Diagnosing and Treating the Anemic SR

Question 1

What is the biggest problem in SR?

Answer 1

Intestinal Parasites
Haemonchus Contortus

Question 2

Why are intestinal parasites so worry some in SR?

Answer 2

They are very costly and are becoming resistant to many treatments

Question 3

Which parastite is:
-Protozoan
-Younger animal more at risk, develop immunity at 4 weeks
-live in Small intestine
-Fecal oral contamination

Answer 3

Coccidia

Question 4

How do you treat coccidia?

Answer 4

Ionophore, Amrpolium or Sulfadimethoxine

Question 5

What parasites are in the HOTC complex?

Answer 5

Haemonchus Contortus
Ostertagia
Tricholostongylus
Cooperia
nematodirus

Question 6

What is another name for Haemonchus Contorus and where does this parastie live?

Answer 6

Barber pole worm
Abomasume

Question 7

What are signs of haemonchus infection?

Answer 7

FAMACHA dropped
Anemia
Weakness
Bottle Jaw

NO diarrhea unless other involvement

Question 8

What is another name for ostertagia? Where does it feed?

Answer 8

Brown stomach worm
Blood feeder
Morocan leather abomasal mucosa with nodules

Question 9

What are signs of ostertagia?

Answer 9

Anemia, emaciation, bottle jaw and watery diarrhea

Question 10

What is another name for Trichostrongyle? Where does it feed?

Answer 10

Hair worm
Blood Feeder
Abomasum looks enflammed with corrugated appearance

Question 11

What are signs of trichostrongyle?

Answer 11

Weight loss, weakness, loss appetite, watery diarrhea

Question 12

Where does cooperia effect and what are the lesions?

Answer 12

Small intestine
cattarrhal enteritis, hemorrhage and thickended mucosa

Question 13

What is nematodirus?

Answer 13

Intestinal threadworm
Large egg
Blood feeder
Small intestine
Gastroenteritis

Question 14

What is Dictyocaulus filaria?

Answer 14

Lung worm

Question 15

Where does lung worm effect?

Answer 15

Trachea, bronchi and bronchioles

Question 16

What are symptoms of thelung worm?

Answer 16

Labored and fast breathing, cough, fever, weight loss, pulmonary edema

Question 17

How do you test for lung worm?

Answer 17

Baerman Test and necropsy

Question 18

How do you treat lung worm?

Answer 18

Macrolides (ivermectin, moxidectin, levamisole, fenbendazole)

Question 19

What is trichuris discolor/ovis?

Answer 19

Whip worm of sheep

Question 20

Where do whip worms effect?

Answer 20

Small and large intestine

Question 21

How do you treat whip worms?

Answer 21

Fenbendazole

Question 22

What are Monezia?

Answer 22

Tapeworms

Question 23

Where do tape worms live? What signs do they cause?

Answer 23

Small intestine
diarrhea, unthriftiness, intestinal obstruction

Question 24

What is paralaphostrongylus tenius?

Answer 24

meningial worm of deer
-snail and slugs carry

Question 25

What are signs of meningeal worm?

Answer 25

Depend on site effect Neuro Ataxia inability to rise

Question 26

What are signs of parasitic gastroenteritis?

Answer 26

Weight loss rough hair coat/wool break anemia bottle jaw diarrhea poor hooves depressed

Question 27

How do we prevent these parasites?

Answer 27

Reduce stocking density feed in troughs FAMACHA (2-4 weeks) FEC Refugia Deworm when needed Cull chronic ills good nutrition good sanitation mixed grazing

Question 28

What is a FEC and what is used to tell you?

Answer 28

Fecal Egg Count -Approximate number of parasite -See if dewormer is still effective McMasters Fecal or Sugar Float Baerman

Question 29

What are some things that can help to reduce parasites?

Answer 29

Copper oxide particles (e 6 month) High tannin forage grazing management genetic selection

Question 30

What are some treatments for internal parasites?

Answer 30

Treat based on FAMACHA, signs and FEC benzimidazole Macrolides Levamisole Combo treatment Blood transufsion

Question 31

Whats the normal hematocrit for a sheep? goat?

Answer 31

Sheep: 27-45% Goat: 22-39%

Question 32

Are camelids more or less susceptible to internal parasites?

Answer 32

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