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PEREZ, Arlett M  y  LECUNA, Jesmil C. In Vivo Study of Parasitic Burden and Species of Strongylidae Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Venezuelan Creole Horses. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Vet. [online]. 2014, vol.55, n.1, pp.34-41. ISSN 0258-6576.

During an assay to evaluate the efficacy of two bovine anthelminthic formulations (Moxidectin as Cydectin NF® and Doramectin as Dectomax®), the in vivo parasitic burden and the strongyles species present in four adult Venezuelan Creole horses with a high strongylid count were studied. The study was carried out at Estación Experimental “La Iguana” de la Universidad Simón Rodríguez (UNESR), Municipio Santa María de Ipire, estado Guárico (Venezuela). A total of four adult horses with a high strongylid count (more than 1000 eggs per gram of feces) through a post treatment parasite recovery were used. Horses were allocated into 2 groups (one male and one female per group), as follows: Group I: two animals treated with a subcutaneous (sc) injection of 0.4 mg/kg body weight (BW) of Moxidectin; Group II: two animals treated with a sc injection of 0.3 mg/kg BW of Doramectin. Samples of feces (approximately 500 g) were collected at 24 and 48 h post-treatment for the in vivo recovery of the strongyles species present. The results showed that nematodes were only seen in animals from Group I 48 h post-treatment: 325 individual parasites of the Strongylidae family were recovered in males and only 201 in females. In Group II, nematodes were observed at 24 and 48 h post treatment, with 136 parasites recovered in males and only 3 in females. Six genuses were observed: Cylicocyclus, Coronocyclus, Cyathostomum, Cylicostephanus, Triodontophorus y Poteriostomum and sixteen species, being Cylicocyclus nassatus the species with more abundance and intensity. Posteriostomum imparidentatum is reported for the first time in Venezuelan Creole horses. The post-treatment parasite recovery is a good alternative for the estimation of the parasite burden and the composition of the strongylid parasite community when necropsy studies are not available or desirable.

Palabras clave : Cyathostominae; Strongylidae; Poteriostomum; nematoda; Horses; Venezuela.

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