Liver Fluke

[East coast 2]

Has anyone else had many roe this year with liver fluke, that's the 3rd one up here to have it. Also is there any salt blocks or anything that you can put out to help it?

[Lost Generation 93]

Has anyone else had many roe this year with liver fluke, that's the 3rd one up here to have it. Also is there any salt blocks or anything that you can put out to help it?

 

 

It's a parasitic infection, salt blocks won't make any difference at all. It's associated with wet summers, and wetlands genrally as well as infected herds of sheep and cattle. I see it in roe on some ground I have near extensive wetlands but never find it in roe elsewhere see: www.sac.ac.uk/mainrep/pdfs/tn557liverfluke.pdf

[wireviz 8]

[i was going to say is your ground quite wet and boggy i get some beast with it from wet ground i have i think they can catch it from snails as well as other animals.

[Night Hunter 109]

Ive had one or two in fife with fluke mate.

[East coast 2]

[i was going to say is your ground quite wet and boggy i get some beast with it from wet ground i have i think they can catch it from snails as well as other animals.

Yeah area where they where shot is a wet area, rashes and wet boggy ground

[SNAP SHOT 194]

Anywhere the ground is wet or liable too flood with rain there will be fluke present in the animals...

 

When the animals have adult egg laying fluke in them, they pass the larva out through the dung, then the larva has 24 hours to find a host (mud snail only living in wet areas)

 

one larva can develop into about 600 while inside the mud snail, then once they leave the mud snail they clump into cyist like structures and attach themselves to the pasture grass,

 

which in turn the animals eat and they then migrate through the gut wall, bile ducts and into the liver where the cycle is complete.. and starts again, adult fluke can lay around 20,000

eggs at a time and the whole life cycle takes about 10 to 12 weeks to complete...

 

Snap.

[East coast 2]

Anywhere the ground is wet or liable too flood with rain there will be fluke present in the animals...

 

When the animals have adult egg laying fluke in them, they pass the larva out through the dung, then the larva has 24 hours to find a host (mud snail only living in wet areas)

 

one larva can develop into about 600 while inside the mud snail, then once they leave the mud snail they clump into cyist like structures and attach themselves to the pasture grass,

 

which in turn the animals eat and they then migrate through the gut wall, bile ducts and into the liver where the cycle is complete.. and starts again, adult fluke can lay around 20,000

eggs at a time and the whole life cycle takes about 10 to 12 weeks to complete...

 

Snap.

 

 

Cheers for that snap.

 

Am I right in saying it doesn't affect the beast and game dealers still take them?

[Yokel Matt 918]

The dealers should still take them - the liver will be condemmed though

Edited December 16, 2010 by Local

[SNAP SHOT 194]

Anywhere the ground is wet or liable too flood with rain there will be fluke present in the animals...

 

When the animals have adult egg laying fluke in them, they pass the larva out through the dung, then the larva has 24 hours to find a host (mud snail only living in wet areas)

 

one larva can develop into about 600 while inside the mud snail, then once they leave the mud snail they clump into cyist like structures and attach themselves to the pasture grass,

 

which in turn the animals eat and they then migrate through the gut wall, bile ducts and into the liver where the cycle is complete.. and starts again, adult fluke can lay around 20,000

eggs at a time and the whole life cycle takes about 10 to 12 weeks to complete...

 

Snap.

 

 

Cheers for that snap.

 

Am I right in saying it doesn't affect the beast and game dealers still take them?

 

Heavy fluke infestation, Will cause poor condition, And make it hard for the animal to gain weight,

the dealer will still take the animal as above but condem the liver,

 

Snap.

[mj robson 8]

I've had about 30 Does so far this season and haven't seen any liver fluke.

 

I have however shot 3 with a broken back leg below the knee joint. And I've seen a young buck with a broken front leg while out feeding pheasants (no rifle) unfortunately I haven't seen him since.

 

Mark.