Simple Summary Anthelmintic resistance (AR) is a serious threat to animal health and has a
major economic impact worldwide due to production and financial losses. Currently, there …

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) in small ruminants result in production losses, and
consequently economic losses, and are an animal welfare problem in most countries in the …

Numerous treatment agents offering prophylaxis against livestock parasites are
commercially available. However, because of increasing antiparasitic drug resistance, the …

Background Helminthic infections, in particular those caused by gastrointestinal nematodes
(GIN), are found worldwide and are among the most economically important diseases of …

By using the egg hatch test (EHT), the larval development test (LDT) and the larval
mortality/paralysis test (LMT), the in vitro anthelmintic activity on sheep gastrointestinal …

In mountainous areas, where small ruminants form an integral part of livestock farming, an
effective control of parasites is of high importance, because the animals are grazing on …

Anthelmintic resistance (AR) in sheep raised under mountain farming conditions in South
Tyrol (Northern Italy) was assessed on eight farms (n= 99 animals). A faecal egg count …

Materials and Methods: A semi-structured questionnaire was designed to collect relevant
information from face-to-face interviews to assess 22 sheep farmers' knowledge and …

Considerable research has been directed towards optimising in vitro tests that can diagnose
resistance in pre-parasitic stages of parasites. The objective of this study was to compare the …

Crossbreeding is widely used to improve livestock performance, combining favorable breed
traits through additive effects while maintaining genetic diversity. This approach enhances …