Investigation of the prevalence of ectoparasites and blood parasites of horses and related risk factors in Gonbad Kavus city
Subject Areas : Large Animal DiseasesLiela Derkhshan 1 , Behnam Pedram 2 , Frorogh Kajbaf 3 , Beniamin Marmaie 4 , Mohammad Mehdiannasab 5
1 - Faculty of Shushtar Azad University, Ph.D. in Parasitology, Ph.D. in Shushtar Azad University, Ph.D. in Pathology, Ph.D. in Animal Physiology, Islamic Azad University, Shushtar Branch
2 - Faculty of Shushtar Azad University
3 - Faculty of Shushtar Azad University
4 - Graduated with a doctorate in general veterinary medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Shushtar branch
5 - Doctoral student of general veterinary medicine, faculty of veterinary medicine, Islamic Azad University, Shushtar branch
Keywords: horse, Ectoparasites, Blood parasites, Gonbadkavus,
Abstract :
Breeding of horses and equines for different purposes has always been done in Iran and other parts of the world. Golestan province, especially Gonbad Kavos city, is one of the hubs of horse breeding in Iran. One of the biggest problems of keeping animals is infection with all kinds of parasitic diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of external and blood parasites of horses and its risk factors in Gonbad Kavus city. This study was carried out cross-sectionally for 6 months on 128 horses with symptoms of external and blood parasites in different areas of Gonbad Cavus was done. First, the entire body of the animal was examined macroscopically, and after all of them, a blood sample was prepared. The results of the study showed that 100 samples (78.12%) were infected with pirplasmosis blood parasite and there was no other type of blood parasite infection. generally, the results of the present study showed that the contamination with blood parasites in Kavus Dome is high and worrying and has no relation to age and gender. The level of external parasites shows the high health of horses in the region.
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