Posted by Administrator on June 18 2009 08:43
There are three broad types of internal parasite that can cause significant health issues in sheep: worms, flukes, and protozoa.
Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium sp.)
Cryptosporidium species are minute protozoan parasites closely related to coccidia. One major species, Cryptosporidium parvum, infects both farm animals and humans. C. parvum has a rapid, direct life cycle and infection occurs when viable oocysts in the environment are ingested by susceptible hosts, usually lambs under a month ... [More]
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Tags (Keywords): sheep diseases, internal parasites, cryptosporidiosis, coccidiosis, stomach worms, haemonchus, trichostrongylus, ostertagia, nematodirus spp., tapeworms, lungworms, meningeal worm, liver flukes
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