PhD Student Vacancy Only: Ecological impacts of anthelmintic usage on soil micro- and mesofaunal communities

Background: Parasitic helminth infections are ubiquitous in grazing livestock throughout the world, causing significant economic and animal health burdens. Treatment and control of these parasites rely on a limited number of anthelmintic classes, but resistance to all classes is now widespread. There is increasing concern about the fate of anthelmintics in the environment once excreted from treate