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Stomach Fluke

Red Cloud · 2015-09-05 15:36:24

Wondering if stomach fluke transferable between sheep and cattle and is it the same or different fluke species that affect both.

05-09-2015 3:36pm

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Wondering if stomach fluke transferable between sheep and cattle and is it the same or different fluke species that affect both.

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#2 05-09-2015 4:04pm

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As far as I know it is but it doesn't spread directly, rather indirectly through the intermediate host species, the snail.

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#3 05-09-2015 5:51pm

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Can calves get it in the first year?

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#4 05-09-2015 6:11pm

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If exposed I don't see why not.

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#5 06-09-2015 9:01am

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If fluke dosed cattle are let out on fresh pasture with lambs or sheep they will they get caught up in the sheeps fluke cycle and mean the dose is wasted?

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