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| [[Strongyles - Donkey#Small strongyles – Cyathostomins|'''Small strongyles''']] | | [[Strongyles - Donkey#Small strongyles – Cyathostomins|'''Small strongyles''']] | ||
| ''Cyathostomins'' | | ''Cyathostomins'' | ||
| − | | | + | | Often assymptomatic, early spring larval cyathostomosis – abdominal pain, depression, diarrhoea, hyperlipaemia |
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Revision as of 10:18, 14 October 2016
| . | Common name | Scientific name | Clinical signs |
| GUT WORMS | Small strongyles | Cyathostomins | Often assymptomatic, early spring larval cyathostomosis – abdominal pain, depression, diarrhoea, hyperlipaemia |
| . | Large strongyles | Strongylus spp. | Colic, weight loss, diarrhoea |
| . | Pinworm | Oxyuris equi | Anal irritation |
| . | Ascarids/roundworm | Parascaris equorum | Colic, ill thrift, obstruction in foals |
| . | Threadworm | Strongyloides westeri | Diarrhoea in foals |
| . | Tapeworm | Anoplocephala spp. | Implicated in colic |
| LUNGWORMS | Lungworm | Dictyocaulus arnfieldi | Rarely associated with disease in donkeys |
| FLUKES | Liver fluke | Fasciola spp. | Often asymptomatic |
| SPIRURIDS | . | Habronema spp. | Summer sores (in the tropics) |
| HYDATID CYSTS | . | Echinococcus granulosus equinus | Liver dysfunction |
| STOMACH BOTS | . | Gasterophilus spp. | Problem caused by larvae |
| ONCHOCERCIASIS | . | Onchocerca cervicalis | Fistulous withers |
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