AHDB Beef & Lamb: Managing and controlling liver fluke this autumn

Episode 368,   Oct 14, 2022, 11:29 AM

In this podcast episode, Dr Bethan John Animal Health & Welfare Scientist at AHDB, speaks to Dr Philip Skuce from Moredun Research Institute in Scotland to talk about Liver fluke and why autumn is a key time for liver fluke control. 

Philip has extensive expertise on the sustainable control of worms & fluke in livestock, and conducts research into anthelmintic resistance, parasite diagnostics, detection in the environment and vaccination studies. He sits on the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) Steering Group, with specific responsibility for liver fluke and anthelmintics and the environment working groups.

Further resources:

Liver fluke control in grazing livestock manual:
https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/liver-fluke-control-in-grazing-livestock

Liver fluke survival in silage project by Dr Bethan John:
https://ahdb.org.uk/liver-fluke-survival-in-silage-project

Managing Liver Fluke: https://ahdb.org.uk/liver-fluke

COWS: https://www.cattleparasites.org.uk/

SCOPS: https://www.scops.org.uk/

NADIS: https://nadis.org.uk/parasite-forecast/