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Gastrointestinal parasite infection
Solution name: Gastrointestinal parasite infection
Aim: Decreasing the optimal life circumstance of worms and larves to avoid the critical infection
Description:
All around the world the internal parasites cause one of the biggest health issue that can cause economical loss as well.
- Most worms life circle is partly run on the grassland.
- Depending on the different climates, the larves and the eggs of worms on the pasture can survive shorter or longer period that can cause infection in the grazing flocks.
- Moister, high grass height, optimal temperature (5-20 C) can support a quick parasite infection and keep in high risk level of the reinfection of parasites.
Diagnosis:
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- Important to know what parasite we have, Trichostrongilidae, Fasciola, Haemoncus
- Drug resistance population of parasites?
- Survival period of worm eggs and larves on the pasture under different climat during the year (huge differences between dry -hot and wet-cool regions)
- Different status = different solution
Topic: Health
Production: Dairy / Meat
Animal Category: Adults/lambs/replacements
Issue: Internal parasites
Level of Solution: Knowledge, Practical
Country: Hungary

How to implement it
- Diagnosis (MacMaster chamber – Mini Flotac)
- Plan for prevention
- inside technology, base on hay and silage, partly on arable land
- grassland rotation
- reseeding the grass for grazing
- grassland resting during parasite incubation period
- grass cutting before hot period
- final solution is targeted drug treatment
- all farmers should focus on alternative solutions
Expected benefits
- decreasing the drug resistance
- decreasing the serious infection
- cost reduction
- less serious infection
Prerequisites and/or limits
- habits
- easy the treatment
- low knowledge
- gap of advising
Tips & Tricks
It is a whole system but a lot small solution can be utilized by individuals:
- farm diagnosis, mini flotac
- farm specific grazing system setup