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The Prepatent Period of Some Horse Nematodes Determined by Experimental Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

M. C. Round
Affiliation:
Equine Research Station, Animal Health Trust, New market

Extract

Experimental infections with strongyles were carried out using ponies reared worm-free. Infection with Strongylus vulgaris was produced by artificially administering larvae to housed ponies. Infection with small strongyles was produced both by this method and also by exposing hitherto worm free ponies to heavily infested pasture. The shortest prepatent periods found were: S. vulgaris, 149–156 days; Triodontophorus spp. and Poteriostomum spp., 63–70 days and trichonemid species 35–42 days.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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