Sericea lespedeza has been shown to reduce barber pole worm infections in small ruminants.
Hair sheep tend to be more resistant to gastro-intestinal parasites than wooled sheep or goats.
Teaching the next generation about worms.
Sericea lespedeza has been shown to reduce barber pole worm infections in small ruminants.
Pasture Management
Pasture is the primary vector by which small ruminants become infected with internal parasites. As a result, pasture management strategies will have a large effect on pasture infectivity and parasite loads in small ruminants.
Decreasing barber pole larvae population on grass pastures: is liquid nitrogen fertilizer a viable alternative? Jean-Marie Luginbuhl, North Carolina State University [Timely Topic, April 2017]
High quality forage helps to maintain resilience to GI parasites; Dr. Ken Turner, USDA-ARS, El Reno, Oklahoma [Timely Topic, July 2014].
Late summer parasite management strategies in goats; Ken Andries, Kentucky State University [Timely Topic, August 2013].
Improving parasite management with annual crops
by Dr. Richard Ehrhardt, Michigan State University [Timely Topic, February 2015].
Parasite control with multispecies grazing and rotational grazing; Steve Hart; Langston University.
The "silver bullet" of worm control in small ruminants
Paul Casey, Heifer Project International. [Timely Topic, November 2014].
Silver bullet seconded: can the right grazing strategy control parasites; Dave Scott, NCAT-ATTRA, Butte, Montana [Timely Topic, January 2015].
Silver Bullet Step One: Just Do It! Paul Casey, Heifer Project International [June 2016].
Stocking densities impact worm loads: let us count the ways. Dr. James Morgan, Fayetteville, Arkansa [Timely Topic, April 2016].
Grazing and Pasture Management; Jean-Marie Luginbuhl, North Carolina State University; 10th Anniversary Conference of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control [May 2013].
Best Management Practices for Controlling Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants: Pasture Management; Heather Glennon, University of Mt. Olive [February 2018].
Strategies for coping with parasite larvae on pastures in the springtime in Ohio; William Shulaw, Rory Lewandowski, Jeff McCutcheon, and Joyce Foster, Ohio State University Extension [2012].
Tools for managing internal parasites in small ruminants: pasture management; Linda Coffey and Margo Hale; National Center for Appropriate Technology/The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA) [October 2012].
Use of a brown mid-rib sorghum x sudangrass hybrid in a small ruminant parasite control program; William Shulaw, Rory Lewandowski, Jeff McCutcheon, and Joyce Foster, Ohio State University Extension [2012].
Use of forage chicory in a small ruminant parasite control program; by Jeff McCutcheon, Rory Lewandowski, William Shulaw, and Joyce Foster, Ohio State University Extension [2012].
Impact of rotational grazing on management of gastrointestinal nematodes in weaned lambs; J.M. Burke, J.E. Miller and T.H. Terrill; Veterinary Parasitology [July 2009].
Sunn hemp with chicory or pearl millet to minimize gastrointestinal nematode infection in weaned goats; J. Burke, J. Mosjidis, and J. Miller; Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science [February 2011].