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...

Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases and are characterized by the accumulation of abnormal prion protein (PrP^Sc) in the brain. During the outbreak of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in the United Kingdom, prion diseases in several species were reported; however,...

Wild animals are under constant threat from a wide range of micro- and macroparasites in their environment. Animals make immune responses against parasites, and these are important in affecting the dynamics of parasite populations. Individual animals vary in their anti-parasite immune responses....

Prion disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by a deleterious prion protein (Pr^PSc). However, prion disease has not been reported in horses during outbreaks of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in various animals in the UK. In previous studies, single nucleotide...

This report presents the aetiology, epidemiology, prevalence and diagnosis of viral, bacterial, parasitic and toxicological conditions in horses in the UK during October-December 2020.