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 ...

In a recent study in the northern Adirondacks led by Cornell University doctoral candidate Jen Grauer, scientists found that parasites, particularly giant liver flukes, were common in moose that ...

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 ...

According to Parasitologists working at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), farmers need to be aware of the risk of liver fluke infection in cattle and sheep during autumn and winter. Did ...

The most commonly found parasites (whipworm and roundworm) were spread by poor sanitation, but other species caught from animals were also present (fish tapeworm, beef/pork tapeworm and liver flukes).

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 ...

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 ...