Bn. Tripathi et al., PARASITIC GASTRITIS IN INDIAN EQUIDAE WITH GASTEROPHILUS-INTESTINALISLARVAE AND DRASCHIA-MEGASTOMA INFESTATION, Journal of Applied Animal Research, 5(1), 1994, pp. 73-76
Gasterophilus intestinalis larvae were found in the stomachs of 10 (28
.6%) out of 35 donkeys and 5 (50%) out of 10 horses. Draschia megastom
a nodules were also observed in 2 (5.7%) donkeys and 1 (10%) horse. Gr
ossly bot-infested stomachs revealed thickened walls with numerous pit
s and a few erosions and ulcers. Eosinophils constituted, besides othe
r leucocytes, the predominant cells of reaction. Draschia megastoma ca
used formation of fibrocellular modules.