Calf Care Guide: From Feeding to Weaning
Not only a cuteness overload, it is a highly rewarding experience and fantastic life lesson for kids to be a part off, it’s even better for the adults. Calves that …
Essential Tips for Rearing Rejected Lambs
Here are our essential tips for rearing rejected Lambs. Lambs that have been rejected by theirs mums can can be a bit difficult to get started and there is a …
Effective Management of Strongyle Nematodes
NEMATODES (STRONGYLE) Strongyles, or alternatively, strongyls, are nematode worms of the family Strongylidae, order Strongylida. They are often parasitic in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, especially grazers such as sheep, …
Coccidiosis Caused by Isospora: Symptoms and Transmission
ISOSPORA (Coccidian Protozoa) These protozoa are known as the enteric coccidia; monoxenous (one-host) parasites in the digestive tracts of herbivores or carnivores causing diarrhoeal disease (known as coccidiosis). Parasites form …
Ascarids in Young Horses: Prevention and Treatment Options
ASCARIDS Ascarids, Parascaris equorum, the horse roundworm, is a very large (females may be up to 15 inches long), yellowish white parasite that may pass out in the feces of foals …
Comprehensive Guide to Strongyloides Life Cycle and Treatment
STRONGYLOIDES Strongyloides stercoralis is a human pathogenic parasitic roundworm causing the disease strongyloidiasis. Its common name in the US is threadworm. In the UK and Australia, however, the term threadworm can also refer to nematodes of the genus Enterobius, otherwise known as pinworms. …
Understanding Trematodes: The Complex Life Cycle of Flukes
TREMATODES (FLUKE) Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes or trematodes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host, where the flukes sexually reproduce, …
Guide to Faecal Egg Count and Livestock Health
HOW ARE THE TESTS PERFORMED? The McMaster technique uses a special counting chamber which enables a known volume of faecal suspension (0.30ml) to be examined microscopically. If a known weight …
Understanding Sheep Marking: Health and Practices
What is Marking in Sheep? Known as marking, this is the process often performed within the first few weeks of life that removes the tail, castration of rams, ear tagging, …
Understanding Drench Resistance in Livestock
A New Approach to Managing Parasites There is no argument that drenching is an important part of livestock management and in a lot of cases it’s critical to ensure your …
