Case notes on veterinary investigations in sheep, cattle and other species
2024 Winter edition of case studies
Sheep
Acute and subacute aspiration pneumonia in merino ewes post immersion cage dipping
Written by: Alicia Moses, Central West LLS, Grenfell NSW, Anne Jordan and Emily Winkenwerder, EMAI, Menangle NSW
This is a case report where 57 out of 4200 merino ewes died between 12 hours and one week following a cage dipping
event with suspected aspiration pneumonia ... Read More
A case of inherited alopecia in Poll Dorset sheep
Written by: Bruce Watt, Central Tablelands LLS Bathurst, Beatrice Humphries, student University of Sydney,
Katie Eager, EMAI Menangle, Brendon O'Rourke, EMAI, Imke Tammen, University of Sydney, Leah Johnson, EMAI and Angel Ngo, EMAI
In this case, five animals sired by a Poll Dorset ram from an unknown ewe flock were confirmed as being homozygous
for the markers associated with hypotrichosis ... Read More
Clinical bluetongue virus in sheep in the Lower Hunter in April 2024
Written by: Kylie Greentree, Hunter LLS, Maitland
Bluetongue is an insect-borne, primarily biting midges Culicoides brevitarsis, viral
pathogen affecting ruminants and is primarily a disease of sheep ... Read More
Lamb icteric carcase condemnations due to Anaplasma ovis
Written by: Iria Macian1, Karen Hammad1, Andrea Capilla1, Raquel Marín1, Ada
Marcos1, Marcos Rupérez1, Joel Bueso-Ródenas2, Héctor Ruiz1
1. Ruminant Clinical Service of the Veterinary Faculty of Zaragoza, Spain
2. Department of Animal Production and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Experimental Sciences,
Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Spain
A farm in the north-western region of Spain reported a concerning increase in the number of lamb carcase condemnations due to severe jaundice, rendering them unfit for human consumption ... Read More
Cattle
Schmallenberg virus in cattle, sheep and goats in the UK
Written by: Mike Howe, Director, NADIS
In the initial outbreak in 2012/13 the virus likely arrived in the UK with windblown midges in south eastern counties
and then spread inland and north ... Read More