Cyathostominae distribution in experimentally infected ponies

• Main Authors: Scháňková Š., Maršálek M., Wagnerová P., Langrová I., Starostová L., Stupka R., Navrátil J., Brožová A., Kudrnáčová M., Jankovská I., Vadlejch J., Čadková Z.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2015-06-01
• Series: Helminthologia
• Subjects: cyathostominae; infection; pony; prevalence; distribution
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0024
• ISSN: 0440-6605; 1336-9083

Nine ponies were experimentally infected with third stage cyathostome larvae. These animals were examined post-mortem for small strongyle infections from October 2011 to January 2012. Seventeen species of the following Cyathostominae genera were identified: Coronocyclus, Cyathostomum, Cylicocyclus, Cylicostephanus, Gyalocephalus and Petrovinema. Of the 17 species of Cyathostominae recovered, Cyathostomum catinatum, Cyathostomum alveatum and Cylicocyclus nassatus were the most prevalent (100 %). From the entire population of Cyathostominae, 65.6 % were located in the caecum and only 34.4 % in the colon. Only 1,736 (24,6 %) females and 5,329 (75,4 %) males were observed. There was a significant difference between the number of males and females in the genus Cyathostomum, Cylicocyclus and Gyalocephalus.