Sheep and goat farmers in the Northeast have reported 20% losses from herds this winter due to liver fluke, a trematode or ...

Cattle and sheep farmers and vets are being urged to prioritise liver fluke over rumen fluke when making treatment decisions, as the latter rarely causes disease despite its increasing presence in ...

Sheep and goat farmers in the Northeast have reported 20% losses from herds this winter due to liver fluke, a trematode or flatworm that infests the liver, causing damage and a deadly secondary ...

Rumen fluke infections, primarily caused by parasites such as Calicophoron daubneyi and Fasciola hepatica, have emerged as significant health concerns for cattle and sheep across various regions ...

The liver, located in the upper right side of the abdomen, is the body’s largest organ and one of the most important. The liver performs hundreds of vital functions, including converting ...

"Triclabendazole is the only one to kill immature liver fluke, from two days in sheep and two weeks in cattle," she says. "Closantel and nitroxynil kill liver fluke down to about five weeks of age, ...

It is estimated that about 100 species of foodborne trematodes can infect humans, including liver flukes, lung flukes, and intestinal flukes. Infection can result in severe liver and lung disease.

Few people have spent time gazing into a sheep’s eyes, but if you have, you may have noticed something very strange about their pupils. Instead of being round, as is the case with humans ...

What Does Liver Pain Feel Like? Your liver is a football-sized organ that sits under your ribs. It filters and cleans your blood, stockpiles energy, helps you fight infections and diseases ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — The research found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver ...