Be Careful Buying your Next Animal

 

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Avoid Buying Highly Resistant Parasites

  • Don’t buy animals that show signs of having resistant parasites  If you do purchase – aggressively treat for parasites and quarantine them in a dry lot for 21-30 days. Treat them with three different classes of dewormers.

  • Be leery of buying animals from a general sale where you don't know anything about the history of the animal.

  • Question the breeder concerning what their parasite management is. Many breeders worm on a regular basis whether the animal needed it or not. They may not test to see if their dewormer was effective. This can result in your buying a goat that has just been dewormed having a ton of super worms.

  • Some breeders that show animals or have kids showing in 4H/FFA may be worming every 3 weeks regardless of the worm status. This can create super worms that nothing can kill and it is not difficult for those worms to be passed on to the general herd.
References:
  • Article 1- Purdue University - Managing Internal Parasitism in Sheep and Goats
  • Article 2 -Alabama A&M University Cooperative Extension System - BARBER POLE WORM INFESTATION IN GOATS
  • Article 3 -Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
    Virginia Tech, -     Controlling Goat Parasites
  • Article 4 -Division of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University,  Utrecht, The Netherlands. – Effects of Mowing
  • Article 5 - EU study -  Parasites and Tannins
  • Article 6 - University of Maryland - Integrated Parasite Management (IPM) in Small Ruminants
  • Article 7 - Louisiana State University – Internal and External Parasites in Goats
  • Article 8 -SAC Research – Nutrition and Parasites
  • Article 9 -Terry Hutchens Extension Associate for Goat Production UK & KSU Terry Hutchens Extension Associate for Goat Production UK & KSU - Gastro-Intestinal Parasite Survival Kit For Goats
  • Article 10 -Animal Nutrition and Health Team SAC, Edinburgh - Opportunities to reduce gastrointestinal nematode parasitism through nutrition
  •  Article 11 -National Sustainable Agriculture Information - Managing Internal Parasites in Sheep and Goats
  •  Article 12 -NSW Department of Primary Industries, Armidale1 NSW Department of Primary Industries, Armidale1 NSW Department of Primary Industries, Armidale, Australia – Turning the Worm
  • Article 13 - Texas A&M University - Understanding Internal Parasites
  • Article 14 - Helminth Parasites in the New Zealand Meat & Wool Pastoral Industries : A Review of Current Issues