Mulaw Berihun Asnakew, Bizu Feyisa, Maru Moges, Kassaw Seid
Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Vet Med Int. 2024 Dec 28;2024:3224113. doi: 10.1155/vmi/3224113. eCollection 2024.
Equines play a significant role in the economy of the country. Besides their importance, equines face several challenges mainly helminth infections. Of these strongyle parasites are the most common, particularly in the study area. Thus, a cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2022 to July 2022 to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors and to identify the genera of equine strongyle parasites in and around Bishoftu. A total of 364 equines were randomly selected from five different areas and subjected to coprological examination using the floatation technique to detect strongyle-type eggs. A pooled faecal sample was cultured and subjected to modified Baerman techniques to identify the genus of strongyles. The overall prevalence of strongyle parasites was found to be 56.6% with an occurrence rate of 54.7% in horses and (65.2%) in donkeys. According to the present study, the two important genera identified were and A higher prevalence of strongyle parasites was recorded in poor body condition (64%), adult (59.3%), female (70.7), and Kality (22%). Among the potential risk factors analyzed, the body condition score of the equines was significantly associated with strongyle infection ( = 76.536 and ≤ 0.001), while sex, species, age, and origins were not significantly associated with the prevalence of infection ( = 2.644 and = 0.266), ( = 2.404 and = 0.121), ( = 0.609 and = 0.435), and ( = 3.205 and = 0.524), respectively. In conclusion, strongyle parasites pose a major health problem for equines in the study area. They should focus on improving housing, increasing welfare awareness, implementing seasonal deworming, and enhancing the feeding practices of equines.
马在该国经济中发挥着重要作用。除了其重要性外，马还面临着一些挑战，主要是蠕虫感染。其中圆线虫寄生虫最为常见，尤其是在研究区域。因此，于2022年2月至2022年7月进行了一项横断面研究，以确定患病率和相关风险因素，并识别比绍夫图及其周边地区马圆线虫寄生虫的种类。从五个不同地区随机选取了364匹马，采用漂浮技术进行粪便学检查以检测圆线虫型虫卵。采集混合粪便样本进行培养，并采用改良的贝尔曼技术来识别圆线虫的种类。发现圆线虫寄生虫的总体患病率为56.6%，马的感染率为54.7%，驴的感染率为65.2%。根据本研究，确定的两个重要种类是 和 。身体状况较差（64%）、成年马（59.3%）、雌性马（70.7%）和卡利蒂地区（22%）的圆线虫寄生虫患病率较高。在分析的潜在风险因素中，马的身体状况评分与圆线虫感染显著相关（ = 76.536， ≤ 0.001），而性别、物种、年龄和来源与感染患病率无显著相关（ = 2.644， = 0.266），（ = 2.404， = 0.121），（ = 0.609， = 0.435），以及（ = 3.205， = 0.524）。总之，圆线虫寄生虫对研究区域的马构成了主要的健康问题。应着重改善马的居住环境、提高福利意识、实施季节性驱虫以及改进马的饲养方式。
