Dedicated farm practice in Northumberland. New, independent and enthusiastic. XL Vets member practice. RT or ❤️ =/= endorsement. Tweets mainly by @jhkstry
£2465 donated to @VetlifeUK at the President's Gala Fundraiser last night. Thank you to everyone for their generosity and for joining in so enthusiastically with the Cèilidh.
With most of the country experiencing extreme temperatures this week, it’s important to consider the effect heat can have on livestock.
🌡️ We’ve pulled together our top tips for cattle and sheep to prevent heat stress ➡ ow.ly/htEE50PIHWX
🐑Finishing lambs off grass & forage? @Alnhamfarming will discuss this at their meeting on 20th June with @ColdrochieEG@RhidianJones2.
👇Ewes & lambs are currently grazing GS4 in a leader-follower system with cows tidying up afterwards.
🖱️ow.ly/f2o350OLOpT
Farm vets CPD - Examination of Rams for Breeding?
Join @BSFHealth for a great day of CPD!
Wed 9th Aug, 9am - 5pm
To book your place contact claire.neillans@bsfh.co.uk
#CPD#Farmvets#Vets
Our St Boswells Disease Surveillance Centre is aware of five herds having problems with small calves so far this year, which are either aborted late in pregnancy, stillborn or alive.
sruc.ac.uk/veterinary-survei…#ScotVets
Pls RT @AHDB_BeefLamb: Tackling parasites in sheep with SCOPS podcast.
They discuss the Nematodirus forecasting map for 2023 and details of the sheep element of the recently launch Defra funded animal health and welfare pathway
Full story bit.ly/3GexFAQ
***Save the Date***
Sheep Veterinary Society Spring Virtual Conference.
Date - Thursday 25th May 2023.
sheepvetsoc.org.uk/events/
Further details to follow in due course, event is open to non-members.
...just to add, I will talk to my vets on a regularl, @BSFHealth are my go to consultants on physical performance, animal health & welfare, genetics and more so feed, we have a strong relationship as will most livestock farmers with their vets, sorry this pathway dumbfounds me!?
Pls RT - The Sheep Antibiotic Guardian Group (SAGG) and @SheepVetsoc urge vets to use up-to-date version of AMU calculator.
Use version 3.5
See website [page] - bit.ly/3xsTzM3
Next Monday @FlockHealth and @natsheep will host a webinar on best practice at lambing. Sign up below
Dydd Llun nesa bydd gweminar arbenigol am arferion wyna gorau yn wyneb heriau anarferol eleni. Cliciwch isod am fanylion
nationalsheep.org.uk/events/…
UK Beef farmers & vets! Please help!
I’m looking for upto date antibiotic usage on finisher farms to use as benchmarking with a couple of my farms?! Does anyone have any links?
@XLVets @BSFHealth@AHDB_BeefLamb