Research Article

Implementation of Biological Control to the Integrated Control of Strongyle Infection among Wild Captive Equids in a Zoological Park

Table 3

Evaluation of a strategy of integrated control of strongyles affecting wild equids captive in a zoological park.

Plains zebras  
European donkeys  
African wild asses  

August 2014FECR100%100%100%
PHR100%100%100%
ERP8 weeks8 weeks12 weeks

December 2014FECR100%100%100%
PHR100%100%100%
ERP12 weeks12 weeks16 weeks
TPD4 months4 months4 months

March 2016FECR100%97%96%
PHR100%80%75%
ERP24 weeks24 weeks24 weeks
TPD15 months15 months15 months

September 2017FECR100%96%98%
PHR100%80%75%
ERP28 weeks28 weeks28 weeks
TPD18 months18 months18 months

FECR: fecal egg count reduction.
PHR: positive horses reduction.
ERP: egg reappearance period.
TPD: time from the previous deworming.