There are nearly 1.8 billion sheep worldwide. The animals are farmed in countries around the world for their wool, meat and milk. Sheep play a major role in several countries, as they are less ...

Having a worm control plan is often overlooked, but with anthelmintics resistance on the rise and becoming a real threat to lamb production, it is a fundamental tool for achieving good rates of daily ...

FARGO - Parasitism is one of the most damaging diseases in sheep. Round worms and coccidia are two of the worst parasites, according to Reid Redden, North Dakota State University Extension Service ...

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Researchers have developed an improved, more efficient method to test for the most serious of the parasitic worms in sheep, a problem that causes hundreds of millions of dollars in losses every year ...

Recent rains provided much-needed moisture to parched Arkansas pastures, and they now may experience a little growth. But, the wet weather also creates conditions favorable for internal parasites to ...

It is not just the livestock and the grass that have been growing this spring in response to the un-Texas like rains. Parasites have been a major cause of death and disease in our small ruminants ...

The worms feed on blood, eventually killing most host sheep. Even worse, the parasites are becoming resistant to drugs once used to keep them at bay. The parasites do not affect all sheep, however. St ...