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*Do not keep horses on pastures grazed by donkeys (potential carriers).
 
*Do not keep horses on pastures grazed by donkeys (potential carriers).
 
*Treat donkeys with appropriate anthelmintic in spring if grazed with horses.
 
*Treat donkeys with appropriate anthelmintic in spring if grazed with horses.
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*Found in smaller [[Bronchi and Bronchioles Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of bronchitis or bronchiolitis|bronchi]]
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*Cause of chronic cough
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*Donkeys are a reservoir mostly without any clinical signs
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*Gross pathology:
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**Raised areas of over-inflated pulmonary tissue surrounding small bronchus, containing worms and mucopurulent exudate
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**Hyperplastic bronchial epithelium
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**Coiled worms in small bronchi
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**Peribronchial cuffing
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**In caudal lung lobes
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*Histologically
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**Central coiled parasites and associated chronic catharral bronchitis
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**Goblet cell hyperplasia
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**Lymphoid cell infiltration
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*In [[Hindgut Fermenters - Horse - Anatomy & Physiology|horses]], the worms usually fail to achieve sexual maturity
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[[Category:Trichostrongyloidea]][[Category:Horse_Nematodes]]
 
[[Category:Trichostrongyloidea]][[Category:Horse_Nematodes]]
 
[[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]
 
[[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]
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