Gastrointestinal helminths detected in wild horses in Konya Province, Turkey
| Autor: | Onur Ceylan, Ceylan Ceylan, Asma Semassel, Gonca Sönmez, Bilal Dik, Ozlem Derinbay Ekici |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Veterinary medicine
General Veterinary biology ved/biology Poteriostomum Fauna ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Parascaris equorum wild horse helminth nematode Strongylus Turkey biology.organism_classification Trichonema Strongylus vulgaris Oxyuris equi parasitic diseases Helminths Triodontophorus |
| Zdroj: | Volume: 44, Issue: 3 662-667 Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences |
| ISSN: | 1300-0128 1303-6181 |
| Popis: | This study was conducted to identify the gastrointestinal helminths of wild horses in Konya, Turkey. Fresh stool samples collected from 66 horses were evaluated by flotation, sedimentation, Baermann-Wetzel, and stool culture methods. All 66 stool samples examined were found to be positive for helminths and the following parasites were detected: Trichonema spp. was detected in all stool samples 100% , followed by Poteriostomum spp. 45.5% , Strongylus vulgaris 34.9% , and Strongylus equinus 27.3% . In addition, Oesophagodontus spp. 9.1% , Strongylus edentatus 7.6% , Triodontophorus spp. 4.6% , Gyalocephalus spp. 4.6% , Oxyuris equi 3.0% , Parascaris equorum 1.5% , and Strongyloides westeri 1.5% were detected at lower levels. Wild horses with multiple helminth species infections included 23 horses 34.9% with two species, 18 27.3% with three species, 15 22.7% with one species, 7 10.6% with four species, and 3 with five species 4.5% . This study is important in terms of providing information regarding the helminth fauna of free-living wild horses in Turkey. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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