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Disease
• Strongylus sp.
• Horses
• Eggs passed in the feces develop into larvae.
Larvae migrate into blood stream causing
damage, enter large intestine and mature,
then release eggs.
• Horse eat the larvae as they graze
Bot flies
• Horses
• Gasterophilus intestinalis/nasalis
• Flies lay eggs on horse’s legs which get licked
and ingested. Larvae travel down esophagus
into the stomach. Then they are passed out
through feces to develop into flies.
Trichostrongyles
• Ruminants
• Hemonchus, Ostertagia, Trichostrongylus,
Cooperia, Bunostomum
• Eggs passed through feces and consumed by
grazing. Develop into larvae and adults in
stomach and intestine.
• Able to go dormant during winter.
Coccidiosis
• Ruminants
• Species of protozoa including Eimeria sp.
• Oocyst (egg) passed in feces. Ingested and
goes through several stages of development
being absorbed into the lining of the
intestines.
Common External Parasite
• Mostly blood suckers
– Fleas
– Ticks
– Mites
– Various flies
– Mosquitoes