This year's UK Zoonoses Report continues to include feature articles which highlight human and animal incidents and issues of public health significance which occurred during 2015 which includes Anthrax, Hantavirus, Bovine TB, gastointestinal infections, and Swine Influenza. Also presented is a...

This article highlights the APHA surveillance report in England and Wales (October 2020) which includes: unusual manifestation of "tyre wire" disease in dairy cattle; numerous cases of haemonchosis in sheep; swine dysentery in finishing pigs; avian botulism that leads to high mortality in wild...

Background: The red squirrel population in Great Britain has declined dramatically in recent decades, principally due to squirrelpox. Concern exists that red squirrels may become extinct nationally and, as there has been limited research in to diseases other than squirrelpox, this study aimed to...

This paper presents the report prepared by Defra, the Animal Health Trust and the British Veterinary Association on the third quarter results of equine disease surveillance from July to September 2011. Highlights of the report includes equine influenza outbreak in UK, recurrence of West Nile virus...

Haematological and serum biochemistry values were determined for 13 adult, free-living American mink, Neovison vison, in southern England live trapped as part of a longer term research project. Serum samples were tested for the presence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii, Aleutian disease ...

This article discusses various animal diseases that have been identified in different species and regions in England and Wales. In cattle, histiocytosis myocarditis and thromboembolic meningitis caused by Cattle Spirocheterium myocarditis (Ca.S. myocarditis) have been reported. This is a severe,...

The incidence of chondrodystrophy in dairy calves, parasitic gastroenteritis in postweaned lambs, two unusual presentations and diagnosis in pigs, and coccidiosis in poultry and gamebirds are presented.