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The Origins of a 'Flukey' Year

July 10, 2019

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Veterinarian Expert

Ciarán Lenehan talks through what's important for fluke to proliferate in a given year, outlining when 2018 and 2019 are already going to very different from a fluke management point of view.

He then goes in search of a creature that's vital for liver fluke development.

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Ciarán Lenehan talks through what's important for fluke to proliferate in a given year, outlining when 2018 and 2019 are already going to very different from a fluke management point of view.

He then goes in search of a creature that's vital for liver fluke development.

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