What we do
With an increasing risk of resistance to wormers, Worm Egg Counts are perfect as part of your targeted worming programme! SCOPS and NADIS and Vets are encouraging the use of FEC to help lower the use of worming unnecessarily.
Why use Faecal Egg Count in Sheep and Livestock?
The resilience to chemical treatment for worms is an increasing concern to farmers, small holders, vets and SQPs. Over the past 40 years the routing use of anthelmintics (wormers) combined with grazing management has been sufficient in controlling worm burdens , however this has come at a cost. We now find ourselves in a position where the effectiveness of chemical wormers is compromised due to the ever increasing resilience to these.
This is a big concern to farmers, small holders, vets and other animal medicine industries as the development of new wormers is much slower than that of the rate of resilience.
It is therefore important that as farmers/ small holders, we look into alternative ways to manage worm burdens in our livestock and treat strategically.
Here at Feclab, we care about our customers and the service that we provide. As small holders ourselves, we understand the challenges that are faced daily in order to maintain a happy and healthy flock or herd.
Our fully qualified Animal Medicines Advisers (SQPs) are always happy to offer advice and support where needed.
Please Note
A faecal egg count (FEC) counts the number of worm eggs in faeces and is then used to monitor the worm burden in sheep. The results are presented as ‘eggs per gram’ (EPG) of faeces and the number of eggs is an indication of the number of adult worms in the gut of the sheep.
Available test kits for Sheep & Livestock
You can now purchase your freepost Animal specific worm egg count from our website. You will receive your results within 48 hours of receipt by email or post whichever you prefer. Our staff are fully qualified Amtra SQP’s able to advice on Anthelmintic products.
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🥂 National SQP Awards Online Store Of The Year 2024 🥂
We are absolutrly delighted to announce that FECLAB won the National SQP Award for Online Store of the Year 2024.
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Brilliant! That’s amazing!
Congratulations!
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Notice: Friday the 15th of November
We will be open at a reduced staffing rate on Friday the 15th due to some of the team attending the National SQP Awards in London.
Please be reassured that samples will still be tested, however results will be sent on Monday, for W & LW samples arriving Thursday and Friday and W samples arriving on Friday.
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Congratulations Wynfaest Team!
A huge congratulations to our sponsored team, Ian, Kerri, Brecon, Dart and Zennor, with all three dogs being selected for Team wales WAO 2025.
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Thank you Feclab Laboratories for everything you do to help keep our dogs in the best condition. All three dogs were incredible throughout the try out process and we cannot wait to step out on the start line at the WAO in May 🙌
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What kind of test do you use for poultry worm counts please?
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We are delighted to announce that Feclab has been shortlisted for the National SQP Awards 2024 Online Store of The Year 2024 and Jasmine has been shortlisted for Farm SQP of the Year 2024.
We would like to say a big congratulations and thank you to our lovely team of staff.
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Congratulations! You all do a great job 👏🏻
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Just a reminder that there is a Bank Holiday this weekend therefore please avoid posting samples after Thursday, until Tuesday.
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Thanks for the reminder!!
Have you carried out a FEC and Equisal tapeworm test for your horse/s recently? If not then they are available on our website.THE WORM THAT TURNED: ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE IN TAPEWORM🪱
It's important to target worming only to horses that require treatment because anthelmintic resistance is now a real threat to effective control of tapeworm.
With FEC tests offering poor sensitivity for detecting tapeworm infection, the EquiSal test measures tapeworm-specific antibodies in saliva. This enables sensitive detection of infection to inform anti-tapeworm treatments.
Analysis of the 2015-2023 UK EquiSal dataset (below) demonstrates that, overall, only 1 in 3 horses is recommended for treatment, considerably reducing anthelmintic applications and, thus, protecting efficacy.
EquiSal Tapeworm kits are available via >500 veterinary and SQP stockists in the UK. Through postal collection points, the service is accessible for testing horses in the EU.
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