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Dissecting Animal Diseases with the Animal and Plant Health Agency
Welcome to this podcast, where we talk all about animal diagnostic investigations completed here at the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Please note that this podcast includes pathological descriptions of injuries and animal disease which some listeners may find upsetting.
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Episodes
6 episodes
Swine fevers excluded in feral wild boar found dead
In this episode, Claire Scott, APHA's Pig Expert Group lead, and Cat Man, Veterinary Investigation Officer (VIO) at Starcross Veterinary Investigation Centre (VIC), discuss investigations into feral wild boar found dead, in which notifiable dis...
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The different faces of oedema disease in pigs
In this episode, APHA's Pig Expert Group lead Claire Scott, histopathologist Toby Floyd and Veterinary Investigation Officer Ed Fullick discuss two cases of oedema disease in pigs, with different clinical presentations. Oedema disease is caused...
Investigating congenital tremors in piglets
In this episode, Claire Scott, APHA's Pig Expert Group lead, and Cornelia Bidewell, Veterinary Investigation Officer (VIO) at Bury St Edmunds Veterinary Investigation Centre (VIC), discuss completion of a diagnostic investigation into a case of...
Investigating icterus (jaundice) in pigs
In this episode, APHA's Pig Expert Group leads Claire Scott and Susanna Williamson discuss completion of a diagnostic investigation into a case of icterus (jaundice) in weaned pigs.Please note that this podcast includes pathological d...
Diarrhoea in a small-scale pig herd
In this episode, Claire Scott, APHA's Pig Expert Group lead, and Liz Nabb, Veterinary Investigation Officer (VIO) at Starcross Veterinary Investigation Centre (VIC), discuss completion of a diagnostic investigation into a case of diarrhoea in a...
A case of lameness and recumbency in breeding sows
In this episode, Claire Scott, APHA's Pig Expert Group lead, and Chris Burns, Veterinary Investigation Officer (VIO) at Thirsk Veterinary Investigation Centre (VIC), discuss completion of a diagnostic investigation into a case of lameness and r...
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