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Epidemiological observations on stomach worms of horses in Morocco

1981; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 55; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0022149x00026808

1475-2697

Vijay Pandey, H. Ouhelli, A. Elkhalfane,

Mollusks and Parasites Studies

ABSTRACT Six to nine horses per month (total of 94 in a year) were examined for stomach worms in the Settat region of Morocco. All the animals were infected by at least one helminth species. Habronema muscae occurred in 95–8%, H. majits in 75.6% and Trichostrongylus axeiin 80.9% of horses. Polyparasitism was observed in 93.6% of horses. Both for Habronema spp. and T. axei the peak worm burden was observed in November and minimum in June. The infection pattern Habronema spp. was directly related to the period of activity of fly vectors.