Worms, also known as internal parasites, are a significant health concern in sheep farming. They can affect animal welfare ...

Arusha. Pastoralist communities in Ngorongoro District have called on the government to prioritise research into Coenurosis, a parasitic disease that continues to kill large numbers of goats and sheep ...

New sonic AI technology could give sheep farmers an alternative to ultrasound that they could use themselves to check ewes ...

A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...

The EIP-funded initiative aims to advance breeding in hill sheep flocks through the identification of superior genetics and ...

A bear killed four sheep in the Lower Engadine region near Scuol, canton Graubünden last week. This was the first bear attack on livestock in the region in four years.

Barry Dan O’Sullivan, practising vet and Kerry senior footballer visits Mike Fitzgerald just outside Dingle to discuss mid-season lamb wormer ...

Its population was decimated by a tapeworm outbreak ten years ago, those that remain relax by throwing sheep or shooting cows, and it gets no more than four hours of sunshine a day.

Mr Colston says the efficacy of preventative treatment relies on the product being applied to clean sheep – aided by effective worm control, as well as actions such as dagging and timely ...

Sheep farmers are being urged to conduct regular faecal egg counts, as data reveals there is no such thing as a ‘regular worm season’. Data from 25 farms across the country that regularly monitor ...

Some dewormers are not suitable for specific types of worms. An example is a farmer I found using Levamisole to deworm her sheep, yet the worms she had seen the sheep voiding were tapeworms.