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The Effect of Parasite Burden on Faecally Excreted Albumin
N.C. Kerbyson
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The effect of pa rasite burden on faecally excreted albumin
Introduction
Protein losing enteropathy is associated with parasitic disease in horses and faecal albumin has been used as a marker of intestinal protein loss in human medicine1 . The aim of this study was to establish if faecally excreted albumin, measured using a lateral flow immunoassay test kit (Succeed ™) was related to the parasite burden of horses.
Materials and Methods
Faecal samples from 20 horses with no history of anthelmintic use over the preceding five months were tested using the test kit and also submitted for faecal worm egg count (FWEC). Blood samples were collected for tapeworm ELISA. FWECs ranged from 0epg1000epg (mean 135epg, median 100epg), optical density of tapeworm ELISA ranged from 0.113 to 1.913 (mean 0.466, median 0.335). Moxidectin was administered to all horses one week after sample collection; praziquantel was administered to those with a tapeworm optical density of >0.2. The faecal occult blood test was repeated two weeks after anthelmintic administration. […]
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