Vet’s advice
Neil McIntosh SG’s gundog health expert
Indeed it is. Lungworm is caused by a parasite called Angiostrongylus vasorum, which was predominantly present only in the south of England when I qualified nearly 40 years ago.
Since then, it has spread throughout the UK. Recent work done by the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine showed that around 10% of snails in public parks carried the intermediate stage of.