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The thin-necked intestinal worm (Nematodirus spathiger) lives in the small intestine of goats and sheep. The egg is very large which makes it easy to identify on a fecal exam. Additional animations describing the life cycles of parasites that infect the goat.
Cryptosporidium
Dictyocaulus vivparus (lungworm)
Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)
Haemonchus contortus (barber pole worm)
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (brain or meningeal worm) Return to Goat Biology Home |