Sheep scab notifications

Sophie Law

Sheep scab is a contagious disease of sheep which can seriously affect both welfare and production if left untreated.

The Sheep Scab (Scotland) Order 2010 places a legal obligation on any person who has reason to believe that sheep in their possession or care have sheep scab, to notify their local Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) office as soon as possible.

Treatment to control and reduce the incidence of sheep scab is the responsibility of the individual sheep owner and all reported cases are mapped by APHA to provide the sheep industry with an overall picture of the location and distribution of sheep scab in Scotland.

Sheep scab end of 2022

Sheep scab 1st quarter 2023

Previous years' data is available on the gov.scot archive.

2023

County

Q1 2023

Aberdeenshire

7

Angus

1

Argyll

2

Ayrshire

2

Banffshire

2

Berwickshire

1

Bute

0

Caithness

3

Clackmannanshire

0

Dumbartonshire

0

Dumfriesshire

1

East Lothian

0

Fife

0

Inverness-shire

4

Kincardineshire

0

Kinross-shire

0

Kirkcudbrightshire

2

Lanarkshire

1

Midlothian

2

Moray

0

Nairnshire

0

Orkney

5

Peeblesshire

0

Perthshire

5

Renfrewshire

1

Ross & Cromarty

3

Roxburghshire

0

Selkirkshire

0

Shetland

0

Stirlingshire

1

Sutherland

1

West Lothian

0

Wigtonshire

1

Total

45