Beef
An increase in the number of liver fluke cases recorded in cattle and sheep has been highlighted this year and in...
There have been increasing reports of scour outbreaks and ill-thrift in cattle being linked to rumen fluke, according to AHI.
Liver fluke is a parasitic disease caused by a flat worm and affects all grazing animals.It economic losses such as reduced meat and milk production.
Sheep
A joint research project by Teagasc and UCD has discovered a strain of rumen fluke on Irish farm for the first time.
N.Ireland
The overall risk of liver fluke infection in cattle and sheep this winter will be high across Northern Ireland.