{"id":207,"date":"2011-10-28T18:43:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T07:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2011-11-03T20:21:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T09:21:59","slug":"parasites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/?page_id=207","title":{"rendered":"Parasites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are basically two parasite issues &#8211;\u00a0 internal parasites and external parasites.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>External Parasites<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of external parasites which can impact on goat health and production.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the most common of these are lice.\u00a0\u00a0 There are two types of lice affecting goats.\u00a0\u00a0 The \u201cblue\u201d or sucking lice that feed on the blood of the animal and the \u201cred\u201d species or biting lice that feed on the surface tissue and scurf.<\/p>\n<p>The sucking lice will cross infect both goats and sheep.\u00a0\u00a0 The biting lice are breed specific.\u00a0\u00a0 Always ensure that chemicals used for lice are registered for goats.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Internal Parasites<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of stomach and intestinal worms that affect goats and include:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul_arrow_list\">\n<li>Barbers pole worm<\/li>\n<li>Black scour worm<\/li>\n<li>Brown stomach worm<\/li>\n<li>Tape worm<\/li>\n<li>Liver fluke<\/li>\n<li>Stomach fluke<\/li>\n<li>Small lung worm<\/li>\n<li>Nodule worm<\/li>\n<li>Thin necked intestinal worm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<p>Worms can be classified into three main types which correspond to the mechanism they use to cause ill health.\u00a0 They are:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul_arrow_list\">\n<li>Blood sucking<\/li>\n<li>Damage to the gut lining<\/li>\n<li>Migration through tissue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<p>There are two major methods for controlling worms<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul_arrow_list\">\n<li>Chemical \u2013 the use of drenches<\/li>\n<li>Non Chemical \u2013 the reduction of larval contamination on pastures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<p>(<em>Source Australian Goat Notes<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are basically two parasite issues &#8211;\u00a0 internal parasites and external parasites. External Parasites There are a number of external parasites which can impact on goat health and production.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the most common of these are lice.\u00a0\u00a0 There are two types of lice affecting goats.\u00a0\u00a0 The \u201cblue\u201d or sucking lice that feed on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":273,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207\/revisions\/281"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glendalong.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}