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What are the 2 groups of equine strongyles?

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Large strongyles
- Strongylus vulgaris
- Strongylus equinus
- Strongylus edentatus
Small strongyles (Cyathostominae)
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How do you morphologically differentiate among the large strongyles?

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  • S. vulgaris: ear shaped teeth
  • S. equinus: one large tooth, 2 smaller teeth
  • S. edentatus: no teeth
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Strongylus vulgaris - general characteristics

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Host: horses, donkeys, mules, zebras

  • oval buccal capsule
  • ear shaped teeth at base
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Strongylus vulgaris - life cycle

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Females lay eggs, eggs hatch –> L1 emerges –> L2 –> L3 (ensheathed infective stage) –> L3 exsheath in SI, enter submucousa of cecum/colon and walls of submucosal arterioles –> L4: cecal and colic aortic artery, cranial mesenteric artery, small arteries of intestinal wall, enter tissue (nodules) –> adults in nodules –> nodules rupture –> adults enter lumen of cecum/colon

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S. vulgaris pathology - migrating larvae

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  • arteritis
  • thrombi
  • emboli
  • intestinal nodules
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S. vulgaris pathology - adults

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  • intestinal nodules

- promote granulation, scarring

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S. vulgaris pathology - larval damage

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  • intestinal nodules - minor
  • arteritis - major
  • verminous arteritis
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S. vulgaris - arterial system

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  • inflamed/thickened walls
  • thromboemboli
  • posterior aorta: tracks/debris from migrating L4, damages smooth endothelial surfaces, aneurysms of cranial mesenteric artery
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Strongylus vulgaris - clinical signs in adult equid

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  • anemia/bleeding ulcers
  • confluence of attachment sites
  • diarrhea
  • unthriftiness, weight loss
  • heavy infection with large strongyles: debilitation, weight loss, colic
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Strongylus vulgaris - clinical signs in foals

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Infected with 75-100 adult S. vulgaris = 30 ml of blood lost/day

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Strongylus equinus - general characteristics

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Hosts: horses, donkeys, mules, zebras

  • one large tooth (dorsal, long arrow) and 2 smaller teeth (ventral, short arrows)
  • dark red or black
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Strongylus equinus - life cycle

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Females lay eggs, eggs hatch –> L1 emerges -> L2 –> L3 (ensheathed infective stage) –> L3 exsheaths in SI, migrate to cecum/colon, encapsulate in subserosal nodules –> L4 enters peritoneal cavity, migrates to liver and back to SI thru abdominal cavity (pancreas), forms nodules in gut wall and ruptures into cecum/colon –> adults mature in cecum/colon

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Strongylus equinus - pathology

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Not as pathogenic as S. vulgaris

  • mainly due to larvae
  • hemorrhagic nodules in intestines
  • nodules, fibrotic tracts in liver
  • nodules in pancreas
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Strongylus edentatus - general characteristics

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Hosts: horse, donkey, mules, zebra

  • no teeth!
  • smooth buccal cavity
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Strongylus edentatus - life cycle

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Females lay eggs –> hatch with L1 emerging –> L2 –> L3 (ensheathed infective stage) –> L3 exsheaths in SI, migrate to cecum/colon, right ventral colon, thru gut wall, enter vessels, hepatic portal vv to liver, L3 wander in liver –> L4 exit liver thru hepatic ligaments, tissue under parietal peritoneum to right abdominal flank –> adults via mesentery, return to LI, enter cecum/colon by nodule formation, nodule rupture, mature in cecum/colon

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Strongylus edentatus - pathology

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Mainly due to larvae

  • perivascular thickening
  • subperitoneal cysts
  • nodules and fibrous tissues
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Large strongyles - general signs

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  • anemia
  • poor weight
  • fever
  • depression
  • lethargy
  • colic
  • soft feces
  • rough hair coat
  • death is possible
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S. vulgaris - specific signs

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  • high fever
  • inappetence
  • colic
  • gangrenous enteritis
  • intestinal stasis, torsion or intussusception
  • possible rupture, arteritis
  • especially cranial mesenteric artery
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Diagnosis of large strongyle infections

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  • fecal float: strongyle type eggs
  • L3: strongylus spp.
  • S. vulgaris: palpation of cranial mesenteric artery, arteriography, clinical signs
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Epidemiology of large strongyles

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Southern US
- year round
- max transmission in cooler seasons
Britain/Canada
- max transmission mid-summer to mid-fall
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Is equine strongyle PPP in weeks or months?

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Months!

- ruminant strongyles is in weeks

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Cyathostomes - general characteristics

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Family: Strongylidae
Subfamily: Cyathostominae
- horses, donkeys, hinnies, mules, zebras
- cylindrical buccal cavity
- 2 leaf crowns
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Cyathostomes - life cycles

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Females lay eggs, eggs hatch –> L1 emerges –> L2 –> L3 (ensheathed infective stage) –> L3 exsheaths in SI, migrate to cecum/colon, encyst in crypts of Liberkuhn, ALD, mucosa or submucosa of cecum/colon –> L4 enter lumen of cecum/colon –> adults mature in cecum/colon

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Hypobiosis in cyathostomes

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Presumed signal received by pasture L3s
- season of year (falling temps) 
- some emergence throughout the year
Hypobiotic early L3s
- stimulated to repopulate cecum/colon
- become adults dependent of season
- influenced by immune status/age of host
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Larval cyathostomosis
Synchronous emergence of large numbers of arrested L4s in early spring - hypobiotic larvae can be > 50% total larval population - south: summer - north: winter - number of adults in gut might be influenced by treatment - naive horses initial infection - results in majority of worms developing without hypobiosis - reinfection or frequent exposure (most worms arrest)
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Hypobiosis may be used by the cyathostomes as a mechanism of ________
Controlling the numbers of adult worms in the gut - treating horses with anthelmintic to eliminate adult cyathostomes from the gut will stimulate development of hypobiotic EL3s to repopulate cecum and colon with adult worms
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What is the predominant contributor to fecal egg count and pasture contamination?
Cyathostomes - FEC may not accurately reflect worm burden due to ALD - FEC may not reflect number of adult nematodes (animals with high number of adults may have low FEC)
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Small strongyle pathology
Larval cyathostomes in colon wall - nodule formation - hemorrhagic (black to dark red)
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Small strongyle clinical signs with adults
- generalized disruption of mucosa - superficial ulceration - general debilitation - intermittent soft feces
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Small strongyle clinical signs with larvae
- disruption in normal gut motility - hemorrhagic, catarrhal, or fibrinous enteritis - colic: intussusception, cecal tympany
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Small strongyles are severe in horses _______
Under 2 years - inflammation - penetration/emergence - lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils - most pathological event is L4s emerging from tissue!!
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Protein losing enteropathy
- hypoalbuminemia - increased intestinal permeability - thickened mucosa/poor absorption
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Small strongyles are _____ than large strongyles
Less severe - graze more on surface - smaller buccal cavity - only serious in large numbers
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Small strongyle pathology due to all life stages
- intense inflammation possible in response to proteins released from cyst - adults attach to large bowel mucosa - may cause superficial ulceration - leakage of extracellular fluids
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Larval cyathostomiasis
Verminous enteritis - acute onset - severe diarrhea - rapid weight loss - pyrexia - colic - ventral edema - L4 in diarrheic feces on gloves
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Small strongyle infection - diagnosis
Strongyle type eggs | - cannot identify larvae, eggs to species
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Treatment and control of large strongyles
``` Approved: Fenbendazole, Oxfendazole, Oxidbendazole, Pyrantel salts, Ivermectin, Moxidecin Pasture management - remove manure - alternate grazing with ruminants - avoid overcrowding and wet pastures ```
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Larvae on pasture
Only 10% large strongyles, 90% cyathostomes - need moisture, shade, relatively low temperature - conditions favorable to movement lead to exhaustion and death (non feeding L3) - do not live longer than 3 months
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Maximal transmission of strongylid parasites
- cooler seasons (fall, winter, spring) | - high pasture numbers of L3s
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Current goals of parasite management
- prevent clinical disease | - reduce level of infection below disease-threatening threshold
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Approaches to parasite management
Targeted selective anthelminic treatment schemes | - only treat animals with high FECs
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Selective anthelmintic therapy
Broadly used in ruminants, makes use of FEC - has become important in horses, only horses that exceed a certain FEC are treated - interval between FECs as long as possible/as short as necessary - high and low shedders are identified
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Value of SAT relies on stability of ______ over time
FEC | - consistency can be estimated measuring repeatability of eggs shedding
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Recommendations
- targeted anthelminic treatment of high shedders - results in reduction of pasture contamination - reduces worm burden in whole pasture group - lowers risk of developing drug resistance
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Fecal egg count reduction test
- compare efficacy of anthelmintic - detect resistance - determine correct interval between anthelmintic treatments - ensure low contamination on pasture
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Delaying resistance
Use correct dosing - use slow rotation of anthelmintics - maintain refugia from treatment - limit anthelmintic treatments - resistance occurs (benzimidazole and pyrantel pamoate)
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Pasture management
- collection of feces - pasture harrowing, alternate grazing - prevalence of resistance increasing - cyathostomes need to be considered when designing a control program

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