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blowin · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:36 am Post subject: control of liver fluke

An interesting tip from one of our friends over at RC : - geese can be an effective control because they eat the host ( snail ) and its eggs , thereby breaking the fluke's breeding cycle .
That seems to make sense but those snails are very small so I wonder how many the geese would really eat ? Has anyone else heard of this method ?

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

I am sure they would control the snails to a greater or lesser degree, but I am of the opinion that denying them their ideal habitat would be a first choice in their control.

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