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Table 1 Estimation of egg production per parasite per day

From: Practical guide to the diagnostics of ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes, liver fluke and lungworm infection: interpretation and usability of results

Helminth

Daily egg production

Haemonchus

5000–10,000

Trichostrongylus

100–200

Cooperia oncophora

1100–4400

Ostertagia ostertagi

200–350

Stongyloides papillosus

Approx. 3.000

Nematodirus

50–100

Oesophagostomum, Chabertia

Approx. 3000

Toxocara

Approx. 200.000

Fasciola hepatica

2000–8000

  1. References: [16,17,18]
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