Prevalencia de piroplasmosis equina, en caballos pura sangre de carrera en el Hipódromo Nacional Miguel Salem Dibo.

Abstract

Equine Pyroplasmosis is a parasitic disease, which affects horses, donkeys, mules and zebras, is transmitted by the bite of the tick of the family Ixodidae, of the class hard ticks, its causative agent is Babesia caballi and Theileria equi, the ticks by ingesting these parasites found in the blood of infected horses, they transmit the disease to other horses. The disease can occur acutely, subacute or chronic. The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Equine Pyropolasmosis in thoroughbred horses of the Miguel Salem Dibo National Racecourse located in Samborondón province of Guayas, Ecuador in the months of June and July of 2019, 65 selected horses were worked randomly, without any specific characteristics, with a percentage of 35 % females and 65 % males, blood samples taken from the jugular vein were obtained, to subsequently use as a diagnostic method blood smear with Diff Quick staining and additional blood count was performed to relate blood values to possible positive cases. As a result, 0% was obtained in positive cases in the study population, it is advisable to monitor this disease since it is of great importance both for the damage it causes to the animal’s health and for the economic losses that the treatment entails and for possible death of the animal.