Strongylus vulgaris

Harvey, Andrea M., Meggiolaro, Maira N., Hall, Evelyn, Watts, Ellyssia T., Ramp, Daniel & Šlapeta, Jan, 2019, Wild horse populations in south-east Australia have a high prevalence of Strongylus vulgaris and may act as a reservoir of infection for domestic horses, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 8, pp. 156-163 : 160

3.3. Strongylus vulgaris qPCR

S. vulgaris DNA was detected in 123/134 (92%) samples (Ct values ranged from 21.35 to 39.12, mean 26.58). The blank controls remained negative. A high prevalence of S. vulgaris DNA in faecal samples was demonstrated across all six populations, with an overall predicted prevalence of 96.7% ( Table 3). No significant differences between populations were detected when classed by location, density or habitat type. There was no significant correlation between S. vulgaris Ct values and either total strongyle FEC or FEC of eggs <90 μm, illustrating that presence of S. vulgaris cannot be predicted based on FECs of strongyle eggs <90 μm.