The Prevalences of Helminth Species According to Faecal Examination in Equids in Different Cities in Turkey

Authors : Abdurrahman GÜL, Serdar DEĞER, Erol AYAZ

Pages : 195-199

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The faeces of 464 horses and 110 donkeys were cOllected and examined by the flotation, sedimentation and Baermenn-Wetzel methods in a parasitology laboratory. The examinations showed that 327 of 464 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(70.5%); horses and 85 of 110 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(77.3%); donkeys were infected with the following species: in horses, Strongylidae sp. 62.7%, Strongyloides westeri 5.8%, Parascaris equorum 3.2%, Anoplocephalidae sp. 2.4 %, Fasciola hepatica 0.9%, Oxyuris equi 0.6%, and Paranoplocephala mamillana 0.2%; and in donkeys; Strongylidae sp. 72.7%, Strongyloides westeri 13.6%, Parascaris equorum 2.7%, Fasciola hepatica 0.9%, Oxyuris equi 0.9% and Dicrocoelium dendriticum 0.9%.
Keywords : Horse, donkey, helminth, Turkey