Sheep scab notifications
- Last updated
- 9 October 2024 - see all updates
- Directorate
- Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
- Topic
- Farming and rural
Notifications of suspected or confirmed cases of sheep scab in Scotland mapped by region.
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.
2024
Previous years' data is available on the gov.scot archive.
County |
Q1 2024 |
Q2 2024 |
Q3 2024 |
Aberdeenshire |
4 |
3 |
0 |
Angus |
2 |
1 |
0 |
Argyll |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Ayrshire |
4 |
3 |
1 |
Banffshire |
3 |
5 |
0 |
Berwickshire |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Bute |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Caithness |
7 |
2 |
4 |
Clackmannanshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Dumbartonshire |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Dumfriesshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
East Lothian |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Fife |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Inverness-shire |
7 |
1 |
1 |
Kincardineshire |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Kinross-shire |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Kirkcudbrightshire |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Lanarkshire |
7 |
0 |
4 |
Midlothian |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Moray |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Nairnshire |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Orkney |
5 |
0 |
2 |
Peeblesshire |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Perthshire |
4 |
1 |
0 |
Renfrewshire |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Ross and Cromarty |
0 |
2 |
1 |
Roxburghshire |
5 |
2 |
0 |
Selkirkshire |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Shetland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Stirlingshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Sutherland |
6 |
0 |
1 |
West Lothian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Wigtonshire |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
76 |
25 |
23 |
*Figures may be higher in Inverness-shire and Ross and Cromarty due to a government funded project focusing on sheep scab detection in Lewis and Harris.
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Related information
- First published
- 7 May 2019
- Last updated
- 9 October 2024 - show all updates
- All updates
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2024 Q3 documentation added.
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2024 Q2 documentation added.
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2024 Q1 documentation added.
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2023 Q4 documentation added.
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2023 Q3 documentation added.
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2023 Q2 documentation added.
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2023 Q1 documentation added.
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2022 Q4 and end of year report added. Converted cases to table, added link to archive to view previous years and removed previous year PDFs.
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Q3 documentation added.
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Q2 documentation added.
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Update end of year report, and Q2, Q3 and Q4 documentation.
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2020 Q4, 2020 end of year report and 2021 Q1 documents added.
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