To best support practising veterinarians, Dopharma offers an extensive range of antibiotics. Within each antibiotic class, we provide multiple options. With the recent addition of tylvalosin, our portfolio now includes an extra macrolide alongside tylosin and tilmicosin. This is an excellent opportunity to take a closer look at macrolides and provide an overview of the […]
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Het is goed om ons te realiseren dat in geval van gastro-intestinale wormen resistentie danwel resistentieontwikkeling altijd op de loer ligt tegen de grote verscheidenheid aan toepasbare ontwormingsmiddelen. Daarom is het als praktijk interessant vinger aan de pols te houden omtrent de resistentiegraad per bedrijf. Met de fecal egg count reductie test kan gekeken worden […]
Farms that practise grazing or feed fresh grass may sooner or later be confronted with liver fluke. Liver fluke is steadily gaining ground in Western Europe. Mortality due to liver fluke is rare in cattle – but does that make the disease less significant? Certainly not. Liver fluke Liver fluke infection, or distomatosis, is a […]
Therapeutic support can involve more than just intervention with antibiotics. Additionally, anti-inflammatory therapy can be chosen, where the use of NSAIDs such as sodium salicylate offers significant benefits. Seasonal influences and respiratory diseases The arrival of autumn and winter introduces colder days and nights as well. Changing weather conditions can affect the climate in the […]
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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 […]
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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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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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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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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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 […]