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What are the parasite checks we should do for cattle, chickens, pigs, turkeys, honeybees and fish?

 
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I'm trying to ensure that the Animal Care PEP badge covers the basics for taking care of these 6 species.  But I don't know much about doing parasite checks.  Could someone chime in with the checks that a good steward of animals would do for their critters?  I'm thinking something along the lines of:

Cattle:  fecal test, tick check, ?
Chickens:  mite check, ?
Pigs:  fecal test, ?
Turkeys:  mite check, ?
Honeybees: Varroa mite count, ?
Fish: autopsy looking for ???

Thanks!
 
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A few ones I know of, not doubt there are others that occur regionally:

Cattle and pigs: tuberculosis, brucellosis, Leptospirosis, a variety of worms, liver flukes

Chickens: Cholera, Coccidiosis, Newcastle Disease, Influenza, Pox, Salmonellosis

Bees: Foulbrood Chalkbrood, Stonebrood, Small Hive Beetle,

Sheep: foot rot, blowflies, Scabby Mouth, Brucellosis, Leptospirosis, a variety of worms, liver flukes

Fish: a LOT!


Although not a parasite, animals that consume water affected by Blue-Green Algae will become ill.


Makes you look forward to that BBQ, eh?!



 
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