LAB Equine

We have moved our testing Laboratory to a new premises. You may still have the old address on your pre-paid envelopes (CT21 5TF). If this is the case, please can you amend the address to:
LAB Equine
28 Hardy Road
Greatstone
Kent
TN28 8SF
Thanks again for your continued support!
Warmest regards,
LAB Equine

LAB Equine Worming your horse ONLY when it's needed...

Bank August Holiday Week Lab Closure -

Bank August Holiday Week Lab Closure

August Holiday Week Lab Closure

NOTICE: Annual Holiday Week Lab Closure
Please be aware of our annual holiday lab closure week commencing Monday 29th of July - 5th of August. Please don’t post your samples after Wednesday 24th July to 5th of August otherwise samples may get held up in the Royal Mail sorting office and become too old to test.

Don't forget to do your horse's worm egg count! -

Don't forget to do your horse's worm egg count!

Bank Holiday Week Lab Closure -

NOTICE: Bank Holiday Week Lab Closure
Please be aware of post disruption due to the bank holiday. Please don’t post your samples after Monday 27th May to 3rd of June otherwise samples may get held up in the Royal Mail sorting office and become too old to test.

Mon 27th May to Mon 3rd of June : Lab closed

Bank Holiday Week Lab Closure Please be aware of post disruption due to the two Easter bank holidays. Please don’t post your samples after Monday 27th May to 3rd of June otherwise samples may get held up in the Royal Mail sorting office and become too old to test.

No More Irritating Haynets! Do your horse's hay in 30 seconds flat! - https://mailchi.mp/1669e0f10b60/no-more-irritating-haynets-do-your-horses-hay-in-30-seconds-flat-10291430

Easter Bank Holiday Lab Closure
Please be aware of post disruption due to the two Easter bank holidays. Please don’t post your samples after Monday 25th March to ensure you receive your results before the Easter weekend. Otherwise samples may get held up in the Royal Mail sorting office and become too old to test.

Fri 29th March to Mon 1st April : Lab closed
Orders placed between 29th March – 1st April will be posted on Tues 2nd of April, when our normal service resumes.

To worm, or not to worm? - https://mailchi.mp/cfa6285e1cc9/spring23wormcountdue-10286393

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To worm, or not to worm?

When did your horse last have a worm egg count? - https://mailchi.mp/da1c6cc6b391/spring23wormcountdue-9624281

LAB Xmas Holiday Closure - https://mailchi.mp/14ab192e0b4e/no-more-irritating-haynets-do-your-horses-hay-in-30-seconds-flat-9617997

Royal Mail 1st class delivery is taking over 6 days in many cases. Please can you postpone sending non-urgent worm egg counts to us until Tuesday 2nd January so they don't get held up in the system over Christmas and arrive too old to test.

We would like to wish our friends and valued customers a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year!🥳

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Don’t worm for encysted Redworm just yet!!
In some parts of the country may have had the first autumnal frosts of the season, so you may want to get on with worming for the possibility of encysted redworm. The weather is still too mild which means redworm are still pretty active. We need to wait for a period when daytime temperatures consistently fall below 6c, which is generally between late December-February. There is still time for an autumn worm count.
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Possible Postage Delays. - https://mailchi.mp/0c023856af8d/postagedelays

Are worm counts the way forward? The thought of keeping your horse permanently stabled would stress most horsey parents out. This is not a nightmare, it could become reality because of un-treatable parasite burdens? We must act now before resistance is present when there is no way back.
It’s the parasites on the land that develop the resistance and they never regain their sensitivity to the worming chemicals. With no new wormers in the pipeline for horses we must do all we can by testing (worm counts) rather than treating to protect the chemicals we have and help slow resistance.
You can buy a Worm Count Kit here: www.labequine.co.uk/shop

Demystifying Worming laws Jan 24 - https://mailchi.mp/b02bed5bca92/worminglaws

Another interesting article in the Horse & Hound. Get your worm count kits here: www.labequine.co.uk/shop
Stark warning of more colic deaths unless owners act to avoid worming ‘Armageddon’
Horse owners may be facing an “Armageddon” of wormer resistance if we do not take urgent evasive action.
This is the message from Dave Rendle, equine internal medicine specialist, speaking as part of a session on human behaviour change, at the 2020 National Equine Forum yesterday (5 March).
While fellow speakers had covered owners’ attitudes to colic and strangles, and how these may be changed, Mr Rendle covered what he believes is “one of the most alarming issues facing the industry”.
“I hope I can convince you of the importance of this,” he said, explaining that resistant parasites are those on which drugs are no longer effective.
“Resistance develops because parasites are subject to natural selection, like all living things, and as we impose selection pressure on them by killing susceptible ones, it’s the ones that aren’t susceptible to the drug that reproduce. The more we worm, the more resistance we get.”
Mr Rendle said wormers were developed in the 1960s and by 1985, it had been highlighted that routine worming needed to stop. Over the next decades, evidence emerged of resistance in horse worms to every class of wormer we have available.
“We’ve still got that resistance as it doesn’t go away, but for the first time, we don’t have any more classes of drug to turn to,” he said.
“We’re on a slippery slope, and what’s at the bottom is not an appealing picture.”
Mr Rendle said if all horse owners turned to targeted worming – using the drugs only when needed, which can be determined through diagnostic testing including faecal worm egg counts – this could decrease the drugs’ use by 80%. Get your FWEC kits here: www.labequine.co.uk/shop

The Lab is closed due to staff holidays on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th of August. Please send your test samples on Monday (21st) of that week so they will be tested before the Lab closure. Many thanks, Melle

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When did your horse last have a worm egg count? - https://mailchi.mp/5bec798d3c45/spring23wormcountdue-9587554 Healthy horses and ponies should have them at three monthly intervals, so horses last tested in early spring are now due their next test. For youngsters, rescued horses or those with a history of worm problems or high counts, the gap should be shorter; six to eight weeks as they are more susceptible to infection.

Friendly reminder if you haven't done your Horse's spring worm count yet! - https://mailchi.mp/70b43a5629db/spring23wormcountdue-9581158

Bank Holiday Monday - https://mailchi.mp/5c2ec721cf3a/spring23wormcountdue-9577661

Please send your worm egg counts before Wednesday 24th of this week to ensure they aren't held up in the post due to the upcoming Bank Holiday. The lab will be closed from Friday 26th to Monday 29th May. Thanks and have a lovely weekend!

Friendly reminder if you haven't done your Horse's spring worm count yet! - https://mailchi.mp/c6a18838c113/spring23wormcountdue-9576861

Another interesting article about wormer resistance... - https://mailchi.mp/aaea36507513/spring23wormcountdue-9575229

Patricia O'Nions can you send me your email address please so I can amend your details on our system?

Is your Horse's spring worm count is due! - https://mailchi.mp/c54540e52c82/spring23wormcountdue-9572001

Another interesting article about wormer resistance... - https://mailchi.mp/5b9bb8ddbcc1/spring23wormcountdue-9570533