Table 1 Mean number of worms and proportion (% of total) of Haemonchus contortus and Teladorsagia sp. development stages in abomasum of young goats at slaughter
From: Seasonal patterns of gastrointestinal nematode infection in goats on two Lithuanian farms
H. contortus | Teladorsagia a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Adult | DL 4 | EL 4 | Mean total | Adult | DL 4 | EL 4 | Mean total |
25 Aug | 134 (20%) | 54 (6%) | 553 (74%) | 741 | 4949 (83%) | 154 (3%) | 908 (14%) | 6011 |
14 Sep | 71 (1%) | 0 | 8325 (99%) | 8396 | 10346 (66%) | 451 (3%) | 4500 (31%) | 15297 |
08 Oct | 300 (22%) | 225 (25%) | 251 (53%) | 776 | 4522 (93%) | 111 (2%) | 183 (4%) | 4816 |
29 Oct | 0 | 24 (1%) | 3656 (99%) | 3680 | 5633 (86%) | 74 (1%) | 826 (13%) | 6533 |
29 Nov | 239 (12%) | 0 | 2342 (88%) | 2581 | 7196 (88%) | 12 (1%) | 1026 (11%) | 8234 |
25 Apr | 485 (97%) | 0 | 14 (3%) | 499 | 1083 (96%) | 0 | 46 (4%) | 1129 |