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Table 2 Lamb nematode faecal egg counts (epg) on farms in Gotland (B & N) and Skåne (L)

From: Biological Control of Sheep Parasites using Duddingtonia flagrans: Trials on Commercial Farms in Sweden

 

Farm B

Farm N

Farm L

Sampling Date

Control

Fungus

Control

Fungus

Control

Fungus

30 June*

73 (15/20)

200 (11/20)

160 (17/20)

160 (17/20)

  
  

8 N (3/20)

    

7 July*

    

138 (12/21)

153 (15/21)

      

12 N (5/21)

9 Aug#

280 (20/20)

303 (20/20)

81(10/21)

153 (8/21)

  
 

5 N (2/20)

13 N (9/20)

    

24 Aug#

    

800 (23/24)

1092 (21/25)

     

148 N (19/24)

82 N (20/25)

6 Sept

158 (14/20)

160 (17/20)

81 (10/21)

153 (8/21)

  

22 Sept

    

0

13 (3/24)

      

2 N (1/24)

13 Oct

155 (18//20)

128 (16/20)

  

88 (10/12)

90 (15/21)

21 Oct

  

316 (19/20)

380 (20/20)

  

3 Nov

    

65 (10/12)

61 (15/21)

     

13 N (2/12)

19 N (7/21)

  1. *Ewes and lambs moved off pasture. Lambs dosed with ivermectin
  2. # Lambs only moved back to pasture and dosed with ivermectin