Blood worm- bloodsucking of the large instestine.Large strongyle (Stongylus vulgaris, S.edentatus, S.equinus).Larvae mature in the horse’s digestive tract where most of them become egg laying adults.The eggs and larvae develop in the environment and are swallowed while the horse is grazing.Eggs or larvae are deposited on the ground in the manure of infected horse.Young and debilitated animals more susceptible The amount of clinical disease a horse will show depends on three factors:.Foals and young horses should go to cleanest available pastures.Move horses from old, infested pastures to ones that have minimal numbers of infective larvae.Infective larvae on pasture decreases greatly over the winter and also in hot, humid days of summer.Deworming with proper product at proper intervals.Decrease parasite burden in environment.Parasites are most successfully prevented through a combination of management and therapeutic strategies.
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