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Raising awareness: African Swine Fever
Posted in Farm Animal November 9, 2018 Chief Veterinary Officers are uniting to raise awareness of the risk of African Swine Fever to UK pigs. All vets in the UK play a crucial role in keeping our country free of exotic notifiable diseases, helping to prevent devastating … Continue reading
African Swine Fever
Posted in Farm Animal October 11, 2018 ASF is a virus that affects pigs, wild boar, warthogs and American wild pigs and is extremely contagious. Due to the recent identification of the virus in Belgium, we are urging all of our pig owners to ensure they are … Continue reading
Red Tractor Updates
Posted in Farm Animal July 2, 2018With lots of our clients belonging to the Red Tractor Scheme we wanted to update you on some of the changes they are bringing in. From the 1st June 2018, all Red Tractor farms MUST have a written, annual livestock … Continue reading
Paulerspury Vets Opening Tuesday 1st May!
Posted in Equine, Farm Animal, Small Animal, Surgical April 24, 2018Exciting news as our Paulerspury Small Animal Clinic, located at the same site as Towcester Equine Vets (Plum Park Farm), is OFFICIALLY opening on Tuesday 1st May 2018! We will be open for bookings from 9am – 10:30am Monday to … Continue reading
Free uploads for Farmers to BVDFree database
Posted in Farm Animal February 15, 2018English beef and dairy farmers can have their Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) test results uploaded to the national BVDFree database without charge until the end of March*. The offer is open to all farmers who are registered with the BVDFree … Continue reading
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Bird Flu Detected in Wild Birds in Warwickshire
Posted in Farm Animal January 19, 2018Highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu has been detected in wild birds in Warwickshire. This is the second confirmed finding of the virus in the UK this winter, following the finding in Dorset earlier this month (January 2018). Tests have shown … Continue reading
Tagged bird, bird flu, chickens, game, poultry
Successful Digit Amputation for Lame Cow!
Posted in Farm Animal January 15, 2018This unfortunate lady had been lame for a few weeks and although her foot had been checked and trimmed to try and correct any problems, she hadn’t improved. When her foot was next examined it was found that the horn … Continue reading
Tagged bovine, cattle, farm, lameness
TOWCESTER VETERINARY CENTRE’S CHARITY CALENDAR FOR 2018
Posted in Equine, Farm Animal, Horses, Small Animal November 23, 2017 Following the success of our equine team baring all to raise money for the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance back in 2016, the team decided it was time to strip off again! However, the equine vets were not the only … Continue reading
Successful First On Farm Meeting For Towcester Vets
Posted in Farm Animal November 6, 2017Towcester Farm Vets were delighted with their first on-farm meeting held in September this year. Hosted by kind permission of George Mayo at Handley Barn, the topic for discussion was ‘Sheep Lameness – Lesion Recognition, Treatment and Control’. The afternoon … Continue reading
Antimicrobial Resistance Data….What is your usage on Farm?
Posted in Farm Animal November 1, 2017The use of antimicrobials, or antibiotics as they are more commonly known, in farming is getting increasing amounts of government and main stream media attention. This is because certain drug classes that we use within farm animal production are also … Continue reading
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