Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Pharmaceutical treatments of gastrointestinal nematode infections of sheep--future of anthelmintic drugs.
- Journal:
- Veterinary parasitology
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Sargison, N D
- Affiliation:
- University of Edinburgh · United Kingdom
Plain-English summary
This research looks at the challenges sheep farmers face in controlling worm infections in their flocks. One major issue is that the worms are becoming resistant to the medications used to treat them, which makes it harder and more expensive to keep the sheep healthy. The study emphasizes the need for new strategies to manage these infections sustainably, considering how worms can adapt over time and how changes in farming practices and weather can affect their spread. Overall, the findings suggest that simply relying on current medications is not enough, and farmers will need to change their approaches to effectively manage these parasites in the future.
Abstract
Various interacting factors have been identified to explain why health plans for nematode parasite control, based on conventional epidemiological knowledge and involving pharmaceutical treatments of their sheep hosts have become unsustainable. Of these, the emergence of anthelmintic resistance has had a major impact on the economics of sheep farming, necessitating fundamental managemental changes. This review focusses on the use of anthelmintic drugs for the control of gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep, emphasising the need to develop sustainable strategies in the face of inevitable parasite evolution in response to exposure to anthelmintic drugs and other noxious stimuli, or favourable opportunities resulting from changing animal management and climatic factors.
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