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High severity Goats & Sheep · Pest

Barber pole worm

Affects: Goat Sheep Cattle

Symptoms

Pale lower eyelids and gums, bottle jaw (swelling under the jaw), weight loss, and weakness despite good feed.

When it shows up

Warm, wet grazing season - worms surge on pasture in late spring and summer.

May Jun Jul Aug

Treatment

FAMACHA-score and deworm only animals that need it to slow resistance; supportive feed and minerals.

Prevention

Rotate pasture, do not graze too short, and keep a copper bolus and mineral program.

What you need

The same products HomesteadSync recommends in the app for this problem.

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