disease

On the Hoof - In the run up to lambing

Now is the time to arrange visits to check the energy and protein status of ewes lambing in March. …

SRUC Veterinary Services
18/02/2025

Schmallenberg virus and abortion sampling

We have recently confirmed abortion and or the birth of deformed lambs in several early lambing flocks due to Schmallenberg virus (SBV). SBV infection has been confirmed in flocks across the southern half of Scotland, including Dumfries & Galloway and Stirlingshire.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
31/01/2025

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

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

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

Look out for Histophilus somni septicaemia / myocarditis

Over the last ten years, SRUC Veterinary Services has seen a steady increase in the number of Histophilus somni septicaemia cases.…

Veterinary Services
08/01/2021