest Pramox) is one of only two drugs effective against tapeworm and so should also not be overused

🐛 If worms develop too much resistance to moxidectin and praziquantel, we will struggle to treat severe worm burdens in horses in the future (youngsters will be most affected, before developing a good immunity to worms)

🐛 Cases of resistance to both of the above drugs have already been reported

🐛 There are no new wormers on the horizon, so we must preserve the efficacy of the few we have

🐛 Many horses do not actually have a large encysted redworm burden over winter (e.g. horses between the ages 5-15 with consistently low WECs and good pasture management) and therefore do not require moxidectin

🐛 Only around 1 in 4 horses in the UK have a tapeworm burden high enough to need treating, so most do not require praziquantel

🐛 Therefore, only a small proportion of horses actually require Equest Pramox. Often, a different wormer is more appropriate, or for low risk horses with a negative tapeworm test, no wormer is required at all

🐛 Wormers can have a negative effect on the horse's gut health

🐛 Wormers are excreted in faeces, contaminating the environment - these chemicals are toxic to aquatic life and insects, such as dung beetles

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝗗𝗙 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀.

𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:
https://canterforhorses.org.uk/horse-owners/
https://www.beva.org.uk/Resources/Medicines/Anthelmintic-Toolkit

27/03/2024

All our Equine guests, whether they are with us for rehab, fitness or Mum’s on holiday, they get the full “spa” experience, in addition to daily water treadmill sessions they enjoy a great massage, some rays and much more…

05/03/2024

We are delighted to have a very special guest this week! Sam Smyth’s beautiful Frazier! While Sam is on holiday Frazier is keeping fit with his daily water treadmill sessions and building his all round strength, he will be raring to dance when Mum returns 😃

22/02/2024

Princess Joyce has had two days of training with the amazing Dan Greenwood, so today she is having a treadmill day to loosen off any tired muscles, it’s far too wet to hack 😱

21/02/2024

Does this sum up your week? Stay dry whilst your horse has a work out on our water treadmill!

21/02/2024

Is the constant rain getting you down? Exercise your horse on our water treadmill and stay dry whilst you build their strength and fitness!

13/03/2023

A big massive thank you to Johanna McKinney Photography who recently came and took some photos for us. They’re absolutely stunning as always. We’re lucky to have such a fab photographer to work with! A great way to show the treadmill and rehab we do in action

12/02/2023

Thank you to everyone who came along last night and enjoyed an informative evening at Brook Farm. We demonstrated the water treadmill and discussed its many benefits, and we had great talks by Liz from Baileys and Ben Payne of Essex and Suffolk Equine Vets. All your raffle purchases and donations were very worthwhile, and we raised £670 for World Horse Welfare.

15/01/2023

This is going to be a great event! We’d love to see you there

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/improving-your-horses-health-fitness-and-performance-registration-504376081437

11/01/2023

This young chap has just been backed. He’s been exercising on the water treadmill since Spring of 2022, well before we started backing him. Why? Because the treadmill gets these young horses stronger and ready to carry our weight when we back them. Babies are often so weak, then we put the weight of a person on board and wonder why they have problems such as kissing spine. Of course the treadmill isn’t a “cure all” but we’ve seen a huge difference in young horses started on the treadmill first. Help them to build core and back muscles, help with straightness and teach them to work in a better posture. We also find it’s good discipline for them, and they get used to a person being above them - it all helps pre-backing!

31/12/2022

A little challenge for the end of the year 😊 who can find the cat in this picture? Let us know when you find it!

14/07/2022

14/07/2022

14/07/2022

Young Fudge having his water treadmill session, he is soon off to big school to be backed so this is perfect exercise for strengthening his back before someone sits on him.