Davinia Hinde

Bainbridge Vets Ltd, Station Surgery, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorks DL8 3BJ

Copper poisoning in sheep

Acute copper poisoning usually leads to sudden death with a very jaundiced carcass with gun metal kidneys and a bronze coloured liver on post-mortem. If the animal survives long enough to develop...

A practical introduction to the thoracic ultrasonography of sheep

It is possible to obtain diagnostic quality images using linear and curvilinear rectal-style transducers; however, the shape of the probe is difficult to hold and maintain contact with the convex...

Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma diagnosis and control in practice

Currently there are no serological tests available commercially because of the lack of detectable immune response to JSRV in infected animals. In the molecular blood tests that are available,...

Trace elements in sheep — are they really a cure all?

Copper is an essential part of many enzymes in the body and without it, the body is unable to properly function (Table 2). There are approximately 300 copper-binding proteins that exist in animals....