PREVALENCE AND INTENSITY OF ENDOPARASITES INFECTIONS IN EQUINES FROM BRAZIL
Autor(es): Gustavo Felippelli, Lucas Vinicius Costa Gomes, Luciana Prando, Flávia Carolina Fávero, Willian Giquelin Maciel, Breno Cayeiro Cruz, Weslen Fabrício Pires Teixeira, Carolina Buzzulini, Gilson Pereira de Oliveira, Alvimar José da Costa
PREVALENCE AND INTENSITY OF ENDOPARASITES INFECTIONS IN EQUINES FROM BRAZIL
» Área de pesquisa: HELMINTOLOGIA
» Instituição: CPPAR - Animal Health Research Center - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP, Via de acesso Prof. Paulo Donatto Castellane, s/nº, CEP: 14884-900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo – Brazil.
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the helminthic fauna of equines from the Center-West region of Minas Gerais state. Twenty five animals, bearing an infection greater than 500 eggs per gram of feces (EPG) were selected. By means of parasitological necropsies and collection of the specimens present in the digestive tract, with the aid of a stereomicroscope, all helminths were, posteriorly, identified by optical microscopy, allowing the classification of twelve species, as well as the Cyathostominae sub-family. This last group presented higher incidence, followed by Trichostrongylus axei, Oxyuris equi, Triodontophorus serratus, Strongyloides westeri, Strongylus edentatus, Habronema muscae, Parascaris equorum, Probtsmayria vivipara, Strongylus vulgaris, Gasterophilus nasalis, Anoplocephala magna and Anoplocephala perfoliata. In the present study, if we do not consider the Probstmayria vivipara in the prevalence, a benign specie of helminth for horses, the frequency of Cyathostominae family is equivalent to 94,85%. This research allowed to detect and identify different helminth species in equines, as well as to confirm the huge diversity and occurrence of helminthic infections in horses from Brazil, specially the higher prevalence of Cyathostominae family. Besides, it was possible to consider this family one of the most important in equines, from an epidemiological and clinical point of view.
