| lungworms (dictyocaulus arnfieldi): prevalence in live equids in kentucky. | prevalence of natural infections of the lungworm, dictyocaulus arnfieldi, was investigated in kentucky in 5,437 live equids (horses, ponies, and asses) on 91 farms by examination of fecal samples over a 15-month-period from january 28, 1983 to april 19, 1984. for the 91 farms investigated, asses only were examined on 1 farm; for the other 90 farms, examinations were made of horses on all of them, of ponies on 4 farms, and of asses on 9 farms. larvae of d arnfieldi were found in fecal samples of ... | 1985 | 3160271 |
| prevalence of some internal parasites recovered at necropsy of thoroughbreds born in 1982 in kentucky. | a total of 89 thoroughbreds, 14 to 333 days old (born in 1982), were examined at necropsy for certain internal parasites during a 1-year-period, mar 1, 1982, to feb 28, 1983. the eyes of 73 of the horses and the cranial mesenteric arteries of 71 were examined. specific interest was on prevalence of parasites according to month of the year and age of the horses at necropsy. parasites recovered (first month-last month infected horse found) were as follows: thelazia lacrymalis (eyes) immature and m ... | 1985 | 3994134 |
| parasites in lungs of dead equids in kentucky: emphasis on dictyocaulus arnfieldi. | prevalence of natural infections of parasites from the lungs of 488 dead thoroughbreds in kentucky was investigated. the horses varied from 1 to 32 years of age; 419 horses were from 215 farms and 69 horses were from 68 individual sources for which a specific farm was not identified. examinations of the lungs were made from mar 1, 1983 through feb 29, 1984. dictyocaulus arnfieldi was recovered from 56 (11%) of the horses. other parasites found were larvae of parascaris equorum in 37 (8%) and of ... | 1985 | 4040343 |