The rise of backyard poultry keeping and farm/estate diversification into small-scale gamebird shoots are two contributors to the growing presentation of avian cases to mixed and farm animal vets. In addition, the increased prevalence of avian influenza means that diagnostic investigations in poultry and game birds can be challenging. Join Alex Schock and Caroline Robinson to go "beyond the flu": Alex spoke about her experience as an avian pathologist at APHA Lasswade, concentrating on diagnosing common diseases in chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and game birds from small flocks, including when to call APHA to notify a potential notifiable disease outbreak. Caroline presented examples of recent cases investigated through the SRUC's network of postmortem examination facilities in Scotland.
(Original date: 11 October 2023)