The old days of treating everything in the fall with an ivermectin-type (macrocyclic lactone) product year after year and always expecting excellent results are perhaps going away.
Tag Archives Liver fluke
Test for parasites in cattle herd to avoid over-medication
Animal Health: Parasite control is complicated, and herd management needs to be reviewed from time to time
Beware of liver fluke invasion on wet pastures
Parasite infection can result in animal weight loss and reduced body condition
Most of the high water across the eastern Prairies will recede in the upcoming weeks, if they haven’t already. When cattle can be returned to these once-flooded pastures, the ground will probably be soaked, which will likely expand the territories of many cattle parasites such as the common deer liver fluke. To combat this invasive […] Read more
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