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PARASITES IN SHEEPIN THE FAROEISLANDS
Location Numbers of lambs Nematodirus Strongyles Eimeria Trichuris
Saksun 4 250 425 4.900 0
Havnardalur 4 50 700 3.775 0
Streymnes 4 375 2.375 2.075 0
Kollafjørður 3 33 267 1.167 0
Total mean 177 942 2.979 0
Table 5. Mean numbers ofeggs per gram (epg) in
faecal samples. Post mortem material.
Talva 5. Miðaltal av eggum fyri hvørt gram (epg) í
tøðum. Tilfar frá heystinum 1998.
per gram (epg) in faeces. No Trichuris eggs
were found, although some Trichuris ovis
were found in the large intestine of the ex-
amined sheep. No attempt was made to
make a more exact identification of the
eggs.
Faecal samples: autumn, winter, and
spring 1999 (Table 6)
The results are grouped into Nematodirus
battus eggs, other Nematodirus eggs,
strongyle type eggs, Trichuris ovis eggs,
Eimeria spp. oocysts, Dictyocaulus filaria
larvae, Muellerius capillaris larvae, and
Fasciola hepatica eggs. No attempt was
made to make a more exact identification of
the parasites.
Results are graphically set up in Figs. 4-
7. The figures show the distribution of par-
asites as epg or opg, and the distribution of
larvae as proportion infected of examined
lambs and ewes, respectively, for strongy-
les, Nematodirus battus, and other Nema-
todirus spp. in Fig. 4, Trichuris ovis in Fig.
5, Dictyocaulus filaria and Muellerius cap-
illaris in Fig. 6, and Eimeria spp. in Fig. 7.
1999 Nematodirus battus Other Nematodirus Strongyles Trichuris ovis Eimeria spp. ' Dictyocaulus filaria Muellerius capillaris Fasciola hepatica
Autumn 102 51 651 9 5.159 57% 60% ?
Winter 0 13 96 8 383 63% 54% 8%
Lambs Spring 70 29 1,066 30 736 76% 82% 0%
Autumn 4 0 219 0 196 21% 79% ?
Winter 0 3 83 11 240 19% 58% 12%
Ewes Spring 4 29 539 18 109 46% 89% 4%

Table 6. Numbers indicate mean egg - or oocyst numbers pr. gram offaeces. The proportion ofsheep infected
with Dictyocaulus filaria, Muellerius capillaris and Fasciola hepatica is also stated. Numbers ofsheep examined
are set up in Table 1.
Talva 6. Tølini vísa miðaltal av eggum ella oocystum í hvørjum grammi av tøðum. Lutfallið av seyði, fongdur við
Dictyocaulus ftlaria, Muellerius capillaris og Fasciola hepatica, er eisini sett upp. Talið av kannaðum seyði er sett
upp í talvu 1.