EQUINE PARASITESOXYURIS EQUI Description White Slender body Pointed tail Male measure = 12 mm or...

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EQUINE PARASITES VT-226 Large Animal Theory II

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EQUINE PARASITES

VT-226

Large Animal Theory II

ASCARIDS

Description

Adults are a creamy color

Males measure = 28 cm

Females measure = 50 cm

Ova: Dark brown, thick shelled, spherical

ASCARIDS

OXYURIS EQUI

Description White

Slender body

Pointed tail

Male measure = 12 mm or less

Females measure = 75 - 150 mm

Ova: Slender, somewhat flattened along

one side

OXYURIS EQUIS Rat Tail

Hypersensitivity

OXYURIS EQUI

Proctitis

OXYURIS EQUI

One side is

characteristically

flattened,

contains an

infective L3

larva. Mucoid

plug at one end.

OXYURIS EQUI

Cluster of eggs

OXYURIS EQUI

L4 larva resemble carpet tacks

with a pointed tail an buccal

capsule that is used to graze on

the intestinal mucosa.

OXYURIS EQUI

White adult females

STRONGYLES

STRONGYLES

Small - lifecycle

L3 larvae

living free

S. vulgaris, L3 larvae

S. vulgaris

Large buccal capsule,

2 teeth overlapping

S. vulgaris

Clot in the cranial

mesenteric artery

with larva in

cross-section

S. edentatus, no teeth

S. edentatus

Behind the peritoneum

S. edentatus

Liver fibrosis

S. equinus

3 teeth

STRONGYLES

“Plug feeders”

STRONGYLES

Description

Small strongyles Large strongyles

STRONGYLOIDES

Description

5-25mm in length

Ova: Thin walled, larvae inside

STRONGYLOIDES

An embryonated egg and first stage larvae

STRONGYLOIDES

Free-living

female

Free-

living

male

Free-

living

larvae

STRONGYLOIDES

Transmammary

transmission

Anoplocephala & Paranoplocephala

spp.

Description

Adults: Broad, thick, white, 2.5 cm – 80 cm

in length

Average length = 15 cm

Eggs are: Amber – almost clear, shape

varies from almost round – somewhat

square

Anoplocephala egg

Anoplocephala egg

Anoplocephala magna

Anoplocephala perfoliata

Anoplocephala scolex

Anoplocephala ileocecal valve

infestation

HABRONEMA

Description

10 – 15 mm in length

Eggs are: Elongated, thin walled,

larvae inside

HABRONEMA “Summer Sores”

Habronema granulomatous

conjunctivitis

Habronema “summer sores”

Habronema “summer sores”

Gasterophilus

Bots & Bot fly

Generally nonpathogenic

Perforating gastric ulcers

Common

Gasterophilus intestinalis = Most

common species

Gasterophilus

Female

G. intestinalis

Botfly

(bee-like)

Gasterophilus

Eggs cemented to hair

Gasterophilus

Close-up:

Contains an L1 that

will be viable for

several months as it

waits for stimulation

Gasterophilus

Gasterophilus, mature L3s

Gasterophilus

Gasterophilus

Theileria equi Description

Trophozoites are: Basophilic,

pear shaped or round, amoeboid

Maltese Cross

Theileria equi

Theileria equi, “Maltese cross”

Theileria equi, “Maltese cross”

Pediculosis (Lice)

Hematopinus asini Damalinia equi

Pediculosis: Alopecia and Tail

Damage

Horse biting lice and scurf