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Colostrum colostrum colostrum!

Posted in Farm Animal on January 28, 2020 by Abii Dowdy We really cannot stress enough HOW important colostrum consumption is for any newborn animal. The best way to prevent issues with youngstock is to ensure they get the correct amount of colostrum within the first 4 hours of life. Colostrum … Continue reading →

How to get lambing right? Ask the ewes!

Posted in Farm Animal on January 7, 2020 by Abii Dowdy The energy and protein requirements close to lambing can increase by 60%, putting ewes under a lot of strain. To meet this energy demand, we must get the nutrition right in the build up to lambing, otherwise metabolic issues such … Continue reading →

Benchmarking antibiotic use on farm

Posted in Farm Animal on January 7, 2020 by Abii Dowdy Thank you to all the clients who have provided stock numbers in the last 3 months – Els has been busily using the data to calculate antibiotic usage per farm, adjusted for the number of animals present at the time.This … Continue reading →

Look after your vaccines so they can look after your stock!

Posted in Farm Animal on November 25, 2019 by Abii Dowdy Vaccines do a wonderful job protecting our animals from a variety of diseases and are a worthwhile investment to ensure the health of your herd or flock. However, it makes sense to protect this investment by making sure you look … Continue reading →

How to stamp out lameness in your flock

Posted in Farm Animal on October 11, 2019 by Abii Dowdy Lameness is one of the biggest costs to the sheep farmer in the UK. Our team has written this article to help producers understand the reasons why their flock could be suffering and to highlight measures to help reduce the … Continue reading →

Help protect the UK from African Swine Fever

Posted in Farm Animal on August 9, 2019 by Abii Dowdy We need to be vigilant with our animals to avoid the introduction of African Swine Fever to the UK; a disease that has killed millions of pigs worldwide. A new campaign which has been welcomed with open arms from the … Continue reading →

Clinical Case: Eye Enucleation

Posted in Farm Animal on July 17, 2019 by Abii Dowdy We were recently involved in a case that required the eye to be removed from a cow. The farmer had noticed a slow growing tumour developing at the corner of the eye over a period of weeks. We took the … Continue reading →

Clinical case: Calf Hernia Operation

Posted in Farm Animal on June 27, 2019 by Abii Dowdy ** WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES ** Hernias in calves can be fairly common diagnosis. A hernia is a weakness in the abdominal muscle walls which allows fat and occasionally abdominal contents, such as the intestines, to poke through and sit … Continue reading →

Pelvic scoring in Heifers

Posted in Farm Animal on March 25, 2019 by Abii Dowdy Heifers are often the most problematic individuals during calving, most commonly due to a mismatch in the size of the calf and the dam’s pelvis. By measuring a heifer’s pelvic area before she is put to the bull we can … Continue reading →

Bull Fertility

Posted in Farm Animal on March 25, 2019 by Abii Dowdy Now is the time to be thinking about performing a bull MOT before he gets to work again. It is estimated that 20% of bulls have reduced semen quality (subfertility) with a further 5-10% being completely infertile. Subfertility can mean … Continue reading → ← Older posts