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Sheep and goats are both small ruminants with cosmopolitan distributions due to their being kept historically and in modern times as grazers both individually and in herds in return for their production of milk, wool, and meat. [1] As such, the diseases of these animals are of great economic importance to humans.
Haemonchus contortus, also known as the barber's pole worm, is a very common parasite and one of the most pathogenic nematodes of ruminants. Adult worms attach to abomasal mucosa and feed on the blood. This parasite is responsible for anemia, oedema, and death of infected sheep and goats, mainly during summer in warm, humid climates. [2]
Gasterophilus, commonly known as botfly, is a genus of parasitic fly from the family Oestridae that affects different types of animals, especially horses, but it can also act on cows, sheep, and goats. A case has also been recorded in a human baby.
Sheep and goats: Anaplasma ovis – found worldwide. [13] There is a prevalence of 82.9% in sheep, and 74.9% in goats. This species is the most prevalent for causing anaplasmosis in sheep and goats, although Anaplasma phagocytophilium can also cause the disease. Anaplasma phagocytophilium has a prevalence of 11.9% in sheep, and 15.2% in goats. [14]
Elaeophora schneideri - Disease in sheep, goats, elk, moose. Orphan, stub. Filariasis (domestic animals) - Disease in dogs, horses, cattle, missing info in poultry. Stub. Habronema - Stomach worm in horses. Unreferenced. Haemonchus contortus - Disease in sheep and goats. Short stub.
The disease is endemic in the Indian subcontinent and is a major threat to fast-growing goat husbandry in India, causing an annual loss of around 1800 million Indian rupees. In North Africa , only Egypt was once hit, but since summer 2008, Morocco is suffering a generalized outbreak with 133 known cases in 129 provinces , mostly affecting sheep ...
Eimeria is a genus of apicomplexan parasites that includes various species capable of causing the disease coccidiosis in animals such as cattle, poultry and smaller ruminants including sheep and goats. [2]
Sarcoptic mange - Includes disease in dogs, missing info on horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, pot-bellied pigs, and guinea pigs. Psoroptic mange - Includes sheep scab Stub; Scaly leg - Disease in birds, caused by Knemidocoptes mutans. Stub. Sea louse - Disease in fish. Trichobilharzia regenti - Nasal parasite in birds. Substub.