Veterinary surveillance blogs
Black's Disease
The most common disease presentation of most clostridial disease is sudden death. However, we are aware of a number of cases of Black’s disease over the last five years which have presented alive.…
- Veterinary services
- 30/04/2021
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Still Birth and Weak Calf Syndrome in Suckled Calves
In recent weeks SRUC Veterinary Services have had an increased number of still birth submissions from spring calving suckler herds.…
- Veterinary services
- 29/04/2021
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High Risk of Nematodirosis Likely in 2021
Outbreaks of nematodirosis in Scotland are recorded most often between May and July, with a consistent peak in the month of June.…
- Veterinary services
- 29/04/2021
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Risks from Dog Walking on Agricultural Land
Dog ownership has increased significantly in the past year. But walking your pet in the countryside comes with a number of risks to livestock.…
- Veterinary services
- 27/04/2021
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Bovine venereal campylobacteriosis – information on testing
Instructions on submitting samples for Campylobacter testing, the main cause of venereal disease in cattle in the UK.…
- Veterinary services
- 12/04/2021
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Parasite control survey launch
Scottish farmers are being invited to take part in a new research survey to investigate the impact of resistance to wormers.…
- Veterinary services
- 12/04/2021
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Abomasal Bloat in Pet Lambs
One of the banes of artificially rearing lambs is abomasal bloat.…
- Veterinary services
- 12/04/2021
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Investigating Neonatal Losses: On-farm Postmortem
Lamb losses in the neonatal period can have a profound impact upon that year’s reproduction figures, as well as farmer wellbeing.…
- Veterinary services
- 12/04/2021
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Schmallenberg Update
With the peak of the spring calving and lambing season approaching, we wanted to give a further update on Schmallenberg virus.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 09/03/2021
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Otitis Media due to Mannheimia haemolytica in dairy calves
Otitis media is most often seen in pre-weaned calves and it is often assumed that this is pathognomonic for Mycoplasma bovis infection.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 01/03/2021
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Baby its Cold Outside
Recently SRUC Veterinary Services’ Dumfries centre has examined numerous milk fed dairy calves in the PM room with the expected mix of diagnoses including scour, pneumonia, rumen drinking and navel ill.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 15/02/2021
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Investigating Poor Scanning Rates in Sheep Flocks
Lots of flocks will already have scanned for this year, although some are yet to do so. The barren rate within a flock should be <2%. Greater than that, (and certainly >4%) warrants investigation.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 15/02/2021
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