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Equine parasites
IDs and important info
13
Veterinary Medicine
Professional
04/14/2011

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Parascaris : ascarid

no intermediate host

adult in SI

tx : fenbendazole

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Parascaris : ascarid

no intermediate host

adult in SI

tx : fenbendazole

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oxyuris : pinworm

no intermediate host

adult in colon and rectum

anal pruritis -> rubbing

eggs on anus or in feces

tx: fenbendazole

 

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oxyuris : pinworm

no intermediate host

adult in colon and rectum

anal pruritis -> rubbing

eggs on anus or in feces

tx: fenbendazole

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Strongylus vulgaris : large strongyle

Adults in LI and cecum, larval migration causes cranial mesenteric artery aneurysm (L4)

ID: L3 in fecal culture

Tx: ivermectin, FBZ

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anoplocephala : tapeworm

adults in SI, ileocecal valve

pasture mite intermediate host (cysticercoid)

tx: praziquantel

 

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anoplocephala : tapeworm

adults in SI, ileocecal valve

pasture mite intermediate host (cysticercoid)

tx: praziquantel

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Chorioptes : Foot and leg mange

not very pathogenic

tx: ivermectin

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Dermacentor nitens

tranmits babesia, 1 host tick

not present in PNW

Control: coumaphos, malathion

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Babesia

transmitted by Dermacentor nitens and amblyomma ticks

trophozoites in RBC

Prevention : tick control

Tx: Imidocarb

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Tabanus : horse fly

vicious biter, will bite anything

transmits anaplasmosis, tularemia

difficult to control

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Gastrophilus : Bot fly

zoonosis : myiasis. no intermediate host

larva in stomach

tx: ivermectin

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Eimeria leuckarti : Coccidia

Small intestine, non-pathogenic

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