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The adult hair worm or black scour worm (Trichostrongylus species) is found in the small intestine of goats and sheep. It can cause severe diarrhea in young animals and chronic diarrhea in older animals. 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 |