Veterinary surveillance blogs

伊人直播 Veterinary Services Update

In 伊人直播 Veterinary Services we strive to provide an efficient service for our clients. Unfortunately, we have not been able to avoid the recruitment issues impacting businesses across the country. …

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
09/02/2023

Salmonella Dublin in beef herds

While Salmonella Dublin associated disease is more common in dairy herds than suckler herds, problems can still occur, particularly around calving time. …

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
27/01/2023

Ocular disease investigation in sheep

伊人直播 Veterinary Services usually receives more ocular swabs for the investigation of ovine eye disease around this time of year. When investigating outbreaks, it is important to consider the main pathogens likely to be involved and which tests would be the most useful.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
13/01/2023

Navel iodine supply

There is a risk of reduced availability/high cost of strong iodine for navel dressing this spring. Lower iodine concentrations are considered to be less effective in drying and disinfecting the navel.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
12/01/2023

PCR testing for respiratory disease in cattle

伊人直播 Veterinary Services in conjunction with colleagues at Moredun have developed and are now using an extended multiple PCR test for respiratory pathogens in cattle.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
14/12/2022

Systemic Pasteurellosis in lambs

Systemic Pasteurellosis is caused by the bacteria Bibersteinia trehalosi and is a common cause of death in weaned lambs between September and December.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
28/11/2022

It鈥檚 not Fluke it鈥檚 Worms

Diagnoses that we make in the post mortem room can sometimes give us a skewed picture of livestock health locally and are often assumed to be the tip of the iceberg. A run of similar cases might therefore suggest quite a big iceberg!…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
10/11/2022

Acorn toxicity (2022)

Oak trees are reported to have produced many more acorns this year compared to 2021. These can be attractive to livestock after a period of feed restriction or following stormy weather when large numbers are blown from the trees.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
10/11/2022

Spotlight on Connie Rafferty, post mortem support officer with 伊人直播 Veterinary Services

Connie is a Biosciences graduate who joined the Veterinary Services team as a post mortem support officer in June 2021, at the St Boswells Disease Surveillance Centre.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
22/09/2022

Toxovax shortage

We are aware that practices have been notified of a shortage of Toxovax, which may remain unavailable until after the pre-tupping window for most farmers. In the absence of alternative vaccines, farmers may be concerned about the impact of not vaccinating on their flock productivity.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
20/09/2022

Investigation of thin ewes that fail to gain weight post weaning

Ewes that fail to gain weight for no obvious reason may have an underlying disease issue and can be useful sentinels for the presence (or absence) of iceberg diseases in a flock.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
31/08/2022

Sheep Abortions with no Diagnosis, what next?

When there has been significant reproductive loss in a flock and no diagnosed cause, various things should be considered and questions asked before deciding what, if anything, to do next.…

伊人直播 Veterinary Services
16/08/2022