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Title Sheep Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test Data Ireland
License CC BY-NC-SA
Teagasc Department Animal and Bioscience Research
Teagasc Programme Animal and Grassland
Description Data from 77 faecal egg count reduction tests carried out on 24 sheep farms in Ireland between 2018 and 2023.
Language English
Principal Investigator (PI) Dr Orla Keane
Principal Investigator (PI) email orla.keane@teagasc.ie
Principal Investigator (PI) ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9507-2191
Data creator(s)
  1. Kyra M. Hamilton
  2. O’Boyle, P.
  3. McEvoy, A.
  4. Keane, O.
Geographic coverage FECRTs were conducted on 24 farms between 2018 and 2023. The farms were located in Leinster (n = 9), Munster (n = 3), Connacht (n = 9) and Ulster (n = 3).
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS) TM75 / Irish Grid (EPSG:29903)
Citation Hamilton, K.M., McEvoy, A., O’Boyle, P.. Keane, O., (2026) Sheep Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test Data Ireland [dataset]. Teagasc Open Data Platform.
Rights notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en
Related resources
  1. Hamilton, K.M., O’Boyle, P., McEvoy, A. et al. Increase in anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks in Ireland. Ir Vet J 79, 14 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-025-00317-z
Provenance information See methods doi.org/10.1186/s13620-025-00317-z
Time of data collection 2018 - 2023