The Sheep Veterinary Society

"We aim to promote the prevention of disease and the welfare of sheep by providing a forum for discussion, distribution of research results and provision of advice on veterinary matters relating to sheep"

Contacting the Society

For general communications please use this link

Society members can also communicate with other members of the society through a dedicated newsgroup. Applicants should be aware this newsgroup is intended to provide a general discussion forum for members of the Sheep Veterinary Society and inclusion is subject to approval by our group moderators. To join please click on the following link: SVS newsgroup. Then click on "Join this Group" button at the bottom right hand side and follow the instructions for registering with Yahoo.

Society Policy

Society statement on Sheep Welfare

Society Autumn Meeting 2009

14th - 16th September 2009

at

the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry

Further details can be found here

Useful Links

Farmers Weekly Online
NADIS Disease Information
NFU Online
BVA Website
European College for Small Ruminant Health Management

Veterinary Laboratories Agency / Scottish Agricultural Colleges quarterly small ruminants disease surveillance reports. These reports now include data from England, Wales and Scotland and are compiled jointly by SAC and VLA.

Disease Surveillance Reports

CPD

The following CPD Conference, will have sheep content:

VLA International Conference - Animal Diseases 2009 to be held at Royal Holloway College, University of London on 2  - 4 September 2009.

Details can be found at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency web site

Bluetongue

General Information on Bluetongue

Bluetongue vaccination videos from Farmers Weekly, please click here

Follow this link for up-to-date information on the current bluetongue situation - DEFRA WEB SITE

BVA pages covering bluetongue, including links to images which may assist with disease recognition, may also be found here

Bluetongue images and similar symptoms which are not bluetongue: pdf link

• Control of BVT (powerpoint 60kb)
• Symptoms (powerpoint 6Mb)
• Cattle BVT (powerpoint 4Mb)
• Bluetongue (powerpoint 3.5 Mb)

Images taken from 2 rams clinically affected with Bluetongue and submitted for post-mortem examination are available on VLA's website: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/vla/science/science-viral-bluetongue-sheep.htm 

(The site also contains images of BTV affected cattle submitted for PME)

Other advice

Environment Agency guidance on sheep dips
RUMA gudelines on the Responsible Use of Vaccines and Vaccination

Downloads

SVS Research Grant 2009 Application Form
SVS/BVA Ram Examination Form (18 Jan 2007)
SVS Guidelines to Semen Collection (18 Jan 2007)
SVS Travel Claim Form (21 Feb 2007)