Dopharma presenteert een interessante webinarserie over het onderwerp ‘Wormmanagement bij schapen’. In het algemeen is er veel bekend over wormen, maar hoe zit het nu specifiek bij schapen? Tijdens deze webinarserie van vier webinars, gaan we echt de diepte in en focussen we iedere sessie op een bepaald type worm. Hiervoor komt steeds een specialist […]
Category Archives: Technical Support
On February 6 2025, we hosted an engaging webinar on a topic that is often overlooked in the poultry industry: pain in chickens. Pain is a universal phenomenon we all recognize, but measuring and identifying it in chickens remains a challenge. While advanced systems already exist for mammals like cows and pigs, research in poultry […]
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Jun
Jun
What do we know about spotty liver disease (Campylobacter hepaticus) in poultry? In 2019 the first infection of Campylobacter hepaticus responsible for spotty liver disease (SLD) has been proven in a flock of Dutch laying hens (Molenaar 2019). However, the disease is not only emerging in the Netherlands, a fact proven by the publication of […]
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Jun
Jun
Fatty liver haemorrhagic syndrome (FLHS) is a syndrome found mainly in laying hens. It is characterized by a sudden mortality, a decrease in egg production and large amounts of fat in the liver found during necropsy. In this article we want to share an overview of the main information including some recently published information about […]
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Jun
Jun
Necrotic enteritis is a very important disease in broilers and turkeys, but is also found in layers and breeders. It is caused by toxins and enzymes produced by pathogenic strains of C. perfringens. In the field, the disease is characterized by different clinical forms. A group of authors from the department of pathology, bacteriology and […]
Technical Support
A heifer with diarrhoea at this time of year: have you checked for Paramphistomosis?
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Mar
Mar
Parasitic infections are considered a significant and very common problem in relation to animal health, particularly for grazing ruminants. As veterinarians, when we refer to internal parasites we mainly think of gastro-intestinal worms, lung worms and liver flukes. We rarely, if ever, consider paramphistomatidae or rumen flukes. Nevertheless, these flatworms – that settle in the […]
Technical Support
Distocur; don’t you also want to treat your dairy cattle against liver fluke during lactation and the entire non-lactating period?
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Mar
Mar
Dairy farms that put their cows out to pasture or feed them fresh grass may be affected by liver fluke sooner or later. Liver fluke is gaining ground in Western Europe. More infections are being reported in the Netherlands and Belgium, too. Death caused by liver fluke is almost unheard of in cattle. Does that […]
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Mar
Mar
Most people consume products of animal origin such as meat, fish, eggs, milk (or dairy products like cheese or yoghurt) and honey. These products are a healthy part of our diet. Every now and then there are however incidents where safety of these products is up for debate, for example the problems with fipronil in […]
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May
May
In 2015 the “European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM)” published the new “consensus statement” regarding gastric ulcers in adult horses. This “consensus statement” is written by B.W. Sykes, M. Hewetson, R.J. Hepburn, N. Luthersson and Y. Tamzali. It was published in the “Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine” (29: 1288-1299) and available as “open access” […]
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Nov
Nov
The EMA recently published a report on the withdrawal period of lidocaine for milk. In general, when veterinary medicinal products are used through the cascade, the minimal withdrawal period for milk is 7 days. Based on the EMA advice, the withdrawal period for lidocaine should be extended to 15 days. The cascade In the Netherlands […]
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