Author:
Jane Vaughan
Criagenesis, Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia

Date of Publication:
unknown

Publication:
Criagenesis

Excerpt:
The gastrointestinal parasite Haemonchus spp. is better known as the barber’s pole worm (BPW) because the adult female worm has a white tubular uterus that winds around their blood-filled tubular gut, giving the look of a barber’s pole (Figure 1). This parasite is a blood sucker of domestic livestock, causing anaemia and illthrift and can kill alpacas (and sheep, cattle and goats) quickly and in high numbers.

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