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Ocular setariasis by Setaria digitata in a horse in Korea

  • Kim, Hyeon-Cheol (College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Ahn, Dong Choon (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Jin ho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Yu, Do-Hyeon (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Chae, Joon-Seok (Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Research Institute of Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yoo, Jae-Gyu (Department of Animal Resources Development, National Institute of Animal Science) ;
  • Sim, Cheol ho (Department of Biology, Baylor University) ;
  • Choi, Kyoung-Seong (College of Animal Science, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Young-Jae (Jeonju Kijeon College) ;
  • Park, Bae-Keun (Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2017.09.25
  • Accepted : 2017.11.30
  • Published : 2018.03.30
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Abstract

A three-year-old male Thoroughbred horse with corneal opacity in his left eye was donated to Chonbuk National University for anatomical study. Upon gross observation, two whitish parasites were moving swiftly within the vitreous chamber of the eyeball. The worms obtained from the eye after anatomical dissection were identified as Setaria digitata by morphological observation with light and scanning electron microscopes; one male (43 mm in length) and one female (55 mm) were found. This aberrant ocular infection by S. digitata is the first case reported in horses in Korea.

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