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Drenching Merino hoggets, Walcha, NSW U.S. soldiers treating animals with de-worming medication in Eswatini during VETCAP. Deworming (sometimes known as worming, drenching or dehelmintization) is the giving of an anthelmintic drug (a wormer, dewormer, or drench) to a human or animals to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and tapeworm.
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A weanling horse Weaner ring on a calf. A weanling or weaner is an animal that has been weaned, eats solid food independently, and no longer relies on its mother's milk for nutrients.
Helminthiasis, also known as worm infection, is any macroparasitic disease of humans and other animals in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic worms, known as helminths. There are numerous species of these parasites , which are broadly classified into tapeworms , flukes , and roundworms .
Worming may refer to: Deworming, the giving of an anthelmintic drug to a human or animal to rid them of internal parasites, including helminths; Oculolinctus, eyeball licking; Worm, parcel and serve, the act of applying protection to standing rigging on a boat
Different free-living species feed on materials as varied as bacteria, algae, fungi, small animals, fecal matter, dead organisms, and living tissues. Free-living marine nematodes are important and abundant members of the meiobenthos. They play an important role in the decomposition process, aid in recycling of nutrients in marine environments ...
Resistance to drenching chemicals occurs due to over-drenching, under-dosing, long-acting treatments, low worm population treatment and consistent use of the same drench. Causing drench resistance is a common occurrence on smaller isolated communities and is an issue for agricultural industries that relies on clean cattle to trade. [6]
Anthelmintic medication is also used in mass deworming campaigns of school-aged children in many developing countries. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Anthelmintics are also used for mass deworming of livestock. The drugs of choice for soil-transmitted helminths are mebendazole and albendazole ; [ 4 ] for schistosomiasis and tapeworms it is praziquantel .