Liver fluke predictions publicised

A RECENT review of reports from laboratories and field experiences by experts from the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and the Control of Worms Sustainably (COWS) groups supports earlier forecasts that the liver fluke season will be late again in 2025/26. This underlines the importance of testing when deciding if farmers need to treat livestock, and when, the Animal and Plant Health Agency has advised.

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Rebecca Mearns, of the Animal and Plant Health Agency, said: "The bottom line is farmers who are sticking with traditional treatment windows in the autumn, for example ewes around tupping, are often giving treatments too early, leaving livestock susceptible to disease.