Livestock vulnerable to parasite

Warm and wet weather signals high risk of barber's pole worm infection. Picture: File
Lochlainn Heley

RECENT New South Wales weather puts livestock producers in a vulnerable position as barber’s pole worm numbers increase in the warm and wet climate. The parasitic worms are roughly 1.5 to 2.5 centimetres long, lining the stomach of livestock, causing anaemia. Conditions in much of NSW are now ideal for larval survival and Lyndell Stone, […]

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