Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services
1Associate Director, Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services
2Retired Professor and Head Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services
Department of Veterinary, Parasitology Veterinary College, Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Hebbal, Bengaluru - 560024, (Karnataka)
*Corresponding author, E-mail: dhanu.hanumappa@gmail.com
Online published on 1 October, 2020.
A prevalence study of gastrointestinal parasitism in horses was undertaken in three districts of Karnataka, India. Out of 692 faecal samples screened, 220 (31.80%) animals were positive for gastrointestinal parasites. The parasites with high prevalence rate were Parascaris equorum ova 101 (14.59%) followed by Strongyle 83 (11.99%); Gasterophilus ova 11 (1.59%); Eimeria leukarti oocysts 3 (0.43%); Oxyuris equi 2 (0.29%) and Strongyloides 2 (0.29%). Mixed infestation of Parascaris equorum and strongyle was found in 18 samples (2.60%). The prevalence in unorganised farms (80.30%) was higher as compared to organised farms (26.68%). The prevalence rate of strongyle infection in organised and unorganised farms were 7.51 and 54.54 percent with mean EPG of 133.33±16.67 to 885±63.21 and 366.67±96.57 to 1216.67±441.69 respectively followed by P. equorum (14.70%) with mean EPG of 316.66±133.65 to 1681.82±96.78 and 13.64 percent with mean EPG of 158.33±41.66 to 1491.67±75 in organised and unorganised farms respectively.
Gastrointestinal, Horse, Parasite
