Since 2015, from June to December, DAFM has taken lamb blood samples in factories from a proportion of flocks at the time of slaughter.

Haemonchus contortus or “barber’s pole worm” has been diagnosed as the cause of death of a four year old ewe in Kilkenny Regional Veterinary Laboratory.

In recent weeks, vets and scientists in the UK have made interesting but worrying discoveries in the field of animal health.

Information on the number of scrapie cases between the years 2001 and 2018

Lungworms have been observed for the first time this grazing season by vets working in a laboratory operated by the DAFM in the last week of April.

Botulism has been described in most animal species. Death is caused by ingesting material contaminated by a toxin which is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.