Endoparasites

Endoparasites

1. EQUINE MEDICINE
Endoparasites

2. Endoparasites
•Internal parasites
•Protozoa
•Roundworms
•Flatworms
•Clinical signs
•Weight loss
•Poor hair coat
•Weakness
•Colic

3. Endoparasites
•Life Cycle
•Host
•Parasite
•Protozoa
•Nematodes
•Cestodes
•Trematodes

4. Cyathostomes
•Small Strongyles
•Hibernate in intestinal wall
•Severe diarrhea
•Weight loss
•Mild colic

5. Strongylusvulgaris
•Large Strongyles
•Large Redworms
•Vessel migration
•Colic
•Unthriftiness
•Diarrhea

6. Parascarisequorum
•Ascarids
•Young animals
•Stunted growth
•Unthriftiness
•Lung damage
•Diarrhea
•Colic

7. Strongyloideswesteri
•Threadworm
•Female is parasitic
•Lung migration
•Mammary glands
•Ingested by foal

8. Anoplocephalamagna
•Tapeworms
•Cecum
•Colic/Off feed
•Diarrhea/Dehydration
•Depression/Lying
down

9. Gasterophilusintestinalis
•Bots
•Eggs on legs
•Larva attached to
stomach wall
•10 months
•Ill thrift
•Weight loss
•Colic

10. Dictyocaulusarnfieldi
•Lungworms
•Donkeys-lungs-
adults
•Horses-lungs-
adults
•eggs coughed
up and
swallowed
•Clinical signs
•Coughing
•Nasal discharge
•High respiratory
rate

11. Habronemaspecies
•Stomach worms
•Gastric
•Cutaneous
•Summer sores
•Clinical signs
•Itching
•Open sores
•Resolve in
winter

12. Oxyurisequi
•Pinworms
•Adults in cecum, colon,
rectum
•Clinical signs
•Restless
•Off feed
•Loss of condition

13. Equine ProtozoalMyeloencephalitis
Sarcocystisneurona
•EPM
•2 intermediate hosts
•Opossum
•Birds, cats
•Clinical signs
•Stumbling
•Muscle wasting
•Mild lameness

14. Onchocercacervicalis
•Onchocerca
•Intermediate host
•Clinical signs
•Masses under skin
•Lameness
•Edema
•Eye problems

15. Thelazialacrymalis
•Eye Worms
•Intermediate host
•Face fly
•Clinical signs
•Mild irritation
•Possible blindness

16. Prevention and Control
•Sanitation
•Feed
•Water
•Physical removal
•Dewormingplan

17. Anthelmintics
•Remove adults
•Break life cycle