The first internal transcribed spacer DNA (ITS-1) (rDNA) and the mitochondrial (mt) DNA-derived cytochrome oxidase I gene (COX-1) were enzymatically amplified, cloned and sequenced from 6 nominal species of Ostertagiinae as well as Haemonchus contortus and Haemonchus placei. The portion of the COX-1 gene analyzed was 393 base pairs (bp) in length and contained 33 within species polymorphic base...

A recently established Eragrostis curvula pasture 1,1 ha in size at Hennops River in the Transvaal Highveld was contaminated from 6 October 1976 until 20 May 1977 by 30 weaned Merinos, each infested with 7 000 infective larvae of H. contortus. On 2 November 1976 3 groups of weaned Merinos and again on 10 January 1977 a further group of Merinos were infested with 40 000 infective larvae of Trich...

Ivermectin (IVM) is a widely-used anthelmintic that works by binding to and activating glutamate-gated chloride channel receptors (GluClRs) in nematodes. The resulting chloride flux inhibits the pharyngeal muscle cells and motor neurons of nematodes, causing death by paralysis or starvation. IVM resistance is an emerging problem in many pest species, necessitating the development of novel drugs...

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de la inclusión hojas Acacia cochliacantha en una dieta mantenimiento para cabritos raza Boer conteo fecal huevos (CFH) Haemonchus contortus, consumo agua y materia seca. Diez recién destetados (16.850 ± 1.630 kg peso vivo inicial 3 meses edad), fueron experimentalmente infestados con larvas (L3) H. contortus (350 por kilogramo vivo), proba...

A pen study was conducted to assess the effect of providing daily copper mineral supplement, or copper wire particle (COWP) capsules, on established or incoming mixed nematode infections in young sheep. For lambs with established (6 week old) infections, COWP resulted in 97% and 56% reduction of the adult and early L4 stages of H. contortus, respectively, compared with controls (p<0.001). Addit...

background: haemonchus contortus causes severe economic losses in small ru-minants, so this study was conducted to study the uv effect on h. contortus larvae and its protective effect. methods: sixteen male goats were divided into 5 groups, control infected, con-trol uninfected and uv 30minutes exposure; uv 60minutes exposure and uv booster 60minutes exposure. the uv groups were exposed to uv i...

Indirect plate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was standardized and evaluated for its effectivenessin immunodiagnosis of haemonchosis in experimental and clinical cases in sheep by using somatic wholeadult antigen of H. contortus. Plate ELISA was standardized using 5 μg/well antigen concentration with1:100 and 1:1000 of sera and conjugate dilution. Indirect plate ELISA was able to demonstrate...

Abstract Parasite-resistant St. Croix sheep generate a potent neutrophilic response to larval stages of Haemonchus contortus. Protective neutrophil responses can be best characterized by increased infiltration the abomasum within first 3 days infection. These data indicate breed differences in chemotaxis and H. contortus The purpose this study was determine third-stage (L3) antigen (HcLA). Suff...

Studies at Armidale on the ecology of helminthoses have provided information on the populations of both parasitic and free-living stages of sheep nematodes under varying seasonal conditions. The complexity of the climatic, nutritional, physiological and immunological factors which interact in the epidemiology of parasitic disease is such that even given this information, it is difficult to pred...

In vitro tests were carried out to assess the activity of 26 Brazilian isolates of predatory fungi of the genus Arthrobotrys on a free-living nematode (Panagrellus sp.) and on infective larvae of Haemonchus placei, a parasitic gastrointestinal nematode of cattle. The results showed that the free-living nematode Panagrellus sp. was the most preyed upon, compared to H. placei, for all the fungal ...