REGIONAL VETERINARY LABORATORIES REPORT: March 2018

摘要

Regional Veterinary Laboratories (RVLs) carried out necropsy examinations on 750 carcases and 567 foetuses during March 2018. Additionally, 3,306 diagnostic samples were tested to assist private veterinary practitioners (PVPs)with the diagnosis and control of disease in food-producing animals. This report describes a selection of cases investigated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's (DAFM) veterinary laboratories in March 2018.The objective of this report is to provide feedback to veterinary practitioners on the pattern of disease syndromes at this time of the year. It is also hoped that these descriptions of both common and unusual clinical presentations, together with the results of the various investigations and tests will assist diagnosis, encourage thorough investigation of clinical cases, and provide context for practitioners when interpreting laboratory reports.