Teaching the next generation about worms.
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.
InfoSeries: 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 Sheet Topics
Overview of other parasites
Four phases of parasitic infection
Black scour worms (Trichostrongylus)
Brown stomach worm (Teladorsagia)
Hookworms (Bunostomum phlebotomum)
Lungworms
Liver fluke
Meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis)
Threadworm (strongyloides)
Nodule worm (Oesophagostomum)
Tapeworms (Monieza Expansa)
Thin necked intestinal worm (Nematodirus)
Whipworm (Trichuris ovis)