Climate change is likely to increase the development rate of anthelmintic resistance in equine cyathostomins in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is likely to influence livestock production by increasing the prevalence of diseases, including parasites. The traditional practice of controlling nematodes in livestock by the application of anthelmintics is, however, increasingly compromised by the development of resistance to these drugs in parasite populations. This study used a previously developed simulation model of the entire equine cyathostomin lifecycle to investigate the effect a changing climate would have on the development of anthelmintic resistance. Climate data from six General Circulation Models based on four different Representative Concentration Pathways was available for three New Zealand locations. These projections were used to estimate the time resistance will take to develop in the middle (2040-49) an

SUBMITTER: Sauermann CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7527676 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature