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=== Pathogenesis ===
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*'''''Dictyocaulus filaria'''''
 
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**Similar to ''D. viviparus'' in cattle
 
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**Lesions tend to be less widespread because worm numbers are generally low
 
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=== Diagnosis ===
 
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*Grazing history
 
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*Clinical signs
 
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*Faecal examination (larval identification possible by examining head, e.g. ''Dictyocaulus filaria'' (knob) or tail, e.g. ''Muellerius'' (single spine), ''Protostrongylus'' (wavy, no spine) → prognosis)
 
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=== Control ===
 
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*'''''Dictyocaulus filaria''''':
 
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**Difficult because outbreaks are unpredictable
 
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**PGE control measures are normally sufficient to prevent outbreaks of disease
 
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**Where these occur, remove and treat affected stock, replace with older immune sheep if necessary
 
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**A commercial vaccine was available in the Middle East, though its use (were it still available) would be uneconomic in the UK
 
  
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[[Category:Sheep_Nematodes]]
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[[Category:To Do - Major]][[Category:To Do - Respiratory]]
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[[Category:Respiratory Diseases - Sheep]]
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[[Category:Respiratory Parasitic Infections]]

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