Research in Veterinary Science • Vol 188
Equine tapeworm infections in Italy: A nationwide coprological survey
March 2025 • Francesco Buono, Elisa Castaldo, Vincenzo Veneziano, Fabrizia Veronesi, Cristina Roncoroni, Stefano Scarcelli, Giovanni Sgroi, Jacqueline B. Matthews…
Grazing horses are exposed to various intestinal helminths, with tapeworms being of major concern due to their potential pathogenicity. Few regional data are available in Italy on tapeworm infections in horses; therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Anoplocephala spp. eggs over a nine-year period (2014-2023) in 12,056 faecal samples from horses living in all 18 continental Italian regions. Coprological examinations were performed using the Proudman and Edwards (1992) method using She…