Case notes on veterinary investigations in sheep, cattle and other species

2024-25 Summer edition of case studies

Sheep

Severe crescentic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in an Australian White lamb
Written by: Glanville E and Watt B, Central Tablelands Local Land Services, Bathurst and Winkenwerder E and Pinczowski P, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle
A glomerulopathy syndrome has been recently reported in several Australian White lambs and has been colloquially dubbed 'Australian White Kidney disease', cause unknown but suspected to be hereditary ... Read More

Cattle

Acute bovine pulmonary oedema and emphysema in a single heifer on dry pastures in central west New South Wales
Written by: Nik Cronin, District Veterinarian Central West Local Land Services, Forbes, and Anthony Chamings, Veterinary Pathologist Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle
This report describes a case in a single animal of acute bovine pulmonary oedema and emphysema, the name given to a syndrome also known as 'fog fever' ... Read More

Basilar empyema (pituitary abscess) in cattle
Written by: Phil Scott DVM&S BVM&S CertCHP DSHP DipECBHM FRCVS
Basilar empyema (pituitary abscess) is a condition that occurs sporadically following bull ring insertion and spreads to blood vessels around the pituitary gland ... Read More

Other

Epidemiological investigation of neonatal and juvenile mortality in Kalahari Red goats in Orange, 2022-2024
Written by: Angela Warrian, Team Leader Animal Biosecurity & Welfare, Central West Local Land Services
This report outlines an epidemiological investigation into a series of deaths among neonatal and juvenile Kalahari Red goats over three kidding seasons ... Read More