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Internal Parasites

Internal Parasites

There are a number of stomach and intestinal worms that affect goats and include:

Barbers pole worm
Black scour worm
Brown stomach worm
Tape worm
Liver fluke
Stomach fluke
Small lung worm
Nodule worm
Thin necked intestinal worm

Worms can be classified into three main types which correspond to the mechanism they use to cause ill health. They are:

Blood sucking
Damage to the gut lining
Migration through tissue

There are two major methods for controlling worms

Chemical – the use of drenches
Non Chemical – the reduction of larval contamination on pastures

(Source Australian Goat Notes)

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