Lungworm

[beast 1,884]

spoke to a mate in norfolk yesterday, he says his fallow fawns are riddled with lungworm this year. he's been on this particular estate for 5 years and not come across lungworm before, but he reckons one of the neighbouring estates has it as well this year.they put it down to the wet summer and autumn last year. anybody had any experience with this?

[sussex 5,777]

Plenty with fluke but no lungworm on any of my plots in sussek/kent border

[beast 1,884]

no I've not had any myself here in Beds. never come across it at all in fact

[themightybuck 9]

I am a beef farmer in Scotland and for the first time ever we have a problem with liver Fluke this year, definitely linked to the crap weather, I think it might not help that it's been a sh*te year for the grass so cattle, deer etc have had to graze the grass a lot harder/lower so are picking up more worm eggs.

[sussex 5,777]

The fluke is the worse ive ever seen,shot a fallow doe last week that had fluke on a farm ive been stalking for 10 years ,never seen it there before,Shot a fawn on another place with the worse case of fluke ive ever seen.The weather is a big factor .

[beast 1,884]

thanks for the replies. yeah i was aware that fluke is connected to wet condiyions, but my knowledge of lungworm isnt very great and just wondered if it could be linked to weather as well

[Yokel Matt 918]

I am a beef farmer in Scotland and for the first time ever we have a problem with liver Fluke this year, definitely linked to the crap weather, I think it might not help that it's been a sh*te year for the grass so cattle, deer etc have had to graze the grass a lot harder/lower so are picking up more worm eggs.

Seems a hellish year for farming this one gone by. Ground round here is still too wet to drill and the beef farm I shoot on looks like Glastonbury after the party, fingers crossed for a break in the rain, some wind and a bit more sun, get this damn grass growing!