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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.
*Found in smaller [[Bronchi and Bronchioles Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of bronchitis or bronchiolitis|bronchi]]
*Cause of chronic cough
*Donkeys are a reservoir mostly without any clinical signs
*Gross pathology:
**Raised areas of over-inflated pulmonary tissue surrounding small bronchus, containing worms and mucopurulent exudate
**Hyperplastic bronchial epithelium
**Coiled worms in small bronchi
**Peribronchial cuffing
**In caudal lung lobes
*Histologically
**Central coiled parasites and associated chronic catharral bronchitis
**Goblet cell hyperplasia
**Lymphoid cell infiltration
*In [[Hindgut Fermenters - Horse - Anatomy & Physiology|horses]], the worms usually fail to achieve sexual maturity
[[Category:Trichostrongyloidea]][[Category:Horse_Nematodes]]
[[Category:Trichostrongyloidea]][[Category:Horse_Nematodes]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]