While horses and donkeys can be great companions, infected donkeys can infect horses with lungworms. Kimberly S. Brown shares some basic facts about lungworms in donkeys and horses with help from Zoetis’ Nathan Voris, DVM. The article is a good review and is worthy of sharing with horse owners; those with donkeys already and those who may be tempted to bring home a donkey from the next horse sale.
Source: My Senior Horse, June 2, 2025. Link.
If a horse that lives with donkey(s) show clinical signs of coughing or respiratory disease . . . consider testing the donkey(s) for lungworm via fecal sample.”
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