Make 2014 the best year ever for you and your horse. Resolve now to always have your horse’s stool tested before you deworm your horse. You will be doing your part as a responsible horse owner to help slow the development of resistant parasites by avoiding unnecessary deworming.
Keeping horses healthier in 2014
Make 2014 the best year ever for you and your horse by esolving now to always have your horse’s stool tested before you deworm your horse.
Your horse will appreciate it, too, if you only deworm when absolutely necessary. Dr. Byrd can answer any questions you may have about your horse’s deworming program or getting started with fecal egg counts. He’s just a phone call, email, or Facebook post away and no question is too small or silly—we only learn by asking.
If you have questions specific to your barn, pastures, or testing program contact Dr. John Byrd by:
e-mail hlab@horsemenslab.com, telephone 1-800-544-0599 contact form at www.horsemenslab.com or post your question on Facebook
About Horsemen's Laboratory
Horsemen’s Laboratory owner Dr. John Byrd has extensive experience with racing and breeding horses and oversees Westbrook Boarding Stable. He created Horsemen's Laboratory in 1992 so that horse owners could better evaluate their horses’ worm control programs and make informed decisions about deworming their horses.
Dr. Byrd was one of the earliest proponents of performing fecal egg counts prior to deworming. His recommendation has always been to deworm only when the fecal egg count indicated that deworming was necessary---long before anyone else in the horse industry was recommending the new deworming protocol of selective deworming.
His early vision was to create a convenient method that would allow horse owners to have their horses checked for internal parasites rather than just routinely deworming them every 6-8 weeks or feeding daily deworming medication. Horsemen’s Laboratory has made it easy for horse owners to follow the new, recommended selective deworming protocol by providing easy-to-order kits, email test results, and periodic reminders for testing.
Dr. Byrd is a member of:
- American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP)
- American Veterinary Association
- American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists
- American Quarter Horse Association