Explore: Haemonchus Contortus

Haemonchus contortus, also known as the barber's pole worm, is a very common parasite and one of the most pathogenic nematodes of ruminants. Adult worms

Species: Haemonchus contortus (Rudolphi, 1803) Haemonchus longistipes Haemonchus placei (Place, 1893) Haemonchus similis Travassos, 1914 "Haemonchus Cobb

diet containing common sainfoin is able to reduce nematode (e.g. Haemonchus contortus) parasitism in ruminant’s guts. Due to the high levels of condensed

Robin N. (2008-03-25). "P-glycoprotein selection in strains of Haemonchus contortus resistant to benzimidazoles". Veterinary Parasitology. 152 (1–2):

'feathers first arose as agents for color display,' Benton says." Haemonchus contortus, or "barber's pole worm", is the parasitic nematode responsible for

three tanniferous forage plants to lambs artificially infected with Haemonchus contortus and Cooperia curticei" (PDF). Vet. Parasitol. 146 (1–2): 123–34.

survive temperatures below 0 °C for weeks to months. The nematode Haemonchus contortus can survive 44 weeks frozen at liquid nitrogen temperatures. Other

of essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum Linn. and eugenol against Haemonchus contortus". Veterinary Parasitology. 109 (1–2): 59–63. doi:10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00253-4

glutamate-gated chloride channel α-subunit gene of Haemonchus contortus and Cooperia oncophora, as well as in the H. contortus genes coding for p-glycoprotein and the

superior resistance to ticks and the diseases they carry and to Haemonchus contortus stomach worms. The Senepol breed of beef cattle developed on the