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Worm control in prime lambs

<p>With sheep worms costing Australian producers more than $360 million annually in treatment costs and lost productivity, effective worm control is a vital part of prime lamb enterprise management. Fleur Muller talks to Associate Professor Bruce Allworth about best practice worm control in prime lamb flocks and preliminary results from a Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) national project aimed at examining worm control in prime lamb flocks.</p>

Jessica Strauss
Worm control in prime lambs

  A recent MLA commissioned report undertaken by Sackett, Holmes and Abbott put losses from worms in prime lamb flocks at more than $10 per head, but according to Associate Professor Bruce Allworth,...

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