Although this year saw a decrease in both rainfall and average temperature from May to September in comparison to last year, ...

Liver fluke risk rises with this year's wet weather. Farmers are urged to test livestock and avoid complacency to control potential outbreaks.

The losses during that winter were estimated at three million sheep, or about one-tenth of ... in large numbers of a parasite called the liver-fluke (Fasciola hepatica) in the liver of the ...

Haemonchosis and liver fluke can be hard to distinguish, and both can result in sheep with bottle jaw, explains independent sheep consultant Lesley Stubbings of Scops. “If you’re worried about ...

The message underlines that relatively low and delayed occurrences of liver fluke in the past should not lead sheep farmers to become complacent this season. This advice comes from animal health ...