Parasites food intake

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Ill-health can reduce the intake of both ruminants and non-ruminants. Contrary to popular opinion, infestations of gastrointestinal parasites tend to reduce intake, presumably because the interference with digestive function overrides any metabolic stimulus arising from a reduction in the absorption of nutrients. There is also evidence that stimulation of the animal s immune system, as happens with parasite infestations, may be responsible for a reduction in food intake. Infestations with external parasites, such as ticks, also reduce intake. 

The presence of parasites certainly impairs appetite, and hence diminishes food intake, under some conditions. Anorexia is characteristic of the clinical picture of recurrent malaria and even more so of trypanosomiasis. Patients suffering from these conditions waste, often quite rapidly, and diminished intake is undoubtedly a factor in the causation of this loss of weight. 

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