Identification and epidemiologic significance of nematodes in a dairy barn
Herd, R.P.; Riedel, R.M.; Heider, L.E.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 176(12): 1370-1372
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 7429933 Document Number: 165094
In a study on nematodes recovered from dairy barn managers, stalls, calf pends, and exercise yards at Ohio State University, over 99% of the nematodes were nonparasitic species of the family Rhabditidae. The only parasitic genus recovered was Strongyloides (a rhabditoid nematode of minor clinical importance to adult cattle). These findings were in disagreement with widely publicized claims that adult dairy cattle in confinement are continuously exposed to trichostrongylids, and that all cows should be routinely treated with anthelmintics.