A combination of growing resistance to commonly used anthelmintics and the increased prevalence of barber’s pole worm is ...

The lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) employs a fascinating multi-stage mind control strategy involving two intermediate hosts. The fluke begins its life cycle in snails, but for its next ...

The Liver Fluke Treatment Market was valued at USD 618.8 million in 2024, and is projected to reach USD 979.1 million by 2034, rising at a CAGR of 4.8%, driven by the increasing prevalence of ...

Farmers Weekly asks sheep vet Phillipa Page of Flock Health how to run a sentinel lamb system. Testing sentinel lambs will indicate their exposure to liver fluke in the current year. This can be ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Sheep farmers are being urged to stay vigilant for signs of liver fluke and worms. The risk of parasites is said to be 'hugely variable' in the ...

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 ...

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While giving rams priority treatment post-breeding won’t guarantee longevity, it will greatly improve the chances of rams not falling out of the system at a young age ... will be from acute/sub-acute ...

contortus infects sheep and goats ... like a branching system of clay pipes and referred to as ‘pipe stem livers’, which are thought to indicate protection against reinfection. Some flukes can become ...

There has been a marked increase in recent weeks of queries relating to blindness in sheep and options for treating liver fluke in lambs destined for slaughter ... may have veterinary medicines in ...

The parasitic infection is caused by Fasciola Hepatica which has a complex lifecycle, with infection to clinical signs slow to develop in cattle. The life cycle of Fasciola Hepatica involves water ...