Animated Liver Fluke Lifecycle

Worming animals during the dry period has the obvious benefit of minimising milk loss due to withdrawal periods, as well as ensuring animals are parasite free and as healthy as possible at the start of lactation. Learn more about using Albex Gold.

Tribamec Duo can be useful when there is a need for fluke control as well as treatment for gut worms and or lungworm. Triclabendazole – one of the active ingredients in Tribamec Duo - is the only one that treats all stages of liver fluke.

Rumen fluke is increasingly prevalent in livestock, especially cattle in Ireland. Learn the risks, signs, and control strategies for this growing threat.

Liver fluke is a parasite which can infect cattle and sheep. Learn the clinical signs, how to diagnose, how to treat and prevent liver fluke in dairy cattle.

Chronic fluke in sheep is a disease which occurs due to persistent infection with liver fluke, causing long-term damage to the liver. Learn more information on when to treat, what to use to treat, and how to prevent chronic fluke on your farm.

Learn about chronic liver fluke clinical signs and diagnosis. Read to learn the impact and clinical signs of chronic fluke, if your farm is at risk, the impact of climate change, and the diagnosis of chronic liver fluke.

The main parasites of concern around housing are those that could have been picked up over the grazing season: gut worms (including Ostertagia); liver fluke; and potentially lungworm. Treatment may also need to cover external parasites of cattle.

Learn about when to treat for acute/subacute fluke, what you can use to treat it, and how you can prevent acute/subacute fluke on your farm. To avoid unnecessary or incorrect treatments for liver fluke, it is imperative to use diagnostic tests.

Learn about acute and sub-acute liver fluke (fascioliasis) in lambs – clinical signs and diagnosis. Liver fluke, caused by Fasciola hepatica, is a significant disease affecting all ages of sheep and cattle in the UK.

Chanelle Animal Health has added a new combination product to its range, a worm and liver fluke drench. Tribamec Duo contains ivermectin & triclabendazole and it is available in 3 pack sizes – 1L, 2.5L and 5L.The product has indication

In this article we outline some sample plans for parasite treatment at housing time, including diagnostics. Plans are designed with different farm types and scenarios in mind.

Dairy dry off dosing is the topic for this week's Farm Health First vlog. Ciarán outlines some simple regimes based on a farm's fluke risk. Albex 10%, Tribex 10%, Animec Pour On and Rumenil can all be worked into a dosing plan.

This week on Farm Health First we answer your questions on Albex, the popular fluke and worm drench for cattle and sheep. Ciarán outlines what place it has on beef and dairy farms, the withdrawal periods, dosage rates, doses per pack and timing post-housing.

Ciarán talks about dosing ewes and rams around breeding time for fluke and worms, including some points on when farmers should and shouldn't dose.

In our second video, Ciarán discusses exactly what the presence of eggs tells us about the parasites in the animal. We also go through the process of taking a sample correctly.

This week we look at macrocyclic lactones, more commonly known as clear wormers. What is special about these products versus yellow and white wormers? How do we use them properly while ensuring we build the animal's own natural immunity?

This week we take a look at the benzimidazole class of wormers, better known as 'white wormers'. Ciarán describes how to use them effectively and the important charactersitics of products in this wormer class.

In out latest blog, we outline the different wormer classes, which parasites the products in these classes can treat and some of the pitfalls to be avoided around identifying wormers.

Liver fluke dosing is not straightforward. There are 3 stages of liver fluke, with the first 2 being most damaging. While all doses will kill stage 3, only certain products will kill the initial two.

This weeks Farm Health First vlog looks at scouring cattle and loose dungs after housing. What are the potential causes? Did my dose not work? Do I need to dose them again? Can I use straw to dry them up? Should I remove water?

Introducing our new Farm Health First Dosing Chart. It's a calendar tool that you can tailor to make an annual parasite management plan, based on your specific farm's conditions, needs and preferences. Plan your dosing strategy with better accuracy.

Our latest Farm Health First vlog covers fluke and worm combination products with a focus on Animec Super injection. These are popular at housing. We cover dose rates, when they should/shouldn't be used, picking a needle, follow up treatments and withdrawals.

This week's Farm Health First vlog covers quarantine doses for bought-in cattle. Ciarán outlines a simple three-point plan to help new cattle thrive and prevent the build up of anthelmintic resistance. Albex works well here. Brought to you by Chanelle Pharma.

In our latest Farm Health First vlog, Ciarán talks about the staggering numbers behind a liver fluke infection and touches on how 2018 and 2019 strategies will be very different because of the mild, moist summer we had this year.

Ciarán looks at the active ingredients and products farmers can use to dose beef cattle this back-end.

Seeing a tapeworm coming out of one of our animals can be a shocking experience. They’re one of the only parasites that we physically see in the flesh while our animal is alive.

There are many things to consider before treating animals. Five are illustrated in the video this week.