A questionnaire survey about endoparasite control of horses by horse owners in Hungary

Abstract

There are several important gastrointestinal endoparasites that pose economical and animals’ health related risk in horses. Therefore, almost all of the horse owners treat their animals against these parasites sometimes or at frequent intervals. The goal of this thesis was to gather relevant information from the horse owners how they choose the anti-parasitic drugs, how often they carry out the deworming of their animals, whether the parasitic infection of their horses had ever been examined before and/or after using any anthelminthic treatments. Based on the American Association of Equine Practitioner Internal Parasite Guidelines (AAEP) and other relevant studies, drug resistance is becoming widespread against certain deworming agents. It’s highly important to choose the right amount of drug with the ancillary methods against gastrointestinal parasites.