INVASIVE DISEASE - HORSE GASTROPHILOSIS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KALMYKIA
Since ancient times, Kalmyk horses have been an example of endurance, they are able to make transitions over long distances, have an excellent conformation, surprisingly unpretentious, indescribable beauty, wild unrestrainedness, love of freedom and high resistance to various infectious diseases. But with all the excellent qualities indicated above, Kalmyk horses have invasive diseases, from which one-hoofed animals of the steppe zone suffer, at any age, without exception - gastrofiliasis and parascariasis. Sometimes these diseases affect animals at the same time, and then the development of a combined invasion is observed, which has a very adverse effect on the health of both adults and young animals. The combination of two or more parasites, inside one organism, causes a serious pathological condition in it, often leading to the death of a sick animal. Despite the measures taken by the state veterinary service of the republic to prevent the emergence and spread of invasive diseases, horse gastrofiliasis and parascariasis are still manifested in the territory of the Republic of Kalmykia. According to our request to the Chief State Inspector for the Republic of Kalmykia, a written response from the Veterinary Directorate was received from the outgoing number, which states that within the Republic of Kalmykia, horse diseases with gastrofiliasis and parascariasis have not been registered for the past year. Consequently, since the disease has not been registered, then the state veterinary service of the republic does not carry out antiparasitic measures for the prevention and therapeutic measures to eliminate gastrophillosis and parascariasis of horses and control is not fully carried out