Experimental infection of sheep by the camel stomach worm, Haemonchus longistipes.
An attempt has been made to infect sheep by Haemonchus longistipes with the objective of developing a relatively cheap and manageable model of camel haemonchosis. A large proportion of inoculated animals (28/34) developed patent infections; the prepatent period was short, lasting for 3 to 4 weeks in the majority of infected animals. Worm burdens were low and so was the total egg output. Most of the recovered worms were reduced in size.
D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000469:parasitology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006188:Haemonchiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006189:Haemonchus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008297:Male; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014252:Trichostrongyloidiasis / Q000662:veterinary*