Worm Detection, Control & Prevention in Pastured Goats, Cows, and More

By R.J. Holliday
Updated on February 19, 2024
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Can you tell if your cows have worms? Beginning farmers usually do pretty well with gardens, chopping wood and building outhouses . . . but the birth of that first calf or litter of pigs generally sets ’em back a couple of notches. R.J. Holliday DVM, a veterinarian in Missouri and MOTHER EARTH NEWS contributor, intends to remedy the situation. He covers parasite detection, control, and prevention for goats, cows, sheep, and other pastured livestock.

Common Sense Control of Internal Parasites in Ruminants

No discussion of ruminant nutrition and management is complete without devoting some time to an understanding of the role played by internal parasites in disease conditions and in efficient production.

Cattle, sheep, and goats the world over support many kinds of internal parasites. Some of these hangers-on have no apparent ill effects on their hosts and seem only to be “along for the ride”, while others cause such drastic symptoms that they make profitable production of livestock almost impossible in the areas where they occur.

The damage done by internal parasites is threefold:

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