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    This document summarizes a study that found evidence of hypobiosis, or dormancy, of the parasitic worm Haemonchus contortus in goats in Maharashtra, India. The study observed increasing fecal egg counts in naturally infected goats from April to August 2014, even though the goats were stall-fed and not exposed to additional worms during this period. This suggests that hypobiotic H. contortus larvae emerged from dormancy in response to increasing humidity and rainfall in May-August, resuming development. The authors conclude that worm burdens in goats in this region are likely to rise at the end of the dry season due to hypobiotic larvae coming out of dormancy.

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    This document summarizes a study that found evidence of hypobiosis, or dormancy, of the parasitic worm Haemonchus contortus in goats in Maharashtra, India. The study observed increasing fecal egg counts in naturally infected goats from April to August 2014, even though the goats were stall-fed and not exposed to additional worms during this period. This suggests that hypobiotic H. contortus larvae emerged from dormancy in response to increasing humidity and rainfall in May-August, resuming development. The authors conclude that worm burdens in goats in this region are likely to rise at the end of the dry season due to hypobiotic larvae coming out of dormancy.

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    This document summarizes a study that found evidence of hypobiosis, or dormancy, of the parasitic worm Haemonchus contortus in goats in Maharashtra, India. The study observed increasing fecal egg counts in naturally infected goats from April to August 2014, even though the goats were stall-fed and not exposed to additional worms during this period. This suggests that hypobiotic H. contortus larvae emerged from dormancy in response to increasing humidity and rainfall in May-August, resuming development. The authors conclude that worm burdens in goats in this region are likely to rise at the end of the dry season due to hypobiotic larvae coming out of dormancy.

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    because there was no rain in Maharashtra from predominant larval species. It therefore appears that there
    December 2013 until April 2014 and from May the were fourth stage hypobiotic H.contortus larvae in these
    environment gradually became more conducive to bucks in April which came out of dormancy due to the higher
    humidity and rainfall from May onwards and started
    gastrointestinal nematodes. The first rain of the
    producing eggs. It can therefore be concluded that worm
    season was in May 2014 (29 mm), followed by 54 mm,
    burdens of goats should be assessed at the end of the dry
    48 mm and 202 mm in June, July and August, season on the Deccan plateau as they are likely to rise due to
    respectively. There was also a rise in average humidity hypobiotic larvae coming out of dormancy.
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