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Acute Fluke Causing Devastation for Farmers
2012-12-12
Many sheep have died and more have been left emaciated following one of the worst epidemics of liver fluke seen by Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group. Veterinary Surgeon and Alnorthumbria Director John Macfarlane?s predictions that the parasite would take hold as a result of the long wet summer have been proved correct with acute and chronic cases arising county wide.
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Recently fellow Director Andrew Sawyer was called out to post-mortem seven ewes that had died very suddenly on a local farm. The post-mortem revealed classic signs of the disease and Andrew attributed liver fluke as the cause of all of the animal?s deaths. The infestation is now reaching critical levels and will be costly on the back of what has already been a very difficult season.
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2012-12-12
Many sheep have died and more have been left emaciated following one of the worst epidemics of liver fluke seen by Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group. Veterinary Surgeon and Alnorthumbria Director John Macfarlane?s predictions that the parasite would take hold as a result of the long wet summer have been proved correct with acute and chronic cases arising county wide.
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Recently fellow Director Andrew Sawyer was called out to post-mortem seven ewes that had died very suddenly on a local farm. The post-mortem revealed classic signs of the disease and Andrew attributed liver fluke as the cause of all of the animal?s deaths. The infestation is now reaching critical levels and will be costly on the back of what has already been a very difficult season.
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