This article reports a Przewalski's horse from the Kalamaili Nature Reserve (KNR) in China transported to our institute to determine the cause of death. The animal had been subjected to necropsy before being transported to our institute; the entire digestive tract was removed but not opened to...
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Liu, S. H.; Hu, D. F.; Li, K.
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Wiley, Oxford, UK
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Equine Veterinary Education, 2018, 30, 1, pp 20-23
A cross-sectional survey was performed to obtain current data on the gastrointestinal myiasis of horses in the provinces of Kostanay, Akmola and Karagandy, northern and central Kazakhstan. The stomach, small intestine and rectum of 148 slaughter horses were examined for Gasterophilus spp. larvae...
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Ibrayev, B.; Lider, L.; Bauer, C.
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Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Veterinary Parasitology, 2015, 207, 1/2, pp 94-98
Parasite infections are more quantifiable postmortem than antemortem in horses. Thus a study was carried out examining dead horses for specific parasite species. Most of the weanling and older horses submitted to the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL) for postmortem...
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Lyons, E. T.; Bolin, D. C.; Bryant, U. K.; Cassone, L. M.; Jackson, C. B.; Janes, J. G.; Kennedy, L. A.; Loynachan, A. T.; Boll, K. R.; Burkhardt, A. S.; Langlois, E. L.; Minnis, S. M.; Welsh, S. C.; Scare, J. A.
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Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 2018, 13, pp 98-104
Objective: To investigate the species composition, diversity and prevalence of the infection of Gasterophilus botfly larvae in horses from Duolun county, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Methods: Adult horses were treated orally using ivermectin, the botfly larvae were collected from the feces and ...
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Zhang Ming; Liu JiaJia; Zhang LianGen; Tan ZengTao; Guo YouQing; Li Kai; Zhang Dong
Publisher
National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Zhongguo Meijie Shengwuxue ji Kongzhi Zazhi = Chinese Journal of Vector Biology and Control, 2015, 26, 6, pp 595-596
The aim of this study was to determine the ocurrence of equine cavitary myiasis (Gasterophilus spp.) in the Chol- Chol slaughtering house in Temuco, Chile and its relation with the presentation of secondary gastric ulcers in the non-glandular squamous mucosa of the horses' (Equus caballus) ...
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Cardona Á., J. A.; Álvarez Z., A.; Paredes H., E.
Publisher
Universidad CES, Facultad Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Medellín, Colombia
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Revista CES Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, 2016, 11, 1, pp 78-87
We have developed a novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on excretory/secretory antigens of second instar Gasterophilus for the diagnosis of gasterophilosis in grazing horses. Between January 2007 and January 2009, two experiments were carried out on free-ranging horses in...
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Sánchez-Andrade, R.; Cortiñas, F. J.; Francisco, I.; Sánchez, J. A.; Mula, P.; Cazapal, C.; Vázquez, L.; Suárez, J. L.; Francisco, R.; Arias, M. S.; Díez-Baños, P.; Scala, A.; Paz-Silva, A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Veterinary Parasitology, 2010, 171, 3/4, pp 314-320
Species of Gasterophilus are obligate parasites of equids and may induce severe, even lethal myiasis. However, identification of the third instar Gasterophilus larva at the species level is still problematic predominantly due to a shortage of diagnostic morphological features and incomplete...
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Li XinYu; Chen YiOu; Wang QiKe; Li Kai; Pape, T.; Zhang Dong
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Veterinary Parasitology, 2018, 262, pp 56-74
The objective of the present study was investigate the prevelance of Gasterophilus sp. larvae in Poland and characterize the parasitic invasion during one year. 513 horses were examined from January to December 2006. Gasterophilus sp. larvae were found in 250 of them (48.73%). The highest monthly...
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Pawlas-Opiela, M.; Sołtysiak, Z.
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Wydawnictwo Universytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu, Wrocław, Poland
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Acta Scientiarum Polonorum - Medicina Veterinaria, 2007, 6, 3, pp 29-36
The humoral immune response in horses from NW Spain was evaluated to establish the chronobiology of gasterophilosis. From January 2007 to January 2008 one herd of 13 horses was monthly bled and sera analyzed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Gasterophilus. intestinalis...
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Cortiñas, F. J.; Francisco, I.; Sánchez, J.; Mula, P.; Cazapal, C.; Suárez, J. L.; Vázquez, L.; Francisco, R.; Arias, M. S.; Díez-Baños, P.; Scala, A.; Morrondo, P.; Paz-Silva, A.; Sánchez-Andrade, R.
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Sociedad Española de Parasitología, Caceres-Badajoz, Spain
Citation
Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de Parasitología, 2010, 69, 1, pp 66-71
Fifty six equines from Iran were examined post-killed for the presence of Gasterophilus larvae during the years 2010-2011. Stomachs were removed according to the suitable necropsy techniques and checked for Gasterophilus species. Nine equines were infected by larvae of Gasterophilus spp. 26 second...
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Tavassoli, M.; Bakht, M.
Publisher
Scientia Parasitologica Pro Vita Foundation, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Scientia Parasitologica, 2012, 13, 2, pp 83-86