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Hair Sheep running behind the cattle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1381603" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>SD, </p><p>To my knowledge, meningeal/brain worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) is only spread by whitetail deer, which are it's natural host. </p><p>Sheep, goats, moose, elk, llamas, etc. can become infected - and develop 'brainworm' disease - but as far as I know it's not a 'patent' infection... meaning, they don't spread infective stages that could infect other animals.</p><p>I suspect that whomever is spreading the hair sheep/cattle/brainworm rumor either misunderstood what they heard or... is just full of it. </p><p></p><p>In areas where barberpole worm (Haemonchus contortus) is a problem - like the Southeastern USA - 95% or more of small ruminant deaths are directly attributable to this one parasite. In general, we've not regarded Haemonchus to be a major problem for cattle, but I have been seeing some reports of haemonchosis problems in young/stocker cattle following behind sheep/goats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1381603, member: 12607"] SD, To my knowledge, meningeal/brain worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) is only spread by whitetail deer, which are it's natural host. Sheep, goats, moose, elk, llamas, etc. can become infected - and develop 'brainworm' disease - but as far as I know it's not a 'patent' infection... meaning, they don't spread infective stages that could infect other animals. I suspect that whomever is spreading the hair sheep/cattle/brainworm rumor either misunderstood what they heard or... is just full of it. In areas where barberpole worm (Haemonchus contortus) is a problem - like the Southeastern USA - 95% or more of small ruminant deaths are directly attributable to this one parasite. In general, we've not regarded Haemonchus to be a major problem for cattle, but I have been seeing some reports of haemonchosis problems in young/stocker cattle following behind sheep/goats. [/QUOTE]
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