An apparatus for the restraint of sheep during infestation with schistosomes.
With this adjustable apparatus sheep aged from five months to five years and varying in mass from 16-95 kg could be restrained effectively. Cercarial suspension was split by only 2/44 sheep during infestation with Schistosoma mattheei. Using a battery of seven cages, it was possible to infest 23 sheep, each for 30 minutes, in one day. No cercariae were more than 4-1/2 hours old at the end of exposure.
D000818:Animals; D007103:Immobilization; D010274:Parasitology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases