About WormScope

WormScope is an Australian professional faecal egg count and parasite management service. We work with horse owners, studs, agistment properties and small equine businesses across the country — providing accurate laboratory testing, plain-English reports, and individual recommendations for every horse.

We're independent. We don't sell wormers, so there's no incentive to over-recommend treatment. Our only job is to give you an honest read on what's happening inside your horse.

WormScope started with a simple observation: most horse owners were still worming on a rigid schedule, with no idea whether it was necessary — and resistance to common dewormers was quietly getting worse.

Faecal egg counts have been the answer for years overseas, but in Australia they were often expensive, slow, or wrapped in technical language that left owners no closer to a decision. We built WormScope to fix that: quick turnaround, clear reports, fair pricing, and recommendations you can actually act on.

WormScope is run by Richelle — a lifelong horse person with hands-on experience owning, agisting and managing horses across different properties and life stages. That practical background shapes everything about the service: the reports are written the way she'd want to receive them, and the advice is grounded in what actually works on a real property, not just what looks neat on paper.

Every sample is processed personally, and every report is reviewed before it goes out.

A test result is only useful if you understand what it means. WormScope reports are written in plain English, with the numbers explained alongside individual recommendations tailored to your horse's age, history and management.

Alongside every report, we point you to the education you need to make good decisions — not marketing, not scare tactics, just the evidence.

Resistance is real, and it's advancing faster than new chemicals are being developed. Every unnecessary worming dose selects for resistant parasites — and once a class of dewormer stops working, it doesn't come back.

Sustainable parasite management means testing first, treating targeted horses only, and using the right product at the right time. WormScope exists to make that approach practical for every owner, not just professional studs.

Every sample is processed using the Modified McMaster technique — the gold-standard method for equine faecal egg counts. A precisely measured portion of manure is mixed with a flotation solution, loaded into a specialised counting chamber, and examined under the microscope so parasite eggs float into a clear counting grid.

The result is a comparable, quantitative eggs per gram (EPG) figure — the number you see on your report. Where possible, we also note sand and other observations that can affect management.