Effective - Equine Worm Egg Counts

10/01/2026

Due to injury and unable to drive been closed since December. Will be returning to taking bookings as from 17th Jan

28/10/2025

28/10/2025

** NEW PHONE NUMBER **
Due to technical issues majority of phone numbers have been lost from old phone. Please use new number to contact and please give name and yard when you do.
07544172848

12/08/2025

Out of Office
until
26 August

05/07/2025

Sunday 6th July we're at a Somerford and can fit extra in for the afternoon. Message if you're in the area and would like us to come to you and test. £5 a test. Same day results.

18/04/2025

Host an Egg Hunt (with a twist) at your yard. Still some availability for egg counts in April and May. Message to book in.
Enjoy the bank holiday weekend 💖🐇🐣

13/02/2025

March is filling up quickly, message if you need to book in x

06/10/2024

Please note change in hours.
First appointment: 9am
Last appointment: 4pm.
Early morning and evening appointments will be available again in 2025!

27/09/2024

Please read.

*** STEP AWAY FROM THE EQUEST (at this time of year) ***

A repeat post, but people STILL don’t understand!

Just a little reminder that you should absolutely NOT be using Equest or Equest Pramox during the Spring, Summer and early Autumn months. It should be reserved for the main purpose of Moxidectin; targeting the ENCYSTED stages of Redworm. Redworm encyst into the gut wall when it is COLD.

The emergence of these encysted redworm as the temperatures warm up in March/April, can result in fatal cyathostominosis. We only have TWO drugs that can treat encysted redworm, and there is already widespread resistance to one of them (Fenbendazole), and rapidly developing resistance to the second one - MOXIDECTIN. It’s imperative that you DO NOT USE EQUEST or EQUEST PRAMOX during the warm months, unless specifically directed to do so by your vet.

Lots of people correctly use worm egg counts during the spring and summer months, but some are then very dangerously worming with Equest if they have high egg counts. This is both a waste of Moxidectin, and a danger, due to helping increase the resistance to this drug.

DO NOT WASTE MOXIDECTIN WHEN IT’S WARM! The whole point of the drug is that it treats ENCYSTED redworm. The redworm burrow into the gut wall to keep warm; it’s as simple as that to understand! They need eradicating AFTER they have burrowed, so AFTER it gets cold, and BEFORE it warms up in the Spring!

16/05/2024

Warmer weather = eggs developing quicker. This is why I advocate for mobile egg counts over posting to a lab. This poo was less than 24hrs old, but look whats already developed and hatched from an egg. Your counts are more accurate & reliable the fresher the sample. Don't add delays to testing by posting your samples off, book in for a mobile egg count.
www.effectivewormeggcounts.co.uk

01/05/2024

Worm count every 8-12 weeks to keep an eye on counts and know when to worm. We can come to you and you get results straight away before we leave.