DIAGNOSIS OF EQUINE STRONGYLUS WORMS THROUGH THEIR INFECTIVE LARVAE

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Animal Health Research Institute.

2 Faculty of Vet. Med., Cairo University.

Abstract

Faecal culture of collected faecal samples collected from horses, donkeys and mules showed higher percentage of infestation with strongylus than the concentration floatation technique. The morphology of the 3rd stage larvae of equine strongylus was given. The general and differential characters of each type was studied in details. Tridontophorus species was presently isolated only from donkeys.

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