Cattle

Late term abortions and small calves

Our St Boswells Disease Surveillance Centre is aware of five herds having problems with small calves so far this year, which are either aborted late in pregnancy, stillborn or alive.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
28/04/2023

Gastroparesis syndrome in dairy heifers

Since the second quarter of 2022 the UK Surveillance Network has reported cases of apparent gastroparesis in nine to twenty four month-old, Holstein Friesian, bulling and in-calf dairy heifers. To date the majority, or all, of the affected heifers have had the same sire.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
28/04/2023

Effect of calving difficulty on suckler cow performance

All farm animal vets are calving suckler cows at the moment, helping to reduce as much as possible the impacts of calving difficulty on herd performance.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
06/04/2023

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. …

SRUC Veterinary Services
27/01/2023

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.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
12/01/2023

PCR testing for respiratory disease in cattle

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

SRUC Veterinary Services
14/12/2022

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.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
10/11/2022

Lungworm update 2022

Early diagnoses of lungworm so far this year suggests that there may be significant challenge this summer and autumn.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
29/07/2022

Feeling hot, hot, hot?

We are all feeling the heat at the moment, and according to forecasts it is going to get hotter. Here is a reminder of some livestock health risks to consider during hot weather.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
18/07/2022

Coccidiosis in cattle 2022

Diagnoses of coccidiosis in this year’s calves remains common this year and the risk remains high.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
08/07/2022

The impact of type 2 Ostertagiasis

Our Dumfries Disease Surveillance Centre has had a number of submissions, case reports and post mortems recently regarding scour in groups of older cattle that grazed last year. In these cases we have either suspected or confirmed type 2 Ostertagiasis.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
17/06/2022

Type 2 ostertagiasis – Is there an impact and are we missing it?

We have had a few submissions, case reports and post-mortem examinations recently regarding scour in groups of older cattle that grazed last year.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
06/06/2022