Parasitology

Haemonchus contortus - is the picture changing in your area?

Over the past ten years, SRUCVS have made a total of 46 diagnoses of haemonchosis on Scottish holdings with all DSCs seeing at least one case. Although the number of cases remain small, 46% of these diagnoses have been made in the past three years and there is a general upward trend on a yearly basis.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
04/08/2023

Nematodirus reminder

SRUC Veterinary Services recently diagnosed nematodirosis as the cause of death in a six-week-old lamb. This was somewhat unexpected as spring has been quite cold so far. It does highlight however how this disease can be farm, and indeed field, specific.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
09/05/2023

It’s not Fluke it’s 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!…

SRUC Veterinary Services
10/11/2022

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.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
20/09/2022

Haemonchus diagnosed in Aberdeenshire – free testing available

Haemonchus has been diagnosed as a cause of mortality in a group of lambs in Aberdeenshire.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
12/08/2022

Grouse worm count monitoring

SRUC Veterinary Services receives numerous samples at this time of year and have been busy recently at the lab with grouse worm count monitoring. Many of the samples we receive are from grouse moors in the north of Scotland, but as the shooting season approaches this information may be useful to both vets and game keepers across the country.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
05/08/2022

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

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

High Risk of Nematodirosis Likely in 2021

Outbreaks of nematodirosis in Scotland are recorded most often between May and July, with a consistent peak in the month of June.…

Veterinary services
29/04/2021