Fecal examination of the equids of Tabriz from the viewpoint of gastrointestinal helminthes infestation

Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Ali Eslami ¹ , یعقوب Gharehdaghi ² , Ali Hashemzadeh–Kargari ³

1 - Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Graduate of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2008-01-05 Accepted : 2008-05-19 Published : 2008-02-20

Keywords: Equids, feces, strongyle, trichuris,

Abstract :

     From July to October 2006, fecal samples were collected from 242 horses and ponies of Tabriz jockey clubs and 119 local equids in order to determine their EPG and parasitic fauna of gastrointestinal helminthes. After performing the Clayton- laen method of floatation test using zinc chloride and saturated sodium chloride solutions, it was determined that the feces of 40% of jockey club horses and 78.15% of local equids were infected by the eggs of parasitic gastrointestinal helminthes. Trichuris eggs were observed in 4.2% of the feces of local equids. Fecal culture revealed that all the eggs in the feces of jockey club horses were small strongyles while 2 of the local equids were infected by Strongyles vulgaris and the rest by small strongyles. Based on independent t-test, the differences between males and females and different age groups were insignificant.

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