Studies on Strongylus asini. I. Experimental infestation of equines.
Infective larvae were harvested from a culture of eggs collected from adult Strongylus asini recovered from a free-ranging Burchell's zebra, Equus burchelli, in the Kruger National Park. Worm-free zebra, horse and donkey foals were successfully infested, but infestation failed in a mule foal. At slaughter, 117-125 days post-infestation, S. asini in their 4th moult were recovered from the liver and portal veins. This is the first report of successful experimental infestation of these hosts with S. asini.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000469:parasitology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010527:Perissodactyla / Q000469:parasitology*; D013319:Strongyle Infections, Equine / Q000473:pathology*; D013320:Strongyloidea / Q000472:pathogenicity*