<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Examination of the biodiversity of horse strongylid communities was performed on 51 domestic horses from Southern Poland and Western Ukraine by in vivo method. All horses were dewormed with macrocyclic lactone anthelmintics. Strongylids (34,715 specimens) were collected and identified by morphological criteria. In Poland, 25 strongylid species were found. Five cyathostome species dominated in the community. Large strongyles were found in 23.1 % of horses and composed 0.56 % of total strongylid number. General structure of strongylid community was multimodal with dominant, subdominant, background and rare species. In Ukraine, 19 species were found. Five cyathostome species dominated in the community. Strongylinae were found in 17.4 % of horses and composed 0.07% of community. General structures of strongylid community were multimodal or bimodal depends on type of horse keeping conditions. Regularity of anthelmintic treatment was found to be more influential on strongylid community structure than differences in horse-keeping conditions at the both countries.</p></abstract>

Examination of the biodiversity of horse strongylid communities was performed on 51 domestic horses from Southern Poland and Western Ukraine by in vivo method. All horses were dewormed with macrocyclic lactone anthelmintics. Strongylids (34,715 specimens) were collected and identified by morphological criteria. In Poland, 25 strongylid species were found. Five cyathostome species dominated in the community. Large strongyles were found in 23.1 % of horses and composed 0.56 % of total strongylid number. General structure of strongylid community was multimodal with dominant, subdominant, background and rare species. In Ukraine, 19 species were found. Five cyathostome species dominated in the community. Strongylinae were found in 17.4 % of horses and composed 0.07% of community. General structures of strongylid community were multimodal or bimodal depends on type of horse keeping conditions. Regularity of anthelmintic treatment was found to be more influential on strongylid community structure than differences in horse-keeping conditions at the both countries.

Biodiversity of strongylids (Nematoda: Strongylidae) communities in domestic horses from Poland and Ukraine

I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15, B. Khmelnytskogo str., Kyiv, Ukraine

Department of Zoology and Ecology, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 24/28, Krakow, Poland

S.Z. Gzhytsky National Vniversity o Veterinary Medicine and Biotehnologies, 50, Pekarska str., Lviv, Ukraine

Helminthologia

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Examination of the biodiversity of horse strongylid communities was performed on 51 domestic horses from Southern Poland and Western Ukraine by in vivo method....

Biodiversity of strongylids (Nematoda: Strongylidae) communities in domestic horses from Poland and Ukraine

Published Online: May 17, 2011

Page range: 77 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0013-7

Keywords
Strongylidae, biodiversity, strongylid community, domestic horses, Ukraine, Poland

© 2011 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Biodiversity of strongylids (Nematoda: Strongylidae) communities in domestic horses from Poland and Ukraine

Published Online: May 17, 2011

Page range: 77 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0013-7

KeywordsStrongylidae, biodiversity, strongylid community, domestic horses, Ukraine, Poland

© 2011 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Strongylidae, biodiversity, strongylid community, domestic horses, Ukraine, Poland