Gastrointestinal parasites of the Polish primitive horses from the Biebrza National Park

Horses		Strongylidae			Parascaris equorum			Strongyloides westeri			Cestoda
		EI %	Mean EPG	SD	EI %	MeanEPG	SD	EI %	MeanEPG	SD
Group I, n=10	Stallion, n=1	100	1425.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Mares, n=6	100	1087.5	412.5	16.7	50	0	0	0	0	0
	Foals n=3	100	1025.0	327.9	100	566.7	454.4	100	150	86.6	0
Group II, n=11	Stallion, n=1	100	75.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Mares, n=10	100	750.0	404.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Geld, n=1	100	575	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group III, n=10	Mares, n=6	100	529.2	389.0	16.7	25	0	0	0	0	0
Group III, n=10	Foals, n=3	100	541.7	278.8	100	236.7	162.5	33.3	400	0	0

EPG - eggs per gram

EI, % - prevalence

Table 2.

Results of the gastrointestinal survey in free-ranging and stabled Polish primitive horses (n=31) in the Biebrza National Park, Poland

	Group I (n=10)					Group II (n=11)			Group III (n=10)
Parasite species	Prevalence %		MWB ± SD (Total number of specimens)		Prevalence %	MWB ± SD (Total number of specimens)	Prevalence %		MWB ± SD (Total number of specimens)
	Adults horses, n=7	Foals, n=3	Adults horses, n=7	Foals, n=3	Adults horses, n=11		Adults horses, n=7	Foals, n=3	Adults horses, n=7	Foals, n=3
Strongylinae	60		6.3 (63)	100	17.2 (189)	30		6.3 (19)
*Strongylus vulgaris*	57.1	0	7.5 ± 5.5	0	72.7	8.0 ± 5.6	28.6	0	3.0 ± 1.6	0
*S. edentatus*	85.7	0	5.0 ± 4.1	0	90.9	9.1 ± 5.5	28.6	0	5.5 ± 2.7 0
*Triodontophorus serratus*	28.6	0	1 ± 0.5	0	54.6	2.0 ± 1.3	0	0	0	0
*T. brevicauda*	0	0	0	0	45.5	2.0 ± 1.1	14.3	0	2.0 ± 0.8	0
*T. tenuicollis*	14.3	0	1 ± 0.4	0	36.6	1.5 ± 0.8	0	0	0	0
*Craterostomum acuticaudatum*	0	0	0	0	36.4	1.5 ± 0.8	0	0	0	0
Cyathostominae	100		312.2 (3122)		100	982.7 (10810)	100		63.9 (6385)
*Cyathostomum catinatum*	100		57.4 ± 58.2		100	137.2 ± 26.9	100		115.6 ± 90.9
*C. pateratum*	90		12.4 ± 9.3		100	22.9 ± 10.1	70		23.1 ± 60.3
*Coronocyclus coronatus*	100		14.7 ± 10.5		100	47.0 ± 19.9	90		37.6 ± 28.1
*C. labiatus*	50		2.4 ± 1.4		100	9.6 ± 4.2	60		10.3 ± 7.0
*C. labratus*	>50		3.8 ± 2.6		100	10.6 ± 3.4	60		7.2 ± 5.6
*Cylicostephanus calicatus*	90		15.4 ± 12.2		100	50.7 ± 21.3	100		22.8 ± 18.4
C. minutes	100		44.6 ± 42.1		100	158.5 ± 52.7	100		115.6 ± 88.0
C. hybridus	30		1.0 ± 0.5		45.5	1.6 ± 0.9	0		0
*C. longibursatus*	100		51.5 ± 57.3		100	166.7 ± 27.5	100		104.6 ± 81.3
C. goldi	80		8.4 ± 6.4		100	30.0 ± 10.4	90		25.6 ± 19.7
C. bidentatus	30		1.0 ± 0.5		72.7	2.1 ± 1.3	10		2.0 ± 0.6
Cylicocyclus radiatus	10		1.0 ± 0.3		27.3	1.0 ± 0.5	0		0
C. elongates	70		2.4 ± 1.6		100	16.3 ± 4.8	90		16 ± 12.6
*C. insigne*	90		8.7 ± 6.6		100	44.3 ± 19.9	100		20.3 ± 16.1
C. leptostomum	80		4.8 ± 4.3		100	18.7 ± 6.3	60		13.8 ± 9.1
*C. nassatus*	100		72.0 ± 60.5		100	170.2 ± 43.3	100		111.3 ± 85.9
*C. ashworthi*	100		21.4 ± 17.9		100	86.6 ± 23.1	100		38.2 ± 30.6
C. ultrajectinus	30		1.0 ± 0.5		72.7	4.5 ± 3.9	20		2.0 ± 0.8
Cylicodontophorus bicoronatus	10		1.0 ± 0.3		63.6	3.1 ± 2.2	0		0
Parapoteriostomum euproctus	40		2.0 ± 1.0		0	0	40		5.5 ± 3.3
P. mettami	10		1.0 ± 0.3		72.7	2.5 ± 1.5	50		1.4 ± 0.8
Poteriostomum imparidentatum	10		1.0 ± 0.3		63.6	1.9 ± 1.2	0		0
P. ratzii	10		1.0 ± 0.3		54.6	2.0 ± 1.3	0		0
Petrovinema poculatum	20		1.0 ± 0.4		81.8	1.6 ± 0.9	30		1.3 ± 0.7
*G. capitatus*	0		0		27.3	1.0 ± 0.5	0		0
Ascaridae
*Parascaris equorum*	20		9.0 ± 4.2 (18)		0	0	30		2.0 ± 1.3 (6)
Oxyuridae *Oxyuris equi*	70		6.1 ± 4.8 (43)		100	39.6 ± 12.5 (435)	60		2.0 ± 1.6 (12)
Habronematidae *Habronema muscae*	30		1.0 ± 0.5 (3)		0	0	0		0
Anoplocephalidae *Anoplocephala perfoliata*	90		4.1 ± 2.0 (37)		0	0	0		0
Gasterophilidae *Gasterophilus intestinalis*	80		4.4 ± 3.4 (35)		72.7	5.8 ± 3.3 (46)	50		2.4 ± 1.5 (12)

[i] MWB #8211; mean worm burden; SD #8211; standard deviation

Table 3.

The gastrointestinal parasite species found in Polish primitive horses from Biebrza National Park (present study), Roztocze National Park (Slivinska et al., 2013) and Popielno forest reserve (Slivinska et al., 2009)

Parasite species	Present study			Roztocze	Roztocze	Popielno
Parasite species	Wild horses, n=21		Stabled horses, n=10	Wild horses, n = 16 (Slivinska et al. 2013)	Stabled horses, n=13 (Slivinska et al. 2013)	Wild horses, n=11 (Slivinska et al. 2009)
	Group I	Group II
Strongylus vulgaris	+	+	+	+	+	+
S. edentatus	+	+	+	+	+	-
Triodontophorus serratus	+	+	-	+	+	+
T. brevicauda	-	+	+	+	+	-
T. tenuicolis	+	+	-	+	+	-
Craterostomum acuticaudatum	-	+	-	+	+	-
Cyathostomum catinatum	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. pateratum	+	+	+	+	+	+
Coronocyclus coronatus	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. labiatus	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. labratus	+	+	+	+	+	+
Cylicostephanus calicatus	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. minutus	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. hybridus	+	+	-	+	-	-
C. longibursatus	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. goldi	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. bidentatus	+	+	+	+	-	+
Cylicocyclus radiates	+	+	-	+	-	-
C. elongates	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. insigne	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. leptostomus	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. nassatus	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. ashworthi	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. ultrajectinus	+	+	+	+	-	+
C. bicoronatus	+	+	-	+	-	+
C. euproctus	+	-	+	+	+	+
C. mettami	+	+	+	+	+	+
Poteriostomum imparidentatum	+	+	-	+	+	+
P. ratzii	+	+	-	+	-	-
Petrovinema poculatum	+	+	+	+	+	-
Gyalocephalus capitatus	-	+	-	+	-	+
Parascaris equorum	+	-	+	+	+	+
Habronema muscae	+	-	-	+	+	+
Oxyuris equi	+	+	+	-	-	+
Anoplocephala perfoliata	+	-	-	+	+	+
Gasterophilus intestinalis	+	+	+	+	+	+
Number of cyathostome species	24	24	19	25	18	21
Number of parasite species	33	32	25	35	28	28

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0065 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605

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Language: English

Page range: 39 - 46

Submitted on: Feb 27, 2015

Accepted on: Jul 15, 2015

Published on: Mar 10, 2016

Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology

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