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Happy New Year: A round up of all of the parasites we have seen this year

Happy New Year: A round up of all of the parasites we have seen this year We’ve been lucky enough to see quite a range of parasites at Ridgeway this year, including some new ones and some that we are already familiar with. We thought we would share a few of these with you as a little round up of our work this year. We look forward to seeing what new and exciting species 2021 brings for us! Dictyocaulus filaria…

Anthelmintics: when should I use a wormer?

10th September 2020

Georgia Parker

Anthelmintic Resistance, Home Page News, Lungworm, parasite resistance, Parasites, Ridgeway Research News, Tapeworms, Uncategorised, Worm Egg Counts

Anthelmintics: when should I use a wormer? What are Anthelmintics? Anthelmintics or wormers are widely used across the globe, and a lot of the time can be misused causing resistance issues. Anthelmintics are drugs used to treat infection with nematodes (roundworms like Ascaradia galli in chickens), cestodes (tapeworms like Moniezia expansa in sheep) and trematodes (flukes like Calicophoron daubneyi in livestock). How do I know which wormer to use? Firstly, how do you know your animals need to be wormed? Have you noticed symptoms or seen…