Veterinary Services

• Twenty cases of Johnes disease confirmed in cattle by one centre
• Review of clostridial and metabolic diseases in sheep
• Disease in pigs due to various serotypes of Streptococcus suis
• Spironucleosis in game birds in Great Britain 1996 to 2008

• Scour and abortions due to Salmonella Dublin in cattle in south west Scotland
• Outbreaks of pneumonia in dairy and beef calves and adult dairy cows
• Flukicide resistance suspected in two flocks in the west of Scotland
• Septicaemia in pigs due to Streptococcus suis serotype 1/14

• Traumatic reticulitis and death in dairy cows due to reinforced concrete wire
• Investigation of lameness in cattle housed on slats
• Four incidents of louping ill infection in sheep
• Visna suspected in an adult mule ewe
• Deaths in piglets due to clostridial enteritis
• Viral haemorrhagic disease in pet rabbits

• Analysis of outbreaks of salmonellosis in cattle 1998 to 2008
• Bracken poisoning in beef heifers on hill ground
• Toxocara vitulorum recorded in a suckler herd
• Trends in parasitic gastroenteritis in sheep over the last 14 years
• High MV seroprevalence detected in a commercial flock
• Cerebellar abscesses in lambs associated with Peptostreptococcus infection
• Aspergillosis and histomonosis (blackhead) confirmed in turkeys

• Highest incidence of parasitic gastroenteritis in cattle for four years

• Parasitic gastroenteritis and suspected anthelmintic resistance in sheep
• Streptococcus suis infections in pigs.
• Mycoplasmosis in turkeys and pheasants
• Pneumonia in calves at grass
• Rumen flukes found on two occasions in cattle
• Cow deaths due to babesiosis

• Deaths and abortions in cows due to tick associated infections

• Increase in outbreaks of coccidiosis in calves in the year to date

• Review of necropsy diagnoses of lambs aged under four months

• Fasiolosis associated with hypocalcaemia in dairy cows
• Review of bovine abortion cases in 2007

• Bacillus licheniformis, Listeriosis or fungal infections found in 23 bovine abortion investigations as the main spring calving season approaches.

• RSV frequently incriminated in outbreaks of pneumonia among weaned calves investigated throughout Scotland.