Veterinary & laboratory services

Our leading experts provide support to clients in areas of animal disease, diagnosis and surveillance.

SRUC Veterinary Services provides disease surveillance and analytical testing via our Veterinary and Analytical Laboratory and our network of disease surveillance hubs situated throughout Scotland. We offer national veterinary disease surveillance for the Scottish Government and collaborate with APHA to support statutory disease control schemes.

Our Veterinary Services Team are experts in animal disease diagnosis and we process over one million animal and material samples each year. Close links with research and development activities within SRUC and in several other academic and research institutions ensure that our UK, EU and international clients benefit from practical support coupled with expert scientific advice.

Our suite of services supports clients like vets, farmers and pharmaceutical companies by providing diagnostic testing for farm livestock and companion animals, as well as specific health schemes, livestock health planning, veterinary CPD courses and external quality assessment schemes.

Veterinary diagnostics

High quality testing for livestock, companion animals, farmed poultry, captive species and wildlife.

Scottish Government Veterinary Services Programme

Capital External Quality Assessment Scheme

Livestock health planning

Livestock health planning like that provided by SRUC increases knowledge on farm and improves productivity while safeguarding animal health and welfare.

Veterinary CPD courses

Helping you stay ahead of the curve.

Premium Sheep & Goat Health Scheme

Our PSGHS provide an important framework for establishing the disease status of a flock, as well as guidance for reduction, eradication and certification of freedom from disease.

Premium Cattle Health Scheme

One of the largest Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHECS) licensed schemes with an effective programme of testing and management to control multiple infectious diseases in cattle.

Other health schemes

Including the SRUC Veterinary Services Scrapie Monitoring Scheme, the Shetland Islands Health Scheme, and Highlands and Islands Sheep Health Association (HISHA) Scheme

Quick links for vets in practice

Quick links for vets in practice including health scheme rules, submission forms and where to send samples.

Sending samples?

Please send diagnostic samples to: SRUC Veterinary Services, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ.

Please send Premium Cattle Health Scheme (PCHS) and Premium Sheep and Goat Health Scheme (PSGHS) samples to: SRUC Veterinary Services, Greycrook, St Boswells, TD6 0EQ.

Get in touch using our contact page or use the map below to find your local Surveillance Hub.

Find all submission forms here

See full details on sending samples

Need help with something else?

Find and contact your local SRUC Veterinary Centre from our locations across Scotland and benefit from our team's wealth of experience and expertise.

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