The right recipe for sustainable sheep worm control

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 April The right recipe for sustainable sheep worm control The right recipe for sustainable sheep worm control 23/04/2021 | 3 MINS In ruminant livestock, gastro-intestinal worms can reduce productivity and cause diarrhoea that can increase the risk of flystrike in Merino sheep. Moreover, the worms are becoming increasingly resistant to medication (oral drenches). The total cost to the Australian sheep industry is in excess of $600 million per annum. This problem is being tackled by the Sheep Worm Team at The LIT Institute of Agriculture. Image: The Sheep Worm Team at The LIT Institute of Agriculture. Led by Adjunct Professor Johan Greeff, the team includes Emeritus Professor Graeme Martin, the Institute Associate Director Professor Phil Vercoe, Associate Professor Shimin Liu, Research Fellow Erwin Paz, and current research students Shamshad Ul Hassan and Suyog Subedi. The team have been researching the roles of the various components of the sheep immune responses to worm infection that cause diarrhoea and thus flystrike, with the aim o

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 April The right recipe for sustainable sheep worm control The right recipe for sustainable sheep worm control 23/04/2021 | 3 MINS In ruminant livestock, gastro-intestinal worms can reduce productivity and cause diarrhoea that can increase the risk of flystrike in Merino sheep.

Moreover, the worms are becoming increasingly resistant to medication (oral drenches).

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