Take a targeted approach to remaining fluke free

Press release September 2014 After last year’s fierce fluke challenge and with the wet and warm conditions having continued this year,1 farmers are right to remain on their guard and think carefully about how best to protect their flock from the disease as the autumn/winter period approaches.1 Caused by the parasite, Fasciola hepatica, liver fluke is no longer thought of as being strictly seasonal, although the disease is still most rife during the wetter autumn and winter months in many areas. The spectrum of disease seen at this time ranges from acute disease, now occurring from