Stomach Worms- Haemonchus contortus, or worms of the stomach of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats.
Clinical Symptoms
- sucks blood
- anemia
- diarrhea
- reduction of nutrient absorption
Prevention
- create unfavorable climatic conditions for the parasites
- develop resistance in cattle
- manage cattle to prevent their ingestion of infective organisms
- destruct intermediate host and environmental features hospitable to the parasite outside the cattle's bodies
- therapeutic chemical treatment of cattle
