A recent study of the Gluck Equine Research Centre in Kentucky gives further evidence for the assumption that small strongyles developed a resistance to Ivermectin. Ivermectin has bee the dewormer of choice for most horse owners. The study however showed that after a treatment strongyle eggs reappeared twice as fast as they did in 1980, when Ivermectin first entered the market. The researchers also add that roundworms show a similar immunity and no new effective Treatment has entered the market, yet.

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