Case notes on veterinary investigations in sheep, cattle and other species
District Veterinarian Conference 2024
Sheep
A series of AWKD events — chronic glomerulopathies in Australian White Lambs
Written by: Emily Winkenwerder and Pedro Pinczowski
This case became the latest addition to a collection of cases with suspected inherited congenital renal disease in Australian White lambs ... Read More
Flystrike, insecticide resistance and dressings
Written by: Narelle Sales, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute
With dicyclanil resistance a common reality for sheep and wool producers in NSW, chemical options to prevent or
treat flystrike are restricted ... Read More
Introducing Flexolt® the only oral sheep lice control product
Written by: Felicity Wills, Ruminant Technical Advisor, MSD Animal Health
Flexolt® is the first ever oral lice treatment for sheep, giving producers flexibility when
it comes to treating their flock ... Read More
The use of Ovilis Footvax® as part of a virulent footrot control and eradication program
Written by: Felicity Wills, Ruminant Technical Advisor, Coopers Animal Health
There are two vaccine types used in the control of virulent footrot, strain-specific vaccines, or a multi-serotype
vaccine ... Read More
Intraruminal anthelmintic capsules: risk and reward
Written by: Greg Little, Head of Regulatory Affairs & PV, ANZ, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Australia Pty. Ltd. and Bruce Watt, Central Tablelands Local Land Services, Bathurst
In recent trials, intraruminal capsules provided greater protection from worms and reduced pasture contamination compared to either a short-acting pre-lambing treatment, or a short-acting pre-lambing treatment with an additional treatment at lamb marking ... Read More
Ovine segmental axonopathy
Written by: Leah Johnson1,2, Katie Eager1,2, Brendon O'Rourke1 and Imke Tammen2
1 Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Department of Primary Industries, Menangle
2 Sydney School of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden
Ovine segmental axonopathy is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder in Merino sheep presenting as progressive hindlimb ataxia, which has been identified in both Australia and New Zealand ... Read More
Cattle
Clinical presentations of lead poisoning
Written by: Bruce Watt, Central Tablelands Local Land Services, Bathurst
Lead affects the nervous, digestive, renal, hepatic, haematopoietic and reproductive systems but clinical signs other than those associated with the nervous system are rare ... Read More
Lead poisoning in steers
Written by: Ian Poe, District Veterinarian Kempsey, North Coast LLS
A producer contacted the District Veterinarian following the death of one steer three days earlier
and a second animal showing signs of blindness ... Read More
Lessons from a lead toxicity case when the lead source is unknown
Written by: Katelyn Braine, District Veterinarian, Murray Local Land Services, Deniliquin NSW
This report describes the lessons learnt from a lead toxicity case in cattle in when the lead source could not be determined ... Read More
Planning and logistics for bleeding a large number of cattle
Written by: Linda Searle, District Veterinarian, Murray LLS, Deniliquin
Lead toxicity was diagnosed in a cow after a blood test revealed a blood lead level of 3.44 µmol/L and there remained 1,167 cattle that needed to be bled to see if any had lead levels above the MRL ... Read More
Other
Avain Influenza: Global situation and risk to NSW
Written by: Brendan Sharpe, Senior Veterinary Policy Officer, NSW DPI
Low pathogenicity avian influenza is an endemic infection in wild bird populations with an estimated prevalence of 1.9% in Australian wild bird populations ... Read More
Managing transboundary disease risks to Australia
Written by: Peter Windsor, Production Animal Welfare & Health Services, Scarborough
This article reflects on the risks of transboundary diseases to Australia following extensive
'hands-on' experiences in several countries in the region of South East Asia ...
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Swine brucellosis in a small domestic piggery
Written by: Megan Davies, District Veterinarian and Emergency Management Coordinator, Narrabri
This case involved B. suis infection in domestic dogs and domestic pigs following contact with feral pigs ...
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Testicular seminoma diagnosed and Brucella suis excluded in a feral boar in south-east NSW
Written by: Alexandra Stephens, District Veterinarian, Yass
A local producer who had shot a feral boar the evening before was very concerned that the boar had noticeably swollen testicles ... Read More