THE winter of 1879–80 was marked by a widely-spread outbreak of the liver-rot amongst ... at three million sheep, or about one-tenth of the total number in the United Kingdom, and during the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Liver fluke is caused by a flat leaf-like worm called Fasciola Hepatica. The fluke cycle involves two separate hosts, the mud snail and the sheep. Liver fluke when left untreated can result in the ...

As mentioned last week, if credit is sought for the organic nitrogen produced while sheep are grazing to reduce the farm’s stocking rate, then the Department needs to be notified of the movement. The ...

Using a sheep’s liver to predict the outcome of the US election makes a serious point about how humans have coped with ...

This is according to data from Animal Health Ireland, based on the 23,700 herds that have been recorded as part of its beef health check programme in 2024 to date. The reader loyalty code gives you ...