Lungworm in the Domestic Mountain Horse and the Balkan Donkey in the Special Nature Reserve in Serbia
Keywords:
Balkan donkey, Dictyocaulus arnfieldi, domestic mountain horse, lungwormAbstract
The domestic mountain horse and Balkan donkey are considered autochthonous species whose numbers are declining, so they are classified as endangered species. Both populations live in small herds in nature reserves Stara planina Nature Park (a mountainous region corresponding to the original habitat where this species was once bred); Zasavica Special Nature Reserve (a plain area at the mouth of the Zasavica in the Sava River), and Krčedinska ada (a marsh island on the Danube River near Novi Sad). Parasitic infections are a constant health problem in free-ranging animals. In our work, we present research on the presence of lung parasites in both populations of animals that are kept in free breeding in nature reserves. The research included 157 Domestic Mountain horses and 60 Balkan donkeys. For faecal examination we use modified Baermann's technique and detection of larvae was based on their morphological characteristics. During examinations of the domestic mountain horse which are autochthonous breed, kept in a semi-free system together with donkey at Star Planina Mountain infection with Dictyocaulus arnfieldi we established at 83, 33% horses and 59% donkeys. Despite the high degree of infection, the intensity of the infections was low, so that milder clinical symptoms were present in only a few cases. In Zasavica dictyocaulosis was established at 97% of horses and 100% at donkeys. At population breed in Krčedinska ada dictyocaulosis was established in all examined animals from both population (100%).
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