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Goats worm burden variability also results from non-homogeneous larval intake

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For small ruminants, Gastrointestinal Nematodes (GINs) are responsible for severe economic losses and they are also an animal welfare problem. GIN use their host to reproduce and disperse eggs on the pasture, from where they can re-infect another animal. The high density of hosts on the pasture and the extreme tolerance of GIN to environmental constraints make GIN eradication almost impossible. In addition, significant resistance to anthelmintic treatment requires sustainable and integrated management to maintain the health and financial well-being of livestock farming. In this context, models of the complex interactions between host, GIN and environment can help us to design long term optimal management strategies. To build such models, quantitative information is needed but are generally very challenging to collect. In this article, we focus on the number of ingested larvae per animal, which we propose to characterise by using a simulation framework based on the estimation of the spatial distribution of the host over time. Our framework allows us to show that worm burden individual variation is not only explained by the host’s genetics, as is often the case, but is also a result of the grazing spatial process.
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hal-02627776 , version 1 (26-05-2020)

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Mathieu Bonneau, Jean-Christophe Bambou, Nathalie Mandonnet, Rémy Arquet, Maurice Mahieu. Goats worm burden variability also results from non-homogeneous larval intake. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8 (1), pp.15987. ⟨10.1038/s41598-018-34338-2⟩. ⟨hal-02627776⟩
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