Overview
PreventiCare™… it’s all about good health
PreventiCare is a unique equine wellness program created for all horses – from the trail to the show ring. It was designed with the idea that by forming a partnership with your veterinarian, you can improve your horse’s health and performance.
Preventive medicine is the key to stopping health problems before they impair your horse’s performance or become life-threatening. By encouraging regular veterinary care and fostering an improved relationship between the horse owner and the veterinarian, PreventiCare helps make exceptional health care possible.
Enrolling in PreventiCare is easy. You’ll work with your veterinarian to complete a simple enrollment application, and your veterinarian will monitor and document your compliance with PreventiCare requirements. Coverage for eligible horses begins 30 days after receipt of the application by Pfizer Animal Health, and the owner will receive an Official Enrollment Certificate in about 30 days.
There are six minimum requirements when enrolled in the PreventiCare program:
- Annual physical exam
- Annual dental exam, along with any advised treatment
- Appropriate immunizations as recommended by your veterinarian
- Annual nutritional consultation, when your veterinarian can help you review your feed program to decide whether it meets your horse’s needs
- Strongid® C or Strongid® C 2X™ administered daily, year ’round
- Twice-yearly treatments with avermectin
There are three disqualifications to enrollment in PreventiCare:
- Any horse that has had colic surgery
- Any horse that has experienced colic in the last 12 months or has a history of chronic colic
- Any horse under five months, or not fully weaned, or any horse over 20 years of age
Horses that are officially enrolled before age 20 may re-enroll each year until age 24. If enrollment lapses at any time after age 20, the horse will not be eligible for re-enrollment. Should your horse fall into one of these exclusions, that’s all the more reason you should participate in a wellcare program with your veterinarian. We cannot, however, enroll your horse in PreventiCare.
To participate, all Strongid C or Strongid C 2X must be purchased from your enrolling veterinarian – who is also required to administer all components of the program.
PreventiCare Services Provided by Your Veterinarian
By seeing your horse on a regular basis, your veterinarian can establish a history for your horse and monitor the level of care it needs and receives over time. Horses enrolled in PreventiCare receive an annual physical exam, annual dental exam and treatment, appropriate immunizations, daily use of Pfizer’s Strongid C or Strongid C 2X, a twice-yearly avermectin treatment, and nutritional counseling. The enrolling veterinarian provides all services, and horses that remain in compliance with the program’s requirements are eligible for the PreventiCare exclusive Colic Assistance Plan.
The PreventiCare Colic Assistance Plan™: Peace of Mind That Comes With PreventiCare
By enrolling in PreventiCare and following its guidelines, you qualify your horse for the added benefit of Pfizer’s Colic Assistance Plan. If your horse develops colic serious enough for surgery, Pfizer Animal Health will reimburse the operating surgeon for surgical costs and three days of aftercare, to a maximum of $5,000.
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