201. Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths, lungworms and liver fluke in sheep and goats in Norway
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Nils Leine, Snorre Stuen, Christophe Chartier, Bjørn Gjerde, Synnøve Vatn, Atle V. Meling Domke, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Biologie, Epidémiologie et analyse de risque en Santé Animale (BIOEPAR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Norwegian Goat Health Service, Partenaires INRAE, and Norwegian Meat Research Centre
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Male ,Veterinary medicine ,Nematoda ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Sheep Diseases ,Trematode Infections ,Gastrointestinal helminths ,Feces ,Animal science ,parasitic diseases ,Prevalence ,Helminths ,Fasciola hepatica ,Animals ,Trichostrongylus ,Nematode Infections ,Parasite Egg Count ,Goat Diseases ,Sheep ,General Veterinary ,biology ,Norway ,Goats ,General Medicine ,Lungworms ,Liver fluke ,biology.organism_classification ,Cestode Infections ,Teladorsagia circumcincta ,Liver flukes ,Goat ,Cestoda ,Parasitology ,Nematodirus ,Female ,Trematoda ,Helminthiasis, Animal ,Lungworm ,Haemonchus contortus - Abstract
The present study describes the occurrence of various gastrointestinal helminths, lungworms and liver flukes in Norwegian sheep and goats as assessed from faecal samples and post mortem examinations performed between 2007 and 2010. Faecal samples for gastrointestinal nematode egg counts were collected from 77 sheep flocks and 30 dairy goat flocks from three geographical regions in Norway. Additionally, thirty-two lambs and 16 adult goats were euthanized for necropsy examination and for identification of adult gastrointestinal nematodes and tapeworms, lungworms and liver flukes. The survey showed that there was a higher mean excretion of trichostrongyle eggs in sheep than in goats at the individual level (392 EPG vs. 154 EPG, p
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- 2012