A practical health programme for prevention of parasitic and infectious diseases in horses and ponies.

A scheme of combined anthelmintic treatment and vaccination is described. The seasonal veterinary activities are as follows: March (all horses); parasitological examination of faeces, anthelmintic treatment, immunization against influenza and tetanus (booster dose). June: parasitological faeces examination of foals, anthelmintic treatment of all horses, immunization of foals against tetanus (1st dose). August: anthelmintic treatment of all horses and immunization of foals against influenza (1st dose) and tetanus (2nd dose). October: parasitological faeces examination and anthelmintic treatment of all horses, and immunization against influenza of foals (2nd dose) and yearlings (2nd booster dose). December (for all horses): anthelmintic treatment.