{"title":"Common internal parasites encountered in donkeys in Kiambu District, Kenya","authors":"A. K. Lewa, T. Ngatia, W. Munyua, N. Maingi","doi":"10.4314/KENVET.V21I1.39513","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In six donkeys examined at postmortem, several species of internal parasites were encountered. Dictyocaulus arnfieldi, Gastrophilus intestinalis, Strongylus vulgaris, S. edentatus were each isolated from 100% of the donkeys. Cylicocylus radiatus and Strongylus equines were isolated from 83% and 67% of the examined donkeys respectively, while Cyathostomu m coronatum were each isolated from 50% and Paranoplocephala mamillana, Anoplocephala perfoliata and Cyathostomum coronatum were each isolated from 33%. The others were Habronema muscae, Trichostrongylus axei, Tridontophorus tenuicollis, Parascaris equorum, Trichonema tetracum and Cretorestom acuticulator isolated from 17% each. The Kenya Veterinarian Vol. 21 2001: pp. 49-51","PeriodicalId":448931,"journal":{"name":"The Kenya Veterinarian","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Kenya Veterinarian","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4314/KENVET.V21I1.39513","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In six donkeys examined at postmortem, several species of internal parasites were encountered. Dictyocaulus arnfieldi, Gastrophilus intestinalis, Strongylus vulgaris, S. edentatus were each isolated from 100% of the donkeys. Cylicocylus radiatus and Strongylus equines were isolated from 83% and 67% of the examined donkeys respectively, while Cyathostomu m coronatum were each isolated from 50% and Paranoplocephala mamillana, Anoplocephala perfoliata and Cyathostomum coronatum were each isolated from 33%. The others were Habronema muscae, Trichostrongylus axei, Tridontophorus tenuicollis, Parascaris equorum, Trichonema tetracum and Cretorestom acuticulator isolated from 17% each. The Kenya Veterinarian Vol. 21 2001: pp. 49-51