At the same time, other students blinded to the parasite load scored horses using a novel skin and coat condition scoring system that she and her graduate student, Nicole (Gonzalez) DeBel, developed.

Three types of horse bots are found in Eddy County: the common horse bot or nit fly, Gastrophilus intestinalis; the throat bot or chin fly, G. nasalis; and the nose bot or nose fly, G. hemorrhoidalis.

Kerbyson, a PhD student at the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, worked with colleagues to determine if albumin contained in horses' feces was related to the otherwise healthy animals' parasite ...

Nielsen outlined the do's and don'ts of "sustainable equine parasite control" on Practitioners' Day at the 9th International Conference on Equine Infectious Diseases, held Oct. 21-26 in Lexington, Ky.

The weather is warming up. We are receiving some rain. With these conditions, horsemen are now starting to see more insects on their horses. Large numbers of these insects, or external parasites ...

Drug Eliminates Parasite That Causes Babesiosis In Horses Date: October 6, 2009 Source: USDA/Agricultural Research Service Summary: A drug commonly used to treat cattle and sometimes dogs for a ...

At the same time, other students blinded to the parasite load scored horses using a novel skin and coat condition scoring system that she and her graduate student, Nicole (Gonzalez) DeBel, developed.