Veterinary Services

SRUC Veterinary Services Update – PLEASE TAKE TWO MINUTES TO READ!

With our busiest time of year approaching, we wanted to let you know what we are doing to ensure our service is maintained despite lower staffing levels.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
13/02/2023

SRUC Veterinary Services Update

In SRUC 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. …

SRUC Veterinary Services
09/02/2023

Thin ewes – what's the cause?

In the run up to the main tupping season checking ewe body condition score (BCS) and considering the impact that disease may be having on it is an important part of flock health planning.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
16/09/2021

Babesiosis

We have recently had a case of babesiosis in the postmortem room followed by a couple of telephone enquiries. The total number of babesiosis diagnoses is small but plotting their distribution allows hot spots to be identified.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
13/08/2021

Dumfries and Galloway lungworm update

The first lungworm diagnosis of 2021 was made and there are a range of risk factors to consider.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
16/07/2021

Re-emergence of Pheasant Ataxia

A recent case of pheasant ataxia has occurred in released birds from an estate in southern England.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
02/07/2021

Blue-Green Algae Risk

We have had reports confirming elevated concentrations of blue-green algae in Uig bay on Skye, with the potential to cause toxic blooms in the water.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
01/07/2021

Schmallenberg Virus Update - June 2021

Last month, a private veterinary surgeon in South West Scotland performed an on-farm postmortem examination of a bovine foetus with torticollis and arthrogryposis. The dam of this foetus had been imported from Germany one month earlier.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
25/06/2021

Copper Drench Inhalation in Young Lambs

It is not uncommon for us to see cases of lamb mortality due to copper-containing drench inhalation at this time of year. Affected flocks often report several losses following administration of a mineral drench containing copper.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
25/06/2021

Exotic Diseases Update – Pigs

Brexit has resulted in a delay in animal health information passing between the UK and the EU. It is hoped that in time this will be overcome, but until then we may not receive the same early warnings of disease which we have come to expect.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
11/06/2021

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

Nematodirus Alert

The risk levels for Nematodirus in the Scottish Borders and the Edinburgh area are high to very high, according to the SCOPS forecast.…

SRUC Veterinary Services
21/05/2021