Haemonchosis (the condition caused by the Haemonchus contortus worm) can be fatal in sheep following sufficient intake of worm larvae over ... Vets warn that liver fluke symptoms are very like ...

According to Parasitologists working at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), farmers need to be aware of the risk ...

It had long been known that the disease was due to the presence in large numbers of a parasite called the liver-fluke (Fasciola hepatica) in the liver of the affected animals, and that the ...

The threat over the next month to six weeks will be from acute/sub-acute liver fluke and sheep ingesting large numbers of early immature larvae. It is important that products are used that at least ...

Farmers have been urged to test for liver fluke in an autumn and winter that could be ‘very different’ to recent years. The relatively low and later incidence of liver fluke in recent years shouldn’t ...

a parasite in the liver (liver flukes) or HIV have a brother, sister or parent who had primary liver cancer They added that secondary liver cancer is caused by cancer cells from a cancer somewhere ...