Prevalence of helminths in horses raised in konya province
<b>Aim:</b> This study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of helminth species in horses raised in Konya region of Turkey.<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> One hundred adult horses of varying age, gender and breed from five randomly chosen farms were sampled. Fre...
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| Language: | English |
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Selcuk University Press
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| Series: | Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://eurasianjvetsci.org/pdf.php3?id=1219 |
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| Summary: | <b>Aim:</b> This study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of
helminth species in horses raised in Konya region of Turkey.<p>
<b>Materials and Methods:</b> One hundred adult horses of varying
age, gender and breed from five randomly chosen farms were
sampled. Fresh fecal samples were taken between February and
March 2016 and examined by flotation, Benedek's Sedimentation
and Baermann Wetzel technique and, strongylid eggs were
detected, and then subsequent larval culture was performed.<p>
<b>Results:</b> The overall prevalences of egg excretion were 49% for
Cyatostomins, 12% for Parascaris equorum and 2% for Oxyuris
equi. On all five farms, at least one horse shed strongylid eggs,
while P. equorum and O. equi eggs were excreted by horses from
four and two farms, respectively. Harvested larvae from samples
with strongylid eggs were subsequently differentiated morphologically.
Larvae of Trichonema sp., Poteriostomum sp., S. vulgaris,
S. edentatus and Triodontophorus sp. were found with
overall prevalence of 49%, 17%, 3%, 3% and 1%, respectively.
Larvae of Strongylus equinus were not found.<p>
<b>Conclusion:</b> On each of the five farms horses were infected
with Trichonema sp. and Poteriostomum sp. S. vulgaris eggs
were excreted by horses of two farms, while infections with
S. edentatus or Triodontophorus sp. were only seen in horses
on one farm. Neither trematode nor cestode eggs nor larvae of
Dictyocaulus arnfieldi could be detected. Small strongyles and
to a much lesser extent large strongyles are the main gastro-intestinal
helminthic infections of horses in Konya region. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-6958 2146-1953 |