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Monthly Reports 2006

Monthly Report December 2006

  • Heavy losses among yearling cattle due to BVD.

Monthly Report November 2006

  • Seasonal rise in cases of Salmonella Dublin in cattle.

Monthly Report October 2006

  • Dictyocaulosis common across Scotland
  • Louping ill confirmed in cattle and sheep
  • Triclabendazole resistance suspected in a sheep flock in the Western Isles
  • Trichomoniasis causes deaths among garden birds.

Monthly Report September 2006

  • A severe outbreak of neonatal enteritis in calves due to attaching and effacing E coli infection
  • Acute fasciolosis diagnosed in ewes and gimmers
  • Seasonal increase in systemic Pasteurellosis diagnoses in lambs
  • Louping ill diagnosed commonly in sheep

Monthly Report August 2006

  • Scour and weight loss in North American Bison due to gastrointestinal parasitism.

Monthly Report July 2006

  • Necrotising enteritis common in spring born suckler calves
  • Focal symmetrical encephalomalacia in suckler calves
  • Proliferative orf lesions in growing lambs
  • Liver disease of unknown aetiology in game birds

Monthly Report June 2006

  • Respiratory Syncitial Virus infection in suckled calves at grass.

Monthly Report May 2006

  • White muscle disease in recently turned out cattle
  • Abortion in a dairy herd associated with Bovine Herpes Virus type 1
  • Increased incidence of coccidiosis in spring born suckler calves
  • Nematodirus battus infection common in growing lambs
  • Photosensitisation associated with Copper poisoning in sheep

Monthly Report April 2006

  • Investigations of weak calf syndrome in spring calving suckler herds
  • Congenital chrondrodystrophy in a suckler herd
  • Outbreaks of Border disease in lambing flocks
  • Enzootic abortion (EAE) the most common cause of ovine abortion in Scotland
  • High numbers of wild birds examined as part of surveillance for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Monthly Report March 2006

  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus isolated from whooper swan submitted from Fife
  • Severe pneumonia due to IBR in a dairy herd
  • Traumatic reticulitis in dairy cattle
  • Metabolic disease associated with severe weather in sheep
  • First recorded case of Haemonchosis in Orkney
  • First recorded cases of Nematodirus infections in growing lambs for the year

Monthly Report February 2006

  • Lungworm in housed suckler calves
  • Copper poisoning in sheep
  • Non-suppurative meningoencephalitis in ewes
  • Fasciolosis in pigs

Monthly Report January 2006

  • Dramatic perineal oedema in ewes pre-lambing (Figure 1)
  • Abomasal form of listeriosis in sheep (Figure 2)
  • Klebsiella septicaemia in calves
  • Ruminal impaction in suckler cows
  • Nutritional cardiomyopathy in cattle
  • Ruminal acidosis in lambs
  • Copper poisoning of lambs
  • Rotavirus infection of pigs
  • Necrotic pododermatitis in broilers