Scientist @AgResearchnews working in parasitology & animal health | PhD @roslininstitute @TheDickVet @Soaysheep | Deer wrestler, worm wrangler, coffee addict☕🐛
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Joined July 2015
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Exciting news! I have been offered a permanent scientist position with the Parasitology team at @AgResearchNEWS
Exciting science to come 🪱🦌🐑 and more time to explore Aotearoa #academictwitter #postdoc
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A 70-year-old man undergoing cholangioscopy to evaluate dilatation of the common bile duct was found to have flatworms in his biliary tract (shown in a video). Read the full clinical case: nej.md/3NAhXE0
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“The reality is that in future farmers will have to move away from total reliance upon drenches. The only ones doing it at the moment are those hit with triple resistance" - our principal scientist Dave Leathwick. More 👇
farmersweekly.co.nz/farm-man…
The answer: yes!
Consistently elevated lungworm counts in adult red deer are associated with poor body condition, and consistently elevated egg counts are shed by the younger adults.
#AcademicTwitter @AgResearchNEWS
Are there culprits to those random high egg and lungworm counts?
We followed 200+ farmed deer over 6 months to find out...
Our latest farmed deer parasite paper! Funded by Deer Industry NZ & @AgResearchNEWS
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Are there culprits to those random high egg and lungworm counts?
We followed 200+ farmed deer over 6 months to find out...
Our latest farmed deer parasite paper! Funded by Deer Industry NZ & @AgResearchNEWS
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Results from newly published research clearly demonstrate the emergence of simultaneous resistance to anthelmintic drugs used against intestinal parasites in cattle; suggesting farming practices will need to change to maintain productivity.
More: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iAH8…
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New preprint! I will try to keep this summary lay-friendly. Recently a viral outbreak started in Cyprus with a high number of cats showing clinical signs of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), and it is estimated that over 8000 cats had died by mid-July.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Read my latest #research on #wormsandwelfare published with @ElsevierConnect in Veterinary Parasitology
authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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Egg Reappearance Periods!
Yes, they have gotten shorter and shorter. But what are the consequences? We just published the first study to investigate the impact of shortened ERPs on cyathostomin infection pressure and parasite burdens. Read more here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1hHoi…
Visiting the steepest farm I've ever seen 🐑🐃🪱
Always a great experience getting out of the lab, meeting farmers, and learning about the challenges they face...
Taking a trip down south to visit the @AgResearchNEWS team in Invermay @AcademicChatter
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Dave Leathwick of AgResearch Grasslands gives a New Zealand perspective on resistance to drenches at tonight’s @TeagascSheep National Sheep Conference
Link for free access to the paper 😊
authors.elsevier.com/c/1fwAp…
#AcademicChatter
Excited to share our new paper! 🐎
A ~5-year study monitoring parasite species diversity in intervention-free native ponies found highly complex strongylid communities, with Cylicostephanus longibursatus being associated with patent over-winter infections. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.202…
Excited to share our new paper! 🐎
A ~5-year study monitoring parasite species diversity in intervention-free native ponies found highly complex strongylid communities, with Cylicostephanus longibursatus being associated with patent over-winter infections. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.202…
Some goodies arrived through the mail: tissue worms extracted in 1996.
A really interesting parasite, the adult wormss can be found in the central nervous system of deer 🤔🐛
