Implementation of Biological Control to the Integrated Control of Strongyle Infection among Wild Captive Equids in a Zoological Park
| Autor: | M. I. Silva, Maria Sol Arias Vázquez, Rita Sánchez-Andrade, Adolfo Paz-Silva, Fabián Leonardo Arroyo Balán, J.A. Hernández, C. Cazapal-Monteiro, A. M. Palomero |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Patoloxía Animal |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine Article Subject 040301 veterinary sciences Duddingtonia lcsh:Medicine Strongyle Infections Equine Biology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 0403 veterinary science Deworming 03 medical and health sciences Feces Ivermectin biology.animal medicine Helminths Animals Anthelmintic Horses Parasite Egg Count Anthelmintics General Immunology and Microbiology lcsh:R 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine Equidae 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Praziquantel Biological Control Agents Spain Animals Zoo medicine.drug Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BioMed Research International BioMed Research International, Vol 2018 (2018) Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela instname |
| ISSN: | 2314-6141 |
| Popis: | The integrated control of strongyles was assayed for a period of three years in wild equids (zebras, European donkeys, and African wild asses) captive in a zoo and infected by strongyles. During three years control of parasites consisted of deworming with ivermectin + praziquantel; equids also received every two days commercial nutritional pellets containing a blend of 104 - 105 spores of the fungi Mucor circinelloides + Duddingtonia flagrans per kg meal. Coprological analyses were done monthly to establish the counts of eggs of strongyles per gram of feces (EPG). The reductions in the fecal egg counts (FECR) and in the positive horses (PHR) were calculated fifteen days after deworming; the egg reappearance period (ERP) and the time elapsed from the previous deworming (TPD) were also recorded. Four anthelmintic treatments were administered during the assay, three times throughout the first 2 yrs, and another treatment during the last one. FECR values of 96-100% and 75-100% for the PHR were recorded. The ERP oscillated between eight and twenty-eight weeks, and the TPD ranged from four to eighteen months, increasing to the end of the trial. No side effects were observed in any of the equids. It is concluded that integrated control of strongyles among equids captive in a zoo can be developed by anthelmintic deworming together with the administration of pellets manufactured with spores of parasiticide fungi every two days. This trial was partly supported by the Research Project CTM2015-65954-R (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain; FEDER). Dr. María Sol Arias Vázquez is recipient of a Ramón y Cajal contract (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness), and Dr. C. F. Cazapal-Monteiro is beneficiary of a postdoctoral research fellowship (Xunta de Galicia, Spain) SI |
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