Horse FEC Check
Visualise faecal egg count results for easy interpretation
- Know what results mean at a glance
- Translates a table of numbers into a simple visual aid
- Helps you to decide:
- Does your horse need a wormer treatment?
- Did the treatment work?
This tool is for small redworm (strongyle) faecal egg counts from yearling and adult horses.
Advice on worming for foals and Ascarid infections should be sought from your vet or prescriber as additional management factors could be important for treatment decisions.
What is a faecal egg count?
A faecal egg count is a snapshot of the worm infection in a horse at the time of sampling. This test can help you to monitor the need for treatment/target wormer use (diagnostic test), it can also tell you how well a treatment worked. Gathering this information can ensure you are targeting wormer use…treating the right animals at the right time with an effective product.
Faecal egg counts are most useful spring-autumn, in late autumn and winter encysted larvae can cause problems but cannot be diagnosed by egg counting.
Frequent testing can build a picture of how wormy specific fields are, informing grazing management strategies, potentially reducing reliance on wormers in the longer term.
Vet practices and commercial labs offer faecal egg counts or alternatively you can do them at home.