Scientist at the Moredun Research Institute on the outskirts of Edinburgh have successfully developed a vaccine for the Barber's Pole Worm (Haemonchus contortus), the most important roundworm ...

It is called the barber pole worm for the spiraling of its white, egg-filled ovaries around blood-filled intestines. Worldwide, they cost farmers and ranchers millions of dollars in losses.

The blood-sucking worm, Haemonchus contortus, can cause severe anemia in animals. It is called the barber pole worm for the spiraling of its white, egg-filled ovaries around blood-filled intestines.

Barber's Pole, or Haemonchosis, is literally an infection of blood eating worms. It gets its common name from the intertwined blood filled intestine and equally long uterus of the female.

Brian Keane’s 200-ewe farm near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford is recovering from the heavy blow of a barber’s pole worm infection.

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Barber’s pole worm which can cause death in sheep, goats and alpaca. By Ashleigh Taylor BVT. Levin and Horowhenua Vets. Barber’s pole (haemonchus contortus) is a blood sucking parasite that ...

It is called the barber pole worm for the spiraling of its white, egg-filled ovaries around blood-filled intestines. Worldwide, they cost farmers and ranchers millions of dollars in losses.