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Liver Fluke -Time to Act
Liver fluke is becoming more and more common. There are few
areas in the UK that are uninfected.
We are all aware of the clinical signs of fluke infestation such
as sudden deaths and weight loss but what are the economic costs?
| Sheep |
 |
| Live weight
gain |
reduced
by more than 10% |
| Multiple births |
reduced
by 10% |
| Birth weight |
reduced
by more than 5% |
| Lamb weight
gain |
reduced
by up to 30% |
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| Cattle |
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| Milk yield
|
reduced
by up to 15% |
| Weight gain |
reduced
by 10% |
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Novartis, the makers of Fasinex and Combinex have joined with abattoirs
to produce a “Liver Fluke Condemnation Notice” which will
be sent to you if any of your stock going to slaughter have fluke.
It will serve as useful feed back to you - but lets work towards you
not getting this notice.
The warm wet weather this year will have been ideal for both aquatic
snail and fluke growth.
There is a need to treat promptly this year with drugs which kill
all stages of the fluke in cattle and sheep. This means either Combinex
or Fasinex. |
