For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. All ages of sheep and goats are susceptible, but the condition is fatal in weaned animals ...

Central West Local Land Services district vet Kate Atchison, Coonabarabran, said barber's pole worm has been responsible for about 70 per cent of the region's recent sheep and goa ...

Every year, a little-known nematode called the barber’s pole worm causes hundreds of millions of dollars in livestock losses worldwide. The parasitic worm, named for the pink spiral around its body, ...

Barber's Pole worm is a parasitic nematode that infects the gut of sheep and goats in hot, humid climates. For farmers in such regions an infestation can be economically devastating as these ...