Farm Animal News Category

Pet Loss & Bereavement Support Advisor

Posted in Equine, Farm Animal, Horses, Small Animal, Surgical on March 20, 2019 by Abii Dowdy We are happy to announce that we now have our very own Bereavement Support Advisor. Tessa, one of our Receptionists, has completed a Pet Loss & Bereavement Support Advisor Course through Innovet-CPD Training, as well as completing an 8 week … Continue reading →

CALLING ALL CAMELID OWNERS

Posted in Farm Animal on February 15, 2019 by Abii Dowdy Due to the uncertainty of the UK’s potential exit from the European Union on the 29th March 2019, we have received an email from SureFarm Ltd. who provide Tuberculosis diagnostics to vet practices across the UK. They are recommending … Continue reading →

AHDB calls farmers to #Shoutaboutthesire

Posted in Farm Animal on January 23, 2019 by Abii Dowdy With only 23 per cent of sires currently registered on passports, AHDB Beef & Lamb is urging farmers to start recording to improve profitability and boost competitiveness. Launching at this year’s British Cattle Breeders Conference, AHDB’s ‘Shout about the sire’ … Continue reading →

Towcester Vets Open Day fundraising total

Posted in Equine, Farm Animal, Horses, Small Animal, Uncategorized on January 11, 2019 by Abii Dowdy On Sunday 16thSeptember 2018, Towcester Veterinary Centre held a charity open day at our Towcester Vets practice. We wanted to raise as much money as possible for both Pawprints Dog Rescue and Alzheimers Research UK. Pawprints UK started off … Continue reading →

SEASONAL ALERT

Posted in Farm Animal on December 20, 2018 by Abii Dowdy Gut worms are causing lambs some serious problems at the moment - the exceptionally dry summer meant the pastures had very low burdens and any youngsters grazing were not able to develop their usual immunity to these worms. The wet … Continue reading →

Raising awareness: African Swine Fever

Posted in Farm Animal on November 9, 2018 by Abii Dowdy 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 on October 11, 2018 by Abii Dowdy 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 on July 2, 2018 by Kat Mozdzynski

With 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 on April 24, 2018 by Kat Mozdzynski

Exciting 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 on February 15, 2018 by Kat Mozdzynski

English 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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