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Survey to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in British sheep flocks

A serological survey of Toxoplasma gondii infection in adult breeding sheep in Great Britain was conducted using surplus sera taken during a seroprevalence study of Brucella melitensis in 2009 and results suggest a high level of T oxoplasma infection.
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Verocytotoxin-producing and attaching and effacing activity of Escherichia coli isolated from diseased farm livestock

Between May 2005 and June 2008, strategically selected isolates of Escherichia coli obtained from clinical submissions to Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) regional laboratories in England and…
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Seropositivity to Toxoplasma infection in sheep samples submitted to Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratories between 2005 and 2012

Findings indicate possible temporal and regional variations in exposure of sheep to T. gondii in England and Wales and confirm high overall levels of infection within the national flock.
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Clostridium perfringens type D enterotoxaemia in neonatal lambs

SIR, — Ovine enterotoxaemia caused by Clostridium perfringens type D occurs most commonly in lambs at four to 10 weeks of age and in finishing lambs of six months and older, often associated with…
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Cross-sectional survey of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from diseased farm livestock in England and Wales

The resistance phenotype SSuT was commonly observed, and isolates resistant to third-generation cephalosporins were also identified, and judicious antimicrobial usage in the livestock industry is recommended in order to preserve efficacy.
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Subacute symmetrical necrotising encephalopathy in young lambs

SIR, — During the period 1994 to 2007, we have detected symmetrical necrotising encephalopathy in 47 lambs, from 27 flocks, in submissions to the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (vla) for…
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Copper poisoning in sheep associated with clover

The Veterinary Laboratories Agency has confirmed two outbreaks of copper poisoning in sheep flocks associated with the grazing of clover and a farm in the north of England is among them.
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Predator attacks on sheep in Northumberland

Report of unusual cases of predator attacks on sheep on a farm in Northumberland.
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French Nile Crocodile RVC-JRH-FNC0 Humerus

Osteolaemus tetraspis RVC-JRH-FDC1

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