Treatment of a granuloma caused by Halicephalobus gingivalis in a horse

Authors
Pearce, SG Boure, LP Taylor, JA Peregrine, AS
Citation
Sg. Pearce et al., Treatment of a granuloma caused by Halicephalobus gingivalis in a horse, J AM VET ME, 219(12), 2001, pp. 1735
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
ISSN journal
00031488 → ACNP
Volume
219
Issue
12
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1488(200112)219:12<1735:TOAGCB>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Halicephalobus gingivalis is a ubiquitous saprophytic nematode that infects humans and horses and appears to have a tropism for the CNS and kidneys in horses. In infected horses, the disease is rapidly fatal once clinical signs of CNS involvement develop. In horses with localized H gingivalis granulomas, treatment with high doses of ivermectin in combination with surgical debulking may be successful.