| prevalence and treatment of tapeworms in horses. | a study was initiated to determine the prevalence of tapeworms in horses in southern ontario and to investigate the efficacy of pyrantel pamoate, niclosamide and mebendazole. fecal samples were taken from 580 horses of various breeds, ages and sexes in 24 locations and anoplocephala perfoliata was found in 13.6%. this was regarded as a minimum, the true rate being probably significantly higher and the reasons for this are discussed. a brief review of the life cycle and effects of tapeworms in ho ... | 1979 | 487360 |
| occurrence of anoplocephala perfoliata infection in horses in ontario, canada and associations with colic and management practices. | infection with the tapeworm anoplocephala perfoliata has been found to be associated with equine colic in horses in the united kingdom. using a matched case-control study design, data collected from 117 pairs of horses in ontario were examined for evidence of associations between risk of colic and a. perfoliata infection, and between seropositivity to infection and management practices. cases were horses in southern ontario diagnosed with colic by local veterinarians, and control horses were fro ... | 2008 | 18339482 |