Prime conditions for liver fluke

Updated December 24 2015 - 10:25am, first published April 12 2012 - 1:06pm
Prime conditions for liver fluke
Prime conditions for liver fluke

RECENT wet conditions are possibly set to contribute to an increase in liver fluke, a parasite that costs $100 million in lost production in Australian livestock industries yearly. Experts recommend that cattle producers in fluke-prone areas should be planning the autumn treatment of their herds now – and with research suggesting widespread resistance to the most popular treatment, product choice is now a bit more complicated.

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