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.
New Fact Sheet Series: the Other Worms
While the barber pole worm (Haemonchus contortus) and coccidia (Eimeria spp.) are the primary gastro-intestinal parasites that affect small ruminants, there are many other worm parasites that can infect them and sometimes cause problems, individually or more often as part of mixed infections. This info series will detail these "other worms." Each info sheet will be written and reviewed by members of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control (ACSRPC), including at least one veterinarian.
Fact Sheets (.pdf)
The other worms that infect sheep/goats - Jim Miller (November 2022)
Four phases of parasitic infection - Jim Miller (October 2021)
Brown stomach worm (Teladorsagia) - Katherine Petersson and Elizabeth Kass
Hookworms (Bunostomum phlebotomum) - Michael Pesato
Meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) - tatiana Stanton
Threadworm (Strongyloides) - Joan Burke (November 2022)
Whipworm (Trichuris ovis) - Steve Hart and Jessica Quijada (November 2022)
More to follow . . .
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