A dog sitting in the grass with a herd of sheep in the background

Worming your dog matters! Sheep Measles

Sheep Measles is caused by a tapeworm called ‘Taenia ovis’, which in its adult form, lives in dogs. When a dog infected with tapeworm poos on grass, the eggs from the tapeworm are spread to pasture creating an infection risk for sheep. When sheep eat grass infected with tapeworm eggs, the eggs then travel through their…