N.Ireland
CAFRE is inviting sheep farmers interested in sheep worm and fluke management innovation to join a knowledge-building event this summer.
Beef
With cattle now housed, keeping parasites are under control is crucial in boosting your herd’s...
The cold spell of weather in the last week has turned most milking cows and cattle in for housing full-time, which means parasites need to be
Agri-Business
Livestock medicine producer Zoetis is urging sheep farmers to be on high alert for worm and fluke...
DAERA is offering sheep farmers the chance to travel to Scotland to learn about trial work currently being carried out into fluke detection
Research underway at Aberystwyth University has the potential to revolutionise fluke control by reducing dependence on anthelmintic drugs.
Farmers need to test cattle for rumen fluke as only certain doses will cure the disease, according to east-Galway veterinary surgeon, Liam O'Malley.
One of the commonest reasons for lack of thrive in young beef cattle at grass is parasitic infection, Animal Health Ireland says.
Liver fluke burdens can be monitored on beef farms by using a combination of faecal egg counts (FEC) and data relating to liver condemnations from meat factories.
Livestock farmers in the North West should be particularly vigilant for signs of liver fluke this winter according to the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Liver fluke in cattle is on the rise according to the latest official data released by the Food Standards Agency.
Sheep
Liver fluke can be a big threat on organic farms, causing considerable animal health and welfare issues and significant economic losses to the industry.
At a recent beef seminar organised by Slaney Foods positive results from the Beef Technology Adoption Programme (BTAP) were outlined to the farmers present.
At their Beef Seminar in Tullow Carlow last night Slaney Foods outlined to farmers and vets their new Disease Monitoring Scheme in their new abattoir.
Environment
When cattle come off grass and are housed for the winter, they bring in with them a large number of parasites that feed off them, treatment is important
The growing scourge of liver fluke
Once animals are housed they cannot pick up new worm or fluke infections until turn-out to grass the following spring.
Managing the early lambing ewe
Dairy
Figures from the meat factories indicate that the incidence of fluke this year is as high if not higher than previous years, according to Osmonds.
