There are nearly 1.8 billion sheep worldwide. The animals are farmed in countries around the world for their wool, meat and milk. Sheep play a major role in several countries, as they are less ...

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Having a worm control plan is often overlooked, but with anthelmintics resistance on the rise and becoming a real threat to lamb production, it is a fundamental tool for achieving good rates of daily ...

Researchers have developed an improved, more efficient method to test for the most serious of the parasitic worms in sheep, a problem that causes hundreds of millions of dollars in losses every year ...

Worms reduce weight gain, predispose shoats to other opportunistic diseases, reduce feed intake and lower skin and wool quality. Small ruminants refer to goats and sheep also collectively called ...

Breeding for worm resistance is as important as breeding for any other heritable trait, believes Wiltshire sheep grazier, Tim White. “It’s logical to keep animals that are resistant to worms as they ...

Recent rains provided much-needed moisture to parched Arkansas pastures, and they now may experience a little growth. But, the wet weather also creates conditions favorable for internal parasites to ...

In 1891, a Canterbury farmer wrote to the Waipawa Mail, suggesting turpentine was "the best-known cure" for sheep worms. Photo / Bevan Conley. Kem Ormond takes a look at the world of farming back in ...

Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a "good" type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and ...