WORMinfo
December 2020
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USDA ARS recently announced a potential new "ground-breaking" treatment for internal parasites in small ruminants. "When the treatment was given to infected sheep at Virginia Tech there was a rapid and dramatic reduction of parasite reproduction and survival, without any negative effect observed in the sheep." said Dr. Anne Zajac, professor of parasitology at Virginia Tech's Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
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The major risk factor for dag accumulation is fecal consistency. The consistency of sheep and goat feces varies from fecal pellets through to pasty or liquid diarrhea (scouring). Pellets do not adhere to the animal. Dags accumulate only when feces are not in pelleted form.
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Since 2013, over 60 "Timely Topic" articles have been published to the web site of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control (ACSRPC; WormX). The articles are written by members of the consortium and cover various topics pertaining to internal parasite control in sheep, goats, and camelids. Some of the articles are available in PDF format.
American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control
Email: sschoen@umd.edu
Website: wormx.info