02 January 2024

Volume 29 | Issue 1

ISSN (Print): 2053-0862

ISSN (Online): 2053-0870

Large animal dermatology: common cases

It is June in North Somerset and the NADIS (2023) forecast shows a high risk for period for myiasis. A client with a flock of 60 Poll Dorset ewes has called because one of the rams has a large area of wool loss. They describe signs of pruritus too. They are happy to put the ram in a trailer and bring him down to the practice for assessment. The ram was in a group with three other rams, none of which were showing similar signs currently..