New Studies Associate Equine Tapeworm Infection with Colic
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• In a second study, prevalence of tapeworm infection in 157 horses was randomly evaluated at necropsy during a 12-month period. Anoplocephala perfoliata was identified in 27% of the horses, exceeding what fecal testing would indicate in many herds. Horses <2 years of age, perhaps due to immunologic susceptibility, were at greater risk of tapeworm infection than adult horses. The geometric mean A. perfoliata burden was 15, although some horses were infected with as many as 476 tapeworms.
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