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<center> <big>'''Common Endoparasites of Donkeys</big>
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| '''Common name'''
| '''Scientific name'''
| '''Clinical signs'''
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|'''GUT WORMS'''
| [[Strongyles - Small - Donkey|'''Small strongyles''']]
| ''Cyathostomins''
| Often assymptomatic, early spring larval cyathostomosis – abdominal pain, depression, diarrhoea, hyperlipaemia
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| [[Strongyles - Large - Donkey|'''Large strongyles''']]
| ''Strongylus spp.''
| Colic, weight loss, diarrhoea
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| [[Pinworm - Donkey|'''Pinworm''']]
| ''Oxyuris equi''
| Anal irritation
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| [[Ascarids - Donkey|'''Ascarids/roundworm''']]
| ''Parascaris equorum''
| Colic, ill thrift, obstruction in foals
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| [[Threadworm - Donkey|'''Threadworm''']]
| ''Strongyloides westeri''
| Diarrhoea in foals
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| [[Tapeworm - Donkey|'''Tapeworm''']]
| ''Anoplocephala spp.''
| Implicated in colic
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| [[Lungworm - Donkey|'''LUNGWORMS''']]
| '''Lungworm'''
| ''Dictyocaulus arnfieldi''
| Rarely associated with disease in donkeys
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| [[Flukes - Donkey|'''FLUKES''']]
| '''Liver fluke'''
| ''Fasciola spp.''
| Often asymptomatic
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| [[Spirurids - Donkey|'''SPIRURIDS''']]
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| ''Habronema spp.''
| Summer sores (in the tropics)
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| [[Hydatid Cysts - Donkey|'''HYDATID CYSTS''']]
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| ''Echinococcus granulosus equinus''
| Liver dysfunction
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| [[Bots - Donkey|'''STOMACH BOTS''']]
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| ''Gasterophilus spp.''
| Problem caused by larvae
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| [[Onchocerciasis - Donkey|'''ONCHOCERCIASIS''']]
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| ''Onchocerca cervicalis''
| Fistulous withers
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