How A Donkey Can Alert You To A Nasty Horse Parasite.. Before It Causes A Serious Disease
Horses and donkeys can share pastures, paddocks, stalls, and pretty much anything with no problems at all. However, there is a parasite that a donkey can give a horse that can cause some significant respiratory problems. But if you know what to look for, you can take action
The horse parasite I’m talking about is the lungworm. Your horse can ingest them by eating grass in a pasture that has been infected with it’s larvae (what we call a worm like this in it’s very young and immature stage of life).
This parasite lives in the lungs of your horse by attaching itself to the lung walls. That’s where it lays its eggs. Once the eggs hatch, the little beasts try to swim around in your horse’s lungs as best they can.
If your horse is lucky enough to cough them up, you’ll find several yellow globs of mucous in his stall. Some of them may appear to be frothy, like the foam on an ocean wave.
If your horse swallows these larvae, they go through his digestive tract. Some will be excreted through his feces. Then these little buggers...
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