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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.
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.
Madagascar: began a deworming programme in 2012 aiming to target all of the children in the country, more than 5 million in total. [39] Malawi: around 2 million children targeted in a deworming programme in 2011. [40] Mozambique: began a deworming programme in 2007 when nearly 500,000 children were treated, by 2014 around 5 million were ...
Vermicast (also called worm castings, [a] worm humus, worm poop, worm manure, or worm faeces) is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by earthworms. [1] These excreta have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than the organic materials before vermicomposting.
Worming may refer to: Deworming, the giving of an anthelmintic drug to a human or animal to rid them of internal parasites, including helminths;
Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris. It is the most common parasitic worm in humans. [1] An estimated 807 million–1.2 billion people are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides worldwide. [2]
The pinworm has a worldwide distribution, [25] and is the cause of the most common helminthiasis (parasitic worm infection) in the United States, western Europe, and Oceania. [21] In the United States, a study by the Center of Disease Control reported an overall incidence rate of 11.4% among children. [ 21 ]
The worm has a hydrostatic skeleton and moves by longitudinal and circular muscular contractions. Setae – tiny hair-like projections – provide leverage against the surrounding soil. Surface movements on moist, flat terrain were reported at a speed of 20 m/h and, based on measurements of the length of the trail, nocturnal activity away from ...