Diagnostic epidemiological differential study of the intestinal parasites infecting horses in Karbala province, Iraq

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  • Ibrahim Alhaitami Microbiology and Parasitology Department , Veterinary Medicine College, University of Ker-bala, Kerbala, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v10i3.1251

Keywords:

Epidemiological differential, Intestinal Parasites, Horses, Ker-bala province

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the infection of horses with some types of internal parasites in Kerbala province, Iraq. This purpose was examined by a flotation test of 110 horse fecal samples, divided according to age and sex. The results of this study showed two types of internal parasites, Nematodes and Protozoon; some horses were infected with more than one type of these parasites simultaneously. Examined horses were infected with Strongylus spp. by 71.8%, Parascaris equorum by 33.6%, and Eimeria spp. by 20%. Some of examined horses were suffering from infection with more than one types of internal parasites in same time, so that 12.7% of examined horses were infected with three types of parasites P. equorum , S. spp , E. spp, while 16.3% of these animals were infected with P. equorum , S.spp. However, 3.6% , 1.8% were infected with P. equorum , E. spp., and S. spp , E. spp. Female horses were more infected with these parasites than male horses, and percentage rates of female infection reached 73.1%, 30.9%, and 21.6% with the parasites S. spp, P. equorum, E. spp., while the rates of infection with these parasites in males animal were 61.5%, 53.8%, 7.6%. Animals that were smaller than one year old were more infected with these parasites than animals that were older than one year, so infection rates in smaller animals were 74% , 34 % and 21% with the parasites S. spp , P. equorum, E. spp, while in older animals were 50% , 30% , 10% receptively.

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09/12/2023

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Alhaitami, I. . (2023). Diagnostic epidemiological differential study of the intestinal parasites infecting horses in Karbala province, Iraq. Journal of Kerbala for Agricultural Sciences, 10(3), 184–189. https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v10i3.1251

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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2023): volume 10 issue 3 year 2023

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