Publications

identification of the rumen fluke, calicophoron daubneyi, in gb livestock: possible implications for liver fluke diagnosis.	the liver fluke, fasciola hepatica, is common in many parts of great britain. to detect liver fluke infection and to assess whether fasciolicide treatment has been successful, the faecal egg count (fec) and faecal egg count reduction test (fecrt) are widely used. rumen fluke is also increasingly reported from great britain, but its species identity is yet to be determined. liver fluke and rumen fluke eggs are morphologically similar, which may lead to erroneous diagnoses of liver fluke infection ...	2013	23411375
evaluation of the performance of five diagnostic tests for fasciola hepatica infection in naturally infected cattle using a bayesian no gold standard approach.	the clinical and economic importance of fasciolosis has been recognised for centuries, yet diagnostic tests available for cattle are far from perfect. test evaluation has mainly been carried out using gold standard approaches or under experimental settings, the limitations of which are well known. in this study, a bayesian no gold standard approach was used to estimate the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of five tests for fasciolosis in cattle. these included detailed liver necropsy inclu ...	2016	27564546