Parasitological survey of Polish primitive horses  Ant.): influence of age, sex and management strategies on the parasite community

K. Slivinska; V. Kharchenko; Z. Wróblewski; J. Gawor; T. Kuzmina

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Parasitological survey of Polish primitive horses (Equus caballus gmelini Ant.): influence of age, sex and management strategies on the parasite community

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Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 233 - 242

Received: Feb 25, 2016

Accepted: May 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0023

Keywords
Polish primitive horses, EPG values, Strongylidae, gastrointestinal parasites

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Locations of nine Polish primitive horse farms included into the study in Poland

Prevalence and proportion of 31 species in the strongylid community of the Polish primitive horses. Strongylinae: SVU – Strongylus vulgaris, SED – S. edentatus, TSE – Triodontophorus serratus, TBR – T brevicauda, TTE – T tenuicollis, CRA – Craterostomum acuticaudatum; Cyathostominae: CAT – Cyathostomum catinatum, PAT – C. pateratum, NAS – Cylicocyclus nassatus, ASH – C. ashworthi, ELO – C. elongatus, LEP - C. leptostomus, RAD – C. radiatus, INS – C. insigne,ULT – C. ultrajectinus, COR – Coronocyclus coronatus, LAB – C. labiatus, LBR – C. labratus, CAL – Cylicostephanus calicatus, LON – C. longibursatus, GOL – C. goldi, MIN – C. minutus, HYB – C. hybridus, BID – C. bidentatus, MET – Parapoteriostomum mettami, BIC – Cylicodontophorus bicoronatus, EUP – C. euproctus, POC – Petrovinemapoculatum, IMP – Poteriostomum imparidentatum, RTZ – P ratzii, CAP – Gyalocephalus capitatus

Distribution of the strongylid species between ten prevalence classes the Polish primitive horses kept under free-ranging (A), semi-free (B) and stable (C) horse-keeping conditions

Prevalence (%) of infection with gastrointestinal parasites in Polish primitive horses (n=124) from nine farms in Poland: results of the fecal egg counts (EPG) and diagnostic deworming

Farm/ Number of horses	Fecal egg count data, prevalence/EPG (average)						Diagnostic deworming data, prevalence in %
	Strongylidae		P. equorum		S. westeri		Strongylidae		P. equorum	O. equi	H. muscae	A. perfoliata	G. intestinalis
	Prev., %	EPG	Prev., %	EPG	Prev., %	EPG	Prev., %	No. of species	P. equorum	O. equi	H. muscae	A. perfoliata	G. intestinalis
Popielno, ST (22)	100	1030.1	18.2	25.0	22.7	285	100	24	4.5	45.5	—	63.6	45.5
Popielno, FR (11)	100	684.1	63.6	28.6	27.3	250	100	25	63.6	100	18.2	72.7	90.9
Seven Isl., FR (11)	100	247.7	—		—		100	30	—	100	—	—	72.7
Majdan, SF (14)	100	1544.6	35.7	40.0	—		100	19	35.7	14.3	—	64.3	35.7
Bialowieza, SF (6)	100	387.5	—		—		100	18	—	—	—	100	—
Biebrza, FR (10)	100	1802.5	40.0	437.5	30.0	150	100	28	20	70	30	90	80
Narew, SF (2)	100	137.5	—		—		100	18	—	50	—	—	100
Monki, SF (8)	100	637.5	50.0	183.8	12.5	400	100	22	37.5	62.5	—	—	37.5
Roztocze, FR (16)	100	320.3	43.8	225	25.0	175	100	31	56.3	—	43.8	37.5	56.3
Roztocze, ST (13)	100	1021.2	15.4	350	—		100	24	38.5	—	69.2	7.7	23.1
Siriusz, ST (11)	40.0	131.3	—		—		100	15	10	—	—		—

Total (124)	95.2	870.9	26.6	159.4	12.9	232.8	100	31	27.4	38.7	16.9	42.7	46.8

Number of Polish primitive horses (n=124) examined of different age groups from nine horse farms in Poland

Farm	Location/Region	Types of horse management	Number of samples per age group
Farm	Location/Region	Types of horse management	< 3 years	3 – 10 years	>10 years	Total
Popielno (1)	W-MR	ST	11	7	4	22
Popielno (2)	W-MR	FR	11	0	0	11
Seven Island	W-MR	FR	9	2	0	11
Majdan	W-MR	SF	1	6	7	14
Bialowieza	PR	SF	1	3	2	6
Biebrza	PR	FR	4	5	1	10
Narew	PR	SF	0	2	0	2
Monki	PR	SF	4	4	0	8
Roztocze (1)	LBR	FR	7	4	5	16
Roztocze (2)	LBR	ST	0	12	1	13
Siriusz	LR	ST	4	7	0	11

Total			52	52	20	124

The dependence of gastrointestinal parasites infections in Polish primitive horses in regard to sex, age and management strategies: results of the Kruskal-Wallis test (H)

	Sex		Age		Management Strategies

	H	p-value	H	p-value	H	p-value
EPG value data
Strongylidae	4.51* statistically significant results are marked in bold	0.034	2.65	0.266	32.01	0.00001
P. equorum	1.84	0.175	14.1	0.0008	4.77	0.091
S. westeri	0.83	0.36	8.18	0.016	1.62	0.44
Diagnostic deworming data
Strongylidae	10.13	0.0015	6.34	0.042	5.25	0.022
P. equorum	2.15	0.142	5.08	0.024	4.00	0.14
O. equi	1.32	0.250	22.17	0.0001	20.36	0.0003
H. muscae	0.401	0.526	0.69	0.71	3.47	0.176
A. perfoliata	2.91	0.088	1.81	0.41	3.65	0.161
G. intestinalis	0.062	0.803	4.48	0.11	20.88	0.0002

Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasite infections in Polish primitive horses (n=124) from nine farms: results of diagnostic deworming

Farm/ Number of horses	Strongylidae	P. equorum	O. equi	H. muscae	A. perfoliata	G. intestinalis
Popielno, ST (22)	100	4.5	45.5	—	63.6	45.5
Popielno, FR (11)	100	63.6	100	18.2	72.7	90.9
Seven Isl., FR (11)	100	—	100	—	—	72.7
Majdan, SF (14)	100	35.7	14.3	—	64.3	35.7
Bialowieza, SF (6)	100	—	—	—	100	—
Biebrza, FR (10)	100	20	70	30	90	80
Narew, SF (2)	100	—	50	—	—	100
Monki, SF (8)	100	37.5	62.5	—	—	37.5
Roztocze, FR (16)	100	56.3	—	43.8	37.5	56.3
Roztocze, ST (13)	100	38.5	—	69.2	7.7	23.1
Siriusz, ST (11)	100	10	—	—	—	—
Total (124)	100	27.4	38.7	16.9	42.7	46.8

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Parasitological survey of Polish primitive horses (Equus caballus gmelini Ant.): influence of age, sex and management strategies on the parasite community

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 233 - 242

Received: Feb 25, 2016

Accepted: May 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0023

Keywords
Polish primitive horses, EPG values, Strongylidae, gastrointestinal parasites

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Prevalence (%) of infection with gastrointestinal parasites in Polish primitive horses (n=124) from nine farms in Poland: results of the fecal egg counts (EPG) and diagnostic deworming

Number of Polish primitive horses (n=124) examined of different age groups from nine horse farms in Poland

The dependence of gastrointestinal parasites infections in Polish primitive horses in regard to sex, age and management strategies: results of the Kruskal-Wallis test (H)

Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasite infections in Polish primitive horses (n=124) from nine farms: results of diagnostic deworming

Parasitological survey of Polish primitive horses (Equus caballus gmelini Ant.): influence of age, sex and management strategies on the parasite community

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 233 - 242

Received: Feb 25, 2016

Accepted: May 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0023

KeywordsPolish primitive horses, EPG values, Strongylidae, gastrointestinal parasites

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Prevalence (%) of infection with gastrointestinal parasites in Polish primitive horses (n=124) from nine farms in Poland: results of the fecal egg counts (EPG) and diagnostic deworming

Number of Polish primitive horses (n=124) examined of different age groups from nine horse farms in Poland

The dependence of gastrointestinal parasites infections in Polish primitive horses in regard to sex, age and management strategies: results of the Kruskal-Wallis test (H)

Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasite infections in Polish primitive horses (n=124) from nine farms: results of diagnostic deworming

Keywords
Polish primitive horses, EPG values, Strongylidae, gastrointestinal parasites