Parasites in lungs of dead equids in Kentucky: emphasis on Dictyocaulus arnfieldi.
Prevalence of natural infections of parasites from the lungs of 488 dead Thoroughbreds in Kentucky was investigated. The horses varied from 1 to 32 years of age; 419 horses were from 215 farms and 69 horses were from 68 individual sources for which a specific farm was not identified. Examinations of the lungs were made from Mar 1, 1983 through Feb 29, 1984. Dictyocaulus arnfieldi was recovered from 56 (11%) of the horses. Other parasites found were larvae of Parascaris equorum in 37 (8%) and of Habronema/Draschia in 67 (14%) of the horses. The possible effect of ivermectin treatment on the prevalence of D arnfieldi in the lungs is discussed. Presence of D arnfieldi in 20 other selected dead equids was also investigated.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001199:Ascaridoidea; D004021:Dictyocaulus; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006736:Horses; D007629:Kentucky; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology*; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008681:Metastrongyloidea; D009348:Nematoda; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010124:Oxyuroidea; D012737:Sex Factors; D013045:Species Specificity; D013151:Spiruroidea