Sheep and goat farmers in the Northeast have reported 20% losses from herds this winter due to liver fluke, a trematode or flatworm that infests the liver, causing damage and a deadly secondary ...

Giant liver fluke infections, caused by the trematode Fascioloides magna, represent a significant parasitological challenge for both wild and domestic ungulates. Originally endemic to North America, ...

Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has recently marked the tenth anniversary of its Beef HealthCheck (BHC) programme. Since its launch, the programme has assessed more than 7.7 million animals and issued ...

Liver fluke infection caused by Opisthorchis viverrini remains a major public health threat in the Lower Mekong Basin, particularly in northeastern Thailand. The parasite infects more than 10 million ...

Those who are terrified of climate change, artificial intelligence or unassembled Ikea furniture have never heard of Dicrocoelium dendriticum, an insidious, miniscule flatworm more commonly known as ...

An invasive, dog-killing parasite is now lurking in Southern California. In new research this week, scientists say they’ve confirmed the newfound spread of the flatworm Heterobilharzia americana to ...

From the Patagonian steppe to the tropics of the Caribbean, from the endless flatland of the Pampas to the remote highlands of the Andes, there occurs the ever present common liver fluke: Fasciola ...

The lancet liver fluke has a cunning — some might say horrifying — way of ensuring its survival. It turns ants into zombies. That’s how researchers who study this tiny parasitic flatworm often ...