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What are Worms?
Worms are parasites, and can be found in horses, dogs, cats, and also… people. All horses have a burden for parasites and the management and treatment is necessary on a periodic basis, such as once every year or two, unless evidence is found of an active infestation in the horses’ feces. Worms are one of the most common parasites to afflict a horse, as several can be transmitted fairly easily between horses, and humans to horses - along with horses to humans through contaminated fecal matter and consumption of it. Worms cannot be completely eliminated in horses, therefore most modern horse owners and caretakers give them wormers to reduce the amounts inside a horse.
There are risks to worming a horse, with some of them causing blockages in the intestines should the animal be heavily infested with live parasitic worms in the small intestine, these blockages could become quite painful, and the body may be overwhelmed by the toxins released by the dying worms (this is also true in humans who are infested with worms in their intestines). The best way to prevent problems like this is to use a less powerful agent that gradually kills them off, and then later doing a large dose to clear their system of worms. There is also the possibility (as in humans, and dogs, and many other animals) that the chemicals used on the worms could also kill the healthy bacteria normally found in the small intestine of the horse - thereby causing discomfort and colic, so it is common now for horses to be administered (and humans) probiotics (healthy bacteria) after the worming to stave off any ill effects from such a massive cleaning. Although many humans do not realize it, about 1.5 billion (25%) of humans have worms too - but do not notice it until the infestation grows to an exponentially dangerous size.
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