Dairy
Over the next few months while cattle are housed, controlling and treating parasites will be an essential task for dairy farmers.
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...
Sheep
Restoring wetlands through environmental schemes have the potential to bring a risk of liver fluke, an expert has said.
Beef Technical
Warm and wet weather conditions have contributed to over a third of cattle herds in Ireland having at least one animal with liver damage due to liver fluke.
N.Ireland
DAERA is offering sheep farmers the chance to travel to Scotland to learn about trial work being carried out with regards to fluke...
Beef
Research underway at Aberystwyth University has the potential to revolutionise fluke control 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.
The Department of Agriculture, has issued advice to farmers about the predicted risk of disease caused by Liver Fluke infection in livestock this winter.
Liver fluke disease causes annual losses estimated to be around €2.5 billion to livestock and food industries worldwide, according to MSD.
Agri-Business
Teagasc research on liver fluke will feature in three episodes in the upcoming series of The Science Squad on RTÉ One television.
Figures from the Department of Agriculture on liver condemnations for the first seven months of 2014 show that in older animals as many as one in two livers are being condemned in factories and even in younger animals around one in five livers are being condemned.
Teagasc is undertaking a research project to establish levels of liver fluke on Irish farms and will provide free liver fluke testing to approximately 1,000 beef, sheep and dairy farmers.
Liver fluke in cattle is on the rise according to the latest official data released by the Food Standards Agency.
Breaking News
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 a recent beef seminar on animal health issues organised by Slaney Foods a number of well-known professionals in the industry underlined the importance of controlling liver fluke.
Rural Life
“Anything farmers can do in terms of improving animal health will have a knock-on impact on profitability."
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.
Genetics is key for animal health and ultimately profit for suppliers and processors.
Tyndall National Institute has today announced the development of a new diagnostic toolkit - Flukeless - to help in the fight against liver fluke in cattle and sheep.
