status: Concluded
Fighting Liver Fluke Sustainably
This group aims to develop an effective and sustainable way of controlling Liver Fluke in sheep.
Show MoreA group of eight farmers and two veterinary practitioners from the Lockerbie area have come together to find a new, effective and sustainable way of controlling Liver Fluke disease.
Over the last five years, control has become problematic as the parasite developed resistance to triclabendazole, considered the most effective treatment available. The group believes there is now a need to consider the environment, grazing control strategies and altered flock management, alongside chemical control, in order to fight the disease adequately and sustainably.