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Hi Joy,
Thank you. I’m delighted that our visit was helpful.
About the worming – If you feed a daily wormer (pyrantel tartrate) such as Strongid C or Continuex, you’ll want to administer Zimecterin Gold during the spring (to cover tapeworms, strongyles, pinworms, ascarids, bots, etc. This is an ivermectin/praziquantel preparation (the praziquantel is the drug for tapeworms). Then, in the fall, you can administer plain ivermectin or moxidectin.
If you want to paste worm every two or three months, then rotate different drugs.
Let me know if you have any other questions. 
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Dr. Getty