Veterinary surveillance blogs
Managing nutrition for cows after turn out
Spring is proving challenging for spring calving and lambing so far with the long-range weather forecast looking tricky. Keeping cows and calves at foot inside for longer periods brings challenges with hygiene and disease build up which will need to be very carefully managed.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 15/04/2024
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Campylobacter abortion in sheep
Although too early in the season to finalise the numbers Campylobacter abortion in sheep is a common diagnosis this season, a continuation of trends set in recent years.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 14/04/2024
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Abortion sampling
You may find it useful to review our sampling guides for ovine and bovine abortions this calving and lambing season.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 12/04/2024
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December case highlights
Bacterial pneumonia dominated the December cattle diagnoses, although two high morbidity pneumonia outbreaks associated with IBR were also investigated.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 29/02/2024
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Rickets in hoggs
A suspected case of rickets was submitted for postmortem last week and are waiting for histopathology to confirm the diagnosis. It is worth keeping an eye out for this condition over the next few months.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 26/01/2024
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December liver fluke update
We last sent out our liver fluke forecast and thoughts in November, so thought that now would be a good time to update things given that we are approaching or already in a handling window for ewes in mid pregnancy.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 21/12/2023
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Rearing wagyu cross dairy calves (meeting)
There has been a recent increase in the number of traditional beef suckler units that have started rearing Wagyu cross dairy calves as an addition to their current business. With this, a largely unfamiliar set of challenges regarding the management of these animals arise.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 21/12/2023
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Hypomagnesemia in housed cattle
Over the past few weeks since housing we have diagnosed and discussed several cases of hypomagnesemia in housed beef suckler cows. While usually associated with grazing, a diagnosis of low magnesium causing death or clinical signs should not be discounted in housed animals.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 20/12/2023
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Investigation of high barren rates at scanning
It is common to see sheep scanner’s trailers on the road just now for earlier lambing flocks. Hopefully early indications of scans are good, but the check list below which we issued two years ago is a useful reminder if called to investigate problems with poorer scans through this winter and put in plans to manage this going forward.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 04/12/2023
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October case highlights
Case highlights from the PM room in October include: - Enterotoxaemia associated with Clostridium perfringens type D infection - Mesenteric torsion in a dog - Acute Streptococcus suis Type 1 septicaemia in piglets…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 01/12/2023
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New GB avian influenza wildlife interactive map and data dashboard launched
A new map and dashboard facility launched by APHA allows users to explore results from APHA’s avian influenza (AI) in wildlife surveillance programme in Great Britain.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 23/11/2023
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Making the most of testing for calf respiratory disease
Investigation of respiratory disease should not solely be a ‘pathogen hunt’ but encompass a wider review of predisposing factors in the group of animals.…
- SRUC Veterinary Services
- 14/11/2023
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