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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | H-18-47-389 |
Kategori: | Research program | Horse |
Ansökningsår: | 2018 |
Datum för slutrapport: | 30 juni 2022 |
Huvudsökande: | Eva Tydén |
Organisation: | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
E-postadress: | eva.tyden@slu.se |
Telefon: | 0705743203 |
Medsökande: | Eva Osterman-Lind |
Medsökande: | null null |
Resistance to anthelmintic drugs is a threat to equine welfare. Like antibiotics, is restrictive use of anthelmintics necessary to retain their effectivity. Thus, targeted selective treatment, based on individual deworming, was introduced a decade ago. However, we have shown that the prevalence of, Strongylus vulgaris, the most pathogenic and feared parasite of horses, has increased since then. Deworming all horses on a regular basis is not a solution of this problem. We need to develop alternative methods to drugs for parasite control. The aims of this project are to a) investigate the survival of overwintered S. vulgaris larvae on pasture b) investigate a predatory fungus which trap parasitic larvae on pasture c) develop clinical diagnostic markers for migrating S. vulgaris larvae. It is vital to reduce the use of anthelmintic drugs without an increased risk of parasitic diseases. The results from this project will introduce new approaches to control and diagnose strongyle parasites.
Resistens mot avmaskningsmedel är ett hot mot hästars hälsa. I likhet med antibiotika är det nödvändigt att vara restriktiv med användningen för att bevara effekten. Sedan tio år rekommenderas selektiv avmaskning av hästar. Tyvärr har hästens mest fruktade parasit, Strongylus vulgaris, ökat i Sveriges sedan dess. Lösningen på problemet är inte att gå tillbaka till rutinmässig avmaskning av alla hästar; man måste i stället utveckla alternativa hållbara metoder som komplement till avmaskningsmedel. Syftet med detta projekt är att a) undersöka övervintring av S. vulgaris larver på betet b) utvärdera en rovsvamp som fångar parasitära larver i träckhögarna på betet c) utvärdera kliniska markörer för migrerande larver av S. vulgaris. Det är avgörande för framtiden att hitta långsiktigt hållbara rutiner för parasitkontroll utan att det samtidigt leder till ökade parasitskador. Resultaten från detta projekt kan komma att bidra till nya metoder för både kontroll och diagnostik av blodmaskar.
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