Feeding horses with industrially manufactured pellets with fungal spores to promote nematode integrated control

Hernández, José Ángel; Arroyo, F.L.; Suárez, J. L.; Cazapal-Monteiro, C.; Romasanta, A.; López-Arellano, María Eugenia; Pedreira, J.; Carvalho, Luís Madeira de; Sánchez-Andrade, R.; Arias, M.; Gives, Pedro Mendoza de; Silva, Adolfo Paz

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.09.014

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“…The usefulness of pellets containing spores of M. circinelloides and D. flagrans has been tested on grazing horses, and highly successful results were obtained. Through this strategy, it was possible to reduce the frequency of deworming from 4 years to 1-1.5 years [7,40]. This approach has also been assayed on wild captive equids maintained in a zoological park, and as a result the administration of anthelmintics was significantly lessened [41], supporting the results previously collected by administering the spores as a premixed feed [6].…”

Section: Beneficial Soil Fungi 21 Antagonists Of Helminthssupporting

confidence: 61%

“…In recent years, very important achievements have been made in the large-scale production of saprophytic fungal spores that are found in the soil, such as Mucor circinelloides or Duddingtonia flagrans, filamentous species that are in contact with eggs or larvae of some parasites, respectively. They have the capacity to destroy them or limit their viability [6,7]. In this way, it is possible to reduce the risk of infection in people, and also in animals that are in pasture.…”

Section: Organisms In Soilmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Advantageous Fungi against Parasites Transmitted through Soil

Malagón¹,

Cazapal-Monteiro²,

Quintero³

et al. 2019

Fungal Infection

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Although many fungal specimens are responsible for human and/or animal infection, other species are advantageous for preventing the infection by soil-transmitted zoonotic parasites. Infection occurs by the accidental ingestion of parasitic stages (cysts, oocysts, eggs, and larvae), their active penetration through the skin or through direct contact. Numerous species of helminths develop an external phase in the soil where the infective stages are attained, thus mammals become infected when grazing, drinking, or accidentally. Ectoparasites as ticks perform also in the soil the phase from egg to larva. Different soil saprophytic fungi that turn into predatory agents when parasitic stages are near have been isolated and described. These species are capable of destroying the pathogens or irreversibly decreasing their viability, providing thus a very interesting and sustainable tool to reduce environmental contamination by pathogenic agents. In the last year, a profound knowledge on the most appropriate fungal species, together with the proper way to disseminate them, has been acquired.

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Section: Beneficial Soil Fungi 21 Antagonists Of Helminthssupporting

confidence: 61%

Section: Organisms In Soilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advantageous Fungi against Parasites Transmitted through Soil

Malagón¹,

Cazapal-Monteiro²,

Quintero³

et al. 2019

Fungal Infection

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“…However, excluding the study of Healey et al, the effect has been demonstrated by same active researchers by same methods in same climate conditions. Climate in Brazil, in which most of these studies have been carried out and in subtropical environment of southern Louisiana (Baudena et al, 2000), and in Spain (Paz-Silva et al, 2011;Herná ndez et al, 2016Herná ndez et al, , 2018 cannot tell the utilization potential of fungal cultures in climates outside these countries. Ferná ndez et al (1997) have reported that dry climate conditions affected the transmission of infective larvae resulting in low numbers of larvae on the herbage, and during the rainy periods a significant reduction in the number of larvae recovered around fungal containing pats.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Safe use of fungi cultures without observable adverse effects of animals has not been studied until recently. Horses consuming fungi spore pellets have had normal values of erythrocytes, hemoglobin, and hematocrit and no signs of sensitization (IgG response) or respiratory, digestive or reproductive disorders (Herná ndez et al, 2016). Further, Herná ndez et al (2018) have shown that none of the horses of their study (n = 22) rejected the pellets enriched with fungal spores and a normal appetite, digestive activity, reproductive behavior and breathing were recorded.…”

Section: History Discovery and Benefits Of Nematodes-destroying Fungimentioning

confidence: 93%

“…The culture of Duddingtonia flagrans can be used either as a laboratory strain with a reference code ATCC 38101, as an isolate of AC001, as a Brazilian isolate of CG 768 or IAH 1297 (BioWorma®). Sometimes there is not an only D. flagrans fungi isolates in effectiveness studies, but Monacrosporium thaumasium (Tavela et al, 2013) and Mucor circinelloides (Herná ndez et al, 2016;Herná ndez et al, 2018) are also included.…”

Section: History Discovery and Benefits Of Nematodes-destroying Fungimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Control of Equine Nematodes: A Literature Review about Control by Fungal Cultures

Koskinen¹

2019

SAR

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Larsen, Nansen, Grönvold, have previously reviewed the prospects of control of equine nematodes by using fungal cultures. Since then more investigations have been implemented and actualized. Field trials and laboratory tests have been reported with new perspectives and increasing number of animals in trials. The aim of this new review of literature is to add new knowledge to those questions that remained open in the 1990s. In particular, on the perspective of veterinary practitioner and sustainable use of deworming practices it is important to know those directions which should be followed.Larsen et al have chosen the term "nematodes-destroying fungi" instead of "nematophagous fungi" because of the nature of fungi as the main or as a supplement food source of free-living soil nematodes. The use of

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