Fecal Egg Counting

Ensure your horse's health and well-being with our comprehensive Fecal Egg Counting service, offered year-round with Fecal Focus Diagnostics.

We recommend testing in the spring and fall when parasite levels are typically highest. Do you know your horse's parasitic load?

Fecal Egg Counting is a vital test to determine your horse's parasite load. Knowing this information is very helpful for proper deworming management. By identifying your horse’s individual parasite load and determining the high shedders in your herd, you may be able to prevent future health issues and save yourself time, money and frustration by:

• Identifying a parasite source as a culprit to other issues you may be noticing like weight loss, dull coat, colic and ulcer like symptoms, etc.
• Choosing the best wormer option based on your horse's individual result.
• Provide targeted deworming that deworming products.

Fecal Egg Counting Instructions:

1.Contact the Mill location nearest you to arrange a time to drop off your horse’s
fecal sample.

Bel Air: 410-838-6111

Black Horse: 410-692-2200

Hampstead: 410-374-6066

Hereford: 410-329-6558

Kingstown: 410-778-1551

Red Lion: 717-244-4511

Salisbury: 410-546-6234

Whiteford: 410-452-8177

2. You can either fill out a form when you drop the sample off -OR- if you would
like to have the form filled out ahead of time, click here to download.

3. Sample needs to be less than 24 hours old when dropped off:

- The fresher the sample, the better.

-  Collect sample in a Ziplock bag: Label the bag with your name, the horse’s name, and the date and time of collection.

- Refrigerate sample if not immediately bringing to the store for drop off.

It is equally important that the sample does not freeze.

4.The Mill will email you the results, typically within a week of drop off.