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Dictyocaulus viviparus found in the bronchi of a calf during necropsy (arrow). Parasitic bronchitis, also known as hoose, husk, or verminous bronchitis, [1] is a disease of sheep, cattle, goats, [2] and swine caused by the presence of various species of parasite, commonly known as lungworms, [3] in the bronchial tubes or in the lungs.
Hedeoma pulegioides, also known as pennyrile, American pennyroyal, or American false pennyroyal, [4] is a species of Hedeoma native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia and southern Ontario west to Minnesota and South Dakota, and south to northern Georgia and Arkansas.
Mentha pulegium, commonly (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called mosquito plant [2] and pudding grass, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [4] Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.
Young flock of ewe lambs Flock in Mudgegonga, Victoria, Australia. The Australian White is an Australian breed of meat sheep. It derives from selective breeding of White Dorper, Van Rooy, Poll Dorset and Texel sheep, with the aim of creating a large white sheep suited to Australian conditions, and with a self-shedding hair coat.
Flystrike in sheep is a myiasis condition in which domestic sheep are infected by one of several species of flies that are external parasites of sheep. Sheep are particularly susceptible to flystrike because their thick wool, if sufficiently contaminated with urine and faecal material, can provide effective breeding ground for maggots even in the relative absence of wounds.
Stomoxys species transmit several species of Trypanosoma protozoa to cattle, sheep and goats causing various types of trypanosomiasis. Haematobia horn-flies transmit nematode worms in the genus Stephanofilaria to the skin of cattle, causing stephanofilariasis, a suppurating dermatitis known as hump sore.
Psoroptes ovis infests sheep worldwide and can be a serious welfare and animal-production problem for sheep farmers. Infestations of cattle with mites of the similar genus Chorioptes , in combination with Sarcoptes mite infestation, has been shown to cause a failure to gain body weight by 15.5 to 37.2 kilograms ( 34 + 1 ⁄ 8 to 82 lb) over a ...
Australian White or Australian white may refer to: Australian White Ensign, an ensign used by ships of the Royal Australian Navy; Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca), a species of a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae; Australian White sheep, a livestock breed; Australian White Suffolk, a variation on the White Suffolk ...