Veterinary surveillance blogs
Thin ewes – what's the cause?
In the run up to the main tupping season checking ewe body condition score (BCS) and considering the impact that disease may be having on it is an important part of flock health planning.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 16/09/2021
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Babesiosis
We have recently had a case of babesiosis in the postmortem room followed by a couple of telephone enquiries. The total number of babesiosis diagnoses is small but plotting their distribution allows hot spots to be identified.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 13/08/2021
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Dumfries and Galloway lungworm update
The first lungworm diagnosis of 2021 was made and there are a range of risk factors to consider.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 16/07/2021
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Re-emergence of Pheasant Ataxia
A recent case of pheasant ataxia has occurred in released birds from an estate in southern England.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 02/07/2021
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Blue-Green Algae Risk
We have had reports confirming elevated concentrations of blue-green algae in Uig bay on Skye, with the potential to cause toxic blooms in the water.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 01/07/2021
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Schmallenberg Virus Update - June 2021
Last month, a private veterinary surgeon in South West Scotland performed an on-farm postmortem examination of a bovine foetus with torticollis and arthrogryposis. The dam of this foetus had been imported from Germany one month earlier.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 25/06/2021
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Copper Drench Inhalation in Young Lambs
It is not uncommon for us to see cases of lamb mortality due to copper-containing drench inhalation at this time of year. Affected flocks often report several losses following administration of a mineral drench containing copper.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 25/06/2021
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Exotic Diseases Update – Pigs
Brexit has resulted in a delay in animal health information passing between the UK and the EU. It is hoped that in time this will be overcome, but until then we may not receive the same early warnings of disease which we have come to expect.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 11/06/2021
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Nematodirus Diagnoses and Risk
Further to our previous post on Nematodirus, our first post mortem diagnoses of Nematodirus infection causing death in lambs were made at the end of last week at our Dumfries Surveillance Centre.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 01/06/2021
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Nematodirus Alert
The risk levels for Nematodirus in the Scottish Borders and the Edinburgh area are high to very high, according to the SCOPS forecast.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 21/05/2021
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Kangaroo Gait in Sheep
This poorly-understood neurological disease leads to forelimb weakness and a characteristic hopping hindlimb gait; signs consistent with radial nerve paresis.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 21/05/2021
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Lamb Dysentery Season Could Still Be Upon Us
Over the past few weeks several diagnoses of lamb dysentery have been made as a cause of death in young lambs.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 10/05/2021
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