Systematic review of gastrointestinal nematodes of horses from Australia
| Autor: | Lisa Walter, Ryan O’Handley, Edwina Wilkes, Jenni Bauquier, Ian Beveridge, Peter Carrigan, Abdul Jabbar, Martin K. Nielsen, Lucy Cudmore, John Hurley, Caroline Jacobson, Anne Beasley, Muhammad A. Saeed, Brett S. Tennent-Brown, Kris Hughes, CM El-Hage, Ghazanfar Abbas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
Strongyles medicine.medical_specialty Nematoda Victoria Parasitic Diseases Animal 030231 tropical medicine Population ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Review Horse lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Feces 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health parasitic diseases Epidemiology medicine Animals Helminths lcsh:RC109-216 Horses Nematode Infections education Parasite Egg Count Anthelmintic resistance Anthelmintics education.field_of_study biology ved/biology Australia Parascaris equorum Western Australia biology.organism_classification GINS Gastrointestinal Tract 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Parasitology Habronema Trichostrongylus axei Queensland New South Wales Gastrointestinal nematodes |
| Zdroj: | Parasites & Vectors Parasites & Vectors, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1756-3305 |
| Popis: | Background Equine gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) have been the subject of intermittent studies in Australia over the past few decades. However, comprehensive information on the epidemiology of equine GINs, the efficacy of available anthelmintic drugs and the prevalence of anthelmintic resistance (AR) in Australasia is lacking. Herein, we have systematically reviewed existing knowledge on the horse GINs recorded in Australia, and main aspects of their pathogeneses, epidemiology, diagnoses, treatment and control. Methods Six electronic databases were searched for publications on GINs of Australian horses that met our inclusion criteria for the systematic review. Subsets of publications were subjected to review epidemiology, diagnoses, pathogeneses, treatment and control of GINs of horses from Australia. Results A total of 51 articles published between 1950 to 2018 were included. The main GINs reported in Australian horses were cyathostomins (at least 28 species), Draschia megastoma, Habronema muscae, H. majus, Oxyuris equi, Parascaris equorum, Strongyloides westeri and Trichostrongylus axei across different climatic regions of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia. Nematodes are diagnosed based on the traditional McMaster egg counting technique, though molecular markers to characterise common GINs of equines were characterised in 1990s. The use of anthelmintic drugs remains the most widely-used strategy for controlling equine GIN parasites in Australia; however, the threshold of faecal egg count that should trigger treatment in horses, remains controversial. Furthermore, anthelmintic resistance within GIN population of horses is becoming a common problem in Australia. Conclusions Although GINs infecting Australian horses have been the subject of occasional studies over the past few decades, the effective control of GIN infections is hampered by a generalised lack of knowledge in various disciplines of equine parasitology. Therefore, coordinated and focused research is required to fill our knowledge gaps in these areas to maximise equine health and minimise economic losses associated with the parasitic infections in Australia. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13071-019-3445-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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