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, ...

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 ...

Researchers have successfully used CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of schistosomiasis and liver fluke infection, which affects more than a quarter of a billion people in Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan ...

Veterans returned to the U.S. after fighting in the jungles of Vietnam a half century ago, but hundreds of them may be dying from a silent bullet — a slow-killing parasite living in the men decades ...

Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) wishes to bring to the attention of farmers the need to consider the risk of liver ...

Farmers urged to test livestock for liver fluke this autumn to avoid early, ineffective treatments and protect sheep and cattle health.

Liver fluke infection is a major public health problem affecting more than 10 million people in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand and Laos. Infection has been strongly linked to ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs this year will initiate a mortality study of Vietnam-era veterans to determine whether individuals who were stationed in Southeast Asia are more likely to develop a ...

For the first time, researchers at the George Washington University (GW), together with colleagues at institutes in Thailand, Australia, the U.K. and the Netherlands, and more, have successfully used ...