Table 1 Summary of results of the substrate study and temperature study
From: Equine Cyathostominae can develop to infective third-stage larvae on straw bedding
Substrate study | Temperature study | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plot herbage | Dry straw | Moist straw | Deep litter straw | Grass turf | Moist straw | ||||||||||
Temperature (°C) | 20–21 | 20–21 | 20–21 | 20–21 | 8–10 | 15 | 20–23 | ||||||||
Humidity (%) | 56–58 | 61–77 | 61–76 | 60–76 | 70–85 | 55–65 | 30–40 | ||||||||
FWEC (epg) of faecal source | 0 | 150 | 850 | 0 | 150 | 850 | 0 | 150 | 850 | 0 | 150 | 850 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
Total no. of cyathostomine L3/kg recovered | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 977 | 7,594 | 0 | 0 | 9,996 | 0 | 2,500 | 8,000 | 0 | 25,644 | 21,644 |
Proportion of viable cyathostomine eggs recovered as larvae | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.480 | 0.182 | 0 | 0 | 0.156 | – | 0.535 | 0.021 | na | na | na |
No. of days to first larval detection | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | 10 | – | 17 | 10 | – | 13 | 13 |