Beef
Department issues liver fluke forecast for winter 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued its advice for farmers of the predicted risk of disease caused...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued its advice for farmers of the predicted risk of disease caused...
Beef
Although overall, the risk of liver fluke infection this autumn and winter will be moderate across Northern Ireland, there will...
Beef
The extent to which Irish beef cattle are suffering from liver fluke, liver abscesses and pneumonia has been identified by...
Beef
Some 86% of condemned livers, in meat factories, were due to liver fluke, according to a recent trial conducted by University...
Beef
The extent to which Irish beef cattle are suffering from liver fluke has been identified by Animal Health Ireland (AHI)....
Beef
The Department of Agriculture has warned that the risk of disease due to liver fluke infection is high for most...
N.Ireland
The overall risk of liver fluke infection in cattle and sheep this winter will be high across all areas of Northern Ireland,...
Beef
Farmers need to test cattle for rumen fluke as only certain doses will cure the disease, according to east-Galway Veterinary...
Sheep
There is strong anecdotal evidence to suggest that Irish sheep numbers are increasing, according to Teagasc drystock advisor Martina Harrington....
Beef
In a study of 250 beef herds across the country, 90% of herds tested positive for liver fluke last winter...
Beef
With a high risk of liver fluke due to the wet summer and extended autumn grazing season, 68% of farmers...
Beef
Farmers should not automatically assume that coughing cattle, including cows, have a lungworm problem, according Co. Meath veterinarian Frank O’Sullivan. “In some...
Beef
Livestock in counties with an Atlantic coastline in the North West, West and South are at higher risk of liver fluke...
Sheep
A recent survey showed that 56% of Irish and UK sheep farmers have reported problems with liver fluke, but the...
Sheep
According to a recent survey 56% of Irish and UK sheep farmers have problems with liver fluke, but out of...