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Table 4 Faecal egg counts of ewes and lambs for Control and COWP treatments in the field trial conducted in southern Sweden, for the grazing season 2003.

From: Evaluation of Copper Supplementation to Control Haemonchus contortusInfections of Sheep in Sweden

Date

Ewe Faecal Egg Counts

Lamb Faecal Egg Counts

 

Control

COWP

Control

COWP

11 May

0

0

  

2 June

5 (1/10)*

0

  

16 June

5 (2/10)

0

  

1 July

0

0

0

0

18 Aug

  

13 (3/20)*

3 (1/20)

17 Sept

  

140 (19/20)

70 (16/20)

29 Oct

  

230 (19/20)

76 (13/20)

  1. *(x/y) proportion of animals with positive egg counts.