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Current Industry Status

Internal parasites are a major threat to the meat goats breeders today. Problems associated with the internal parasites include:

  1. Irreversible damage or death to the goats
  2. Reduced growth rates
  3. Less productive
  4. Hinder goats reproductive performance
  5. Expense to the breeder in money and labor

 Cause of the Problems

Trying to prevent or control the parasites in goats is increasingly difficult due to generations of overuse and improper use of the dewormers available to the breeders. This has resulted in increasing resistance by parasites to the dewormers. This resistance to the dewormers has now been identified world wide and no new dewormers are in the pipeline to save the industry.

 Factors that contribute to parasites in goats

  • Overstocking pastures – maintaining as many as 40 goats per acre 

  • Environment with high temperatures, humidity, and rainfall

  •  Resistance to drugs as a result of excessive usage

  •  Frequent drug treatments per year without a positive fecal sample exam to validate if the dewormer is actually working

  •  Genetic make-up of goats

Signs of the parasite

  • Dehydration
  • Unthrift appearance, rough hair coat, depresssed, low energy, lethargic, and uncoordinated
  • Significantly reduced growth and reproductive performance
  • Fluid accumulation in sub-mandibular tissues (bottle jaw), abdomen, thoracic cavity, and gut wall
  • Blood loss, white mucous membranes, anemic
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