permaculture

[Mark Ludwig <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:07:00 -0600
> From: Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
> Subject: Re: [grazersedge]Fecal counts/Wormers
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> At 08:56 AM 10/27/2002 -0800, Mary wrote:
> >  Here's a little teeny bit of help to get you started
> >http://www.saanendoah.com/fecals.html
>
> That's a nice website, with some good information -  identifying the
> presence of certain parasite ovae/oocysts in a fecal is a good start, but
> is not the same as actually quantitating numbers/gram of feces to give an
> indication of level of infection or effectiveness of a deworming program or
> anthelmintic.
> To do this, you really must do a quantitative count, using either the
> McMasters technique or the modified Wisconsin double-centrifugation protocol.
> I've never done either(or I don't recall doing them in vet school) - I'm in
> the enviable position of having lab techs whose job is to perform those
> tests.  We're not routinely doing EPG counts here yet, as most of our
> producers and vets don't have a clue as to how to properly use those
> results.  However, with the major increase in the number of goats we're
> currently seeing through our lab, I've put the technical staff on  notice
> that it's only a matter of time until we're going to have to start doing
> them, as a service to our clientele.
>
> One of the nicest little primers on parasite control in small ruminants
> that I've run across in a while is linked below.  I pass copies of this one
> to the students in my Parasitology class, in hopes of giving them a little
> clarification on the life cycle, and proper management steps that can be
> taken, in addition to 'deworming' , to diminish the impact of parasitism in
> a herd/flock.
>
> http://209.250.129.110/nematodes.htm
>
> Be sure to read the last two paragraphs over and over again - they really
> hit home at the heart of the matter
>
>
>
>
> Louis L. "Lucky" Pittman, Jr., DVM
> Veterinary Pathologist/Asst. Prof.
> Murray St. Univ.-Breathitt Veterinary Ctr.
> Hopkinsville, KY
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