Parasite plan needed to prevent cattle liver fluke losses at housing

摘要

Farmers are being urged to implement a parasite management plan this autumn to prevent production and economic losses caused by liver fluke.The warning comes after Food Standards Agency (FSA) collated data from abattoirs across Great Britain over the past 12 months, found one in five catde livers were damaged by fluke, with the majority occurring in January. It is estimated that such lossesare costing farmers up to ￡30 a head.