GI parasites of the horse

Big but live in small intestine only in foals PPP = 10w Egg resistant in the environment

What is true about Parascaris equorum?

[blank_start]Gasterphilus[blank_end] are bot flies which lay eggs on the [blank_start]legs[blank_end] of horses and hatch on contact with horses' [blank_start]lips[blank_end]. They exist in the [blank_start]stomach[blank_end] and rectal mucosa in the GIT. Can cause [blank_start]rectal[blank_end] prolapse

L3 infective Eggs in the feaces can cause non-strangulating infarction colic control with macrolcyclic lactones found in ventral colon and caecum after migration from the artery

Name the one type of cestode notable in the horse and its intermediate host A: [blank_start]Anoplocephala perfoliata[blank_end] Host: [blank_start]Forage mite[blank_end]

Which parasites can be associated with colic?

What parasite affects all horses in the population and can be diagnosed with a tape strip?

Write the parasites that are found at each of the locations in the equine GIT

80% of parasites are carried by which percentage of horses?

Which very itchy parasite is found usually in the colon but on the anus of pregnant females?