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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:

    • 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

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