Where are the important worms found?

The most important worms in sheep include:

• Brown stomach worm — abomasum or fourth stomach
• Barbers Pole worm — abomasum
• Black scour worm — small intestine
• Liver fluke — liver
• less common scour worms (Nematodirus) — small intestine.

Less significant parasites include:

• cysts of tapeworm (for example, hydatids) — liver
• Nasal bot — nasal passage
• lungworms — lungs
• T.ovis cysts — heart
• stomach worm — rumen
• tapeworm — small intestine
• whipworm — caecum
• large bowel worm.