Vet Advice: Enormous rumen fluke infestation can kill in 48 hours

Wet summers have been blamed for the increase in rumen fluke problems in certain years over others

The animal becomes increasingly thirsty and loses its appetite.

Jack hadn’t seen his weanlings for 48 hours, and his intention today was to move them to a new paddock, as he reckoned they should be running short of grass at this stage.

As he opened the wire, they ran towards him, in anticipation of the move, and it was then that he noticed the one lying down in the middle of the paddock, uninterested in what was going on.