Systematic review of gastrointestinal nematodes of horses from Australia

作者：Muhammad Azeem Saeed, Ian Beveridge, Ghazanfar Abbas, Anne M. Beasley, Jenni Bauquier, Edwina J. A. Wilkes, Caroline Jacobson, Kris Hughes, Charles M. El-Hage, Ryan M. O'Handley, John Hurley, Lucy Cudmore, Peter Carrigan, Lisa Walter, Brett S. Tennent‐Brown, Martin Krarup Nielsen, Abdul Jabbar · 发表于：Parasites & Vectors · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.1186/s13071-019-3445-4 · 被引用次数：61 · 研究领域：Helminth infection and control、Veterinary Equine Medical Research、Coccidia and coccidiosis research

BACKGROUND: Equine gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) have been the subject of intermittent studies in Australia over the past few decades. However, comprehensive information on the epidemiology of equine GINs, the efficacy of available anthelmintic drugs and the prevalence of anthelmintic resistance (AR) in Australasia is lacking. Herein, we have systematically reviewed existing knowledge on the horse GINs recorded in Australia, and main aspects of their pathogeneses, epidemiology, diagnoses, treatment and control. METHODS: Six electronic databases were searched for publications on GINs of Australian horses that met our inclusion criteria for the systematic review. Subsets of publications were subjected to review epidemiology, diagnoses, pathogeneses, treatment and control of GINs of horses from Australia. RESULTS: A total of 51 articles published between 1950 to 2018 were included. The main GINs reported in Australian horses were cyathostomins (at least 28 species), Draschia megastoma, Habronema muscae, H. majus, Oxyuris equi, Parascaris equorum, Strongyloides westeri and Trichostrongylus axei across different climatic regions of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia. Nematodes are diagnosed based on the traditional McMaster egg counting technique, though molecular markers to characterise common GINs of equines were characterised in 1990s. The use of anthelmintic drugs remains the most widely-used strategy for controlling equine GIN parasites in Austra...