Elghryani Nagwa, McOwan Trish, Mincher Craig, Duggan Vivienne, de Waal Theo
Telenostic Ltd., R95 CRK2 Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Gamines, University of Benghazi, Benghazi 33FX+QV9, Libya.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Feb 7;13(4):581. doi: 10.3390/ani13040581.
Gastrointestinal helminths are ubiquitous in horse populations across the world. Intensive anthelmintic treatments have succeeded in controlling some of the pathogenic effects of these parasites. However, the success of anthelmintic drugs has been threatened by the development of widespread resistance to those most commonly used. To develop improved control strategies, information on helminth distribution patterns is needed, which can be obtained by identifying animals regarded as high egg shedders and taking age, gender, and other risk factors into account. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of helminth infection in the Irish equine population using faecal egg counts and to evaluate the effects of risk factors on these faecal egg counts. For the 2700 horses that were included in the study, the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth infection was 52.40%, 4.22%, 2.59%, and 0.89% for strongyle species, spp., spp., and , respectively. Overall, strongyle faecal egg counts from 159 farms averaged 250.22 eggs per gram. Both age and season had significant effects on strongyle egg shedding. In conclusion, this study revealed high prevalence of strongyle worm infection in horses on Irish farms, which highlights the need to optimize and develop good management practices and strategic deworming.
胃肠道蠕虫在世界各地的马群中普遍存在。强化驱虫治疗已成功控制了这些寄生虫的一些致病作用。然而，驱虫药物的成效受到了对最常用药物广泛产生耐药性的威胁。为了制定更好的控制策略，需要有关蠕虫分布模式的信息，这可以通过识别被视为高虫卵排泄者的动物并考虑年龄、性别和其他风险因素来获得。本研究的目的是使用粪便虫卵计数来确定爱尔兰马群中蠕虫感染的患病率，并评估风险因素对这些粪便虫卵计数的影响。在纳入研究的2700匹马中，圆线虫属、 属、 属和 属的胃肠道蠕虫感染患病率分别为52.40%、4.22%、2.59%和0.89%。总体而言，来自159个农场的圆线虫粪便虫卵计数平均为每克250.22个虫卵。年龄和季节对圆线虫虫卵排泄均有显著影响。总之，本研究揭示了爱尔兰农场马匹中圆线虫感染的高患病率，这凸显了优化和制定良好管理措施及策略性驱虫的必要性。
