Increase in chronic fasciolosis in sheep in Scotland

• Published in: Veterinary Record
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2008
• Subjects: NEWS & REPORTS; Cygnus columbianus
• Online Access: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/162/7/199; https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.162.7.199

<l type="unord"> Twenty-one outbreaks of chronic fasciolosis diagnosed in sheep compared with only three outbreaks in December 2006. Only one outbreak of acute fasciolosis recorded Seasonal increase in outbreaks of bovine respiratory disease Evidence of an upward trend in the diagnosis of louping ill in Scottish sheep flocks over the past 15 years Eight per cent of twin-bearing ewes in an early lambing flock abort and die in an outbreak of salmonellosis due to Salmonella Derby infection Pneumonic aspergillosis diagnosed as cause of death of six Bewick's swans ( Cygnus columbianus ) in East Lothian Acute fasciolosis diagnosed in an 18-month-old alpaca </l>— These are among matters discussed in the disease surveillance report for December 2007 from Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services (<scp>sac vs</scp>)