On 1 January 2020, the word coronavirus was one that few farmers were familiar with, but as the year unfolded, COVID-19 came to dominate our lives and our timelines.
Little wonder then, that there was huge interest in a laboratory study in Australia that a cattle wormer could potentially kill the wretched coronavirus.
University of Monash scientists showed that a single dose of the anti-parasitic drug can stop the virus growing in a cell culture within 48 hours.
At a time when the virus was raging around the world at speed, the news that a veterinary medicine could help in the fight against COVID-19 was of great interest.