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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]] | ||
| + | *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 | ||
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[[Category:Trichostrongyloidea]][[Category:Horse_Nematodes]] | [[Category:Trichostrongyloidea]][[Category:Horse_Nematodes]] | ||
[[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]] | [[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]] | ||
Revision as of 09:23, 1 July 2010
Lungworm
DICTYOCAULUS ARNFIELDI
General
- Lungworm of equidae; adult worms found in smaller bronchi. Frequently incriminated as the cause of a chronic cough.
Morphology and Life-Cycle
- Similar to lungworm in cattle, except:
- embryonated eggs (80-100µm) passed in fresh faeces; and
- prepatent period = 12weeks.
Epidemiology
- Main source of infection = donkeys (remain infected for years) - contaminate horse pasture.
- Infection can cycle in horses.
| Horses | Donkeys | |
|---|---|---|
| Prevalence | 10-20% | 75% |
| Adult worms | Few | Many |
| Eggs in faeces | Often zero | Many |
| Period of patency | <8months | 5+ years |
| Clinical signs | Sometimes | Rarely |
NOTE: Clinical signs - chronic cough at rest or during exercise, single animal or group of horses, autumn or early winter.
- Dictyocaulus arnfieldi causes cough in horses
Pathogenicity
- Raised areas of over-inflated pulmonary tissue (several cms in diameter) surrounding small bronchus containing worms and mucopurulent exudate.
- Hyperplastic bronchial epithelium.
- Peribronchial "cuffing".
Diagnosis
- Clinical signs.
- Grazing history (donkey contact or shared grazing).
- Faecal examination (only detects patent infections = small proportion of lungworm infections in horses):
- process sample immediately = McMaster method, embryonated eggs
- process sample later = Baerman technique, larvae with tail spine.
- Tracheobronchial washings (large eosinophils).
- Response to anthelmintic treatment (e.g. resolution of clinical signs = retrospective diagnosis).
Control
- Do not keep horses on pastures grazed by donkeys (potential carriers).
- Treat donkeys with appropriate anthelmintic in spring if grazed with horses.
- Found in smaller 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 horses, the worms usually fail to achieve sexual maturity