The Sheep Veterinary Society

"We aim to promote the prevention of disease and the welfare of sheep by providing a forum for discussion, distribution of research results and provision of advice on veterinary matters relating to sheep"

Contacting the Society

For general communications please use this link

Society members can also communicate with other members of the society through a dedicated newsgroup. Applicants should be aware this newsgroup is intended to provide a general discussion forum for members of the Sheep Veterinary Society and inclusion is subject to approval by our group moderators. To join please click on the following link: SVS newsgroup. Then click on "Join this Group" button at the bottom right hand side and follow the instructions for registering with Yahoo.

Society Policy

Society statement on Sheep Welfare

Other advice

Environment Agency guidance on sheep dips
RUMA gudelines on the Responsible Use of Vaccines and Vaccination

Downloads

SVS/BVA Ram Examination Form (18 Jan 2007)
SVS Guidelines to Semen Collection (18 Jan 2007)
SVS Travel Claim Form (21 Feb 2007)

Notice of Future Meetings

SPRING MEETING 2008: Monday 12th May - Wednesday 14th May 2008, Blackwell Grange Hotel in Darlington. Theme: Exotic Diseases.

AUTUMN MEETING 2008: Still in preparation but current details are: 8th-10th or 15th-17th September and held near Lancaster

7th International Sheep Veterinary Congress 2009
will be held in Stavanger, Norway from Friday 12th to Tuesday 16th of June 2009

Bluetongue

BCVA Bluetongue Meeting - 6th Feb

To view details of the meeting and to download a registration form please click here

General Information on Bluetongue

Follow this link for up-to-date information on the current bluetongue situation - DEFRA WEB SITE

BVA pages covering bluetongue, including links to images which may assist with disease recognition, may also be found here

Bluetongue images and similar symptoms which are not bluetongue: pdf link

• Control of BVT (powerpoint 60kb)
• Symptoms (powerpoint 6Mb)
• Cattle BVT (powerpoint 4Mb)
• Bluetongue (powerpoint 3.5 Mb)

Images taken from 2 rams clinically affected with Bluetongue and submitted for post-mortem examination are available on VLA's website: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/vla/science/science-viral-bluetongue-sheep.htm 

(The site also contains images of BTV affected cattle submitted for PME)

2007 Foot and Mouth Outbreak

Follow this link for up-to-date and ever changing information on the current outbreak - DEFRA WEB SITE