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The adult whipworm (Trichuris ovis) lives in the cecum and colon of goats, sheep and cattle. The worm buries its long, thin neck into the tissue feeding on blood from vessels. The egg has a plug on both ends making it one of the easiest to identify on a fecal. Additional animations describing the life cycles of parasites that infect the goat.
Cryptosporidium
Dictyocaulus vivparus (lungworm)
Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)
Haemonchus contortus (barber pole worm)
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (brain or meningeal worm)
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