Haemonchus contortus NZ_Hco_NP

The barber's pole worm, Haemonchus contortus, is one of the most economically important and most common pathogenic nematodes infecting small ruminants worldwide. Although this parasite can be controlled using anthelmintic drugs, its remarkable natural tendency to develop resistance threatens the global livestock industry. We provide a draft genome of the anthelmintic-susceptible H. contortus NZ_Hco_NP field strain isolated from pasture-grazed New Zealand sheep. H. contortus was selected for genome sequencing in order to identify the genetic mechanisms that evoke parasite exsheathment and anthelmintic drug resistance.