Lungworms in cattle, sheep and goats

Primefact Number: 811    Edition: First edition    Released/reviewed: 01 Aug 2008
Agriculture Primefact

Lungworms in cattle, sheep and goats are generally not economically important, although they occasionally cause significant disease in Australia, usually in host animals debilitated by other parasitic diseases and sub-optimal nutrition.

This Primefact privides information on:

  • Dictyocaulus spp (‘large lungworm’)
  • Protostrongylus and Muellerius spp.
  • Diagnosis and treatment