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608 Farm and Equine Veterinary Surgeons
Allen and Partners
Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group
Ardene House Veterinary Hospital
Armour Veterinary Centre
Belmont Veterinary Centre
Bishopton Veterinary Group
Cain Vet Centre
Calweton Veterinary Practice
Capontree Veterinary Centre
Castle Veterinary Surgeons
Chapelfield Veterinary Partnership
Cliffe Veterinary Group
Clyde Veterinary Group
Drove Veterinary Hospital
Endell Veterinary Group
Farm First Veterinary Services
Fenwold Veterinary Centre
Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic
Glenthorne Veterinary Group
Hook Norton Veterinary Group
Kingfisher Veterinary Practice
Kingsway Veterinary Group
Lambert, Leonard & May
Larkmead Veterinary Group
Macpherson O’Sullivan Ltd
Millcroft Veterinary Group
Minster Veterinary Practice
Northvet Veterinary Group
Paragon Veterinary Group
Parklands Veterinary Group
PAWS Veterinary Health Centre
Penbode Veterinary Group
Rosevean Veterinary Practice
Rutland Veterinary Centre
Scarsdale Veterinary Hospital
Scott Mitchell Associates
Shepton Veterinary Group
Southfield Veterinary Centre
St Boniface Veterinary Clinic
Synergy Farm Health
Thrums Veterinary Group
Tyndale Vets Ltd
Wensum Valley Veterinary Surgeons
Westmorland Veterinary Group
Willows Veterinary Group
Wright & Morten
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veterinary practices located throughout the
United Kingdom committed to working together
for the benefit of our clients.
AUTUMN EDITION
C O N T E N T S
Livestock Matters
is published by:
XLVet UK Ltd, Carlisle House
Townhead Road, Dalston
Carlisle CA5 7JF
Tel: (01228) 711788
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CONTENTS
ANIMAL HEALTH
07
Buying in sheep without buying
in trouble:
Russell Fuller of Tyndale Vets Ltd
reports on how setting up quarantine
procedures can help prevent buying
in disease or wormer resistance.
REPORTS
11
Attention to winter dry cow
management substantially reduces
cell counts:
Jane Anscombe from Farm First Vets
gives some initial advice on identifying
and segregating high cell count cows.
TRAINING
13
FarmSkills travels to Northern Ireland:
Parklands Veterinary Group in Northern
Ireland are the latest XLVets practice to
launch a number of courses under the
FarmSkills brand.
15
FarmSkills Africa:
Owen Atkinson of Lambert, Leonard &
May reports on his visit to Mozambique
on the FarmSkills Africa Programme.
Pull-Out Guide:
Colostrum Management
AUTUMN FEATURE
To keep fertility on track, more and more dairy
farmers are asking their vet to make regular
fertility visits. We focus on two XLVets farms
who have benefited from regular visits.
03
The health and financial benefits
of a regular focus on fertility...
THE ED I TOR
Welcome to the
‘Autumn’
issue of Livestock Matters...
As autumn approaches and the Dairy Event
& Livestock Show is almost upon us, this
edition focuses on fertility, cell counts and
calf management in dairy herds. Good
fertility is crucial to the success of any dairy
enterprise, no matter what the size, and
this article highlights the benefits that
regular fertility visits have generated for
two XLVet clients.
There's also practical advice for those who
will be buying-in sheep in the autumn sales;
Russell Fuller from Tyndale provides tips to
ensure sheep brought on to the farm do not
bring with them disease or health problems
that could potentially affect the whole flock.
For those younger readers of the magazine
who may be considering a career as a vet,
we have thoughts and advice from Jack
Ashby at Glenthorne on how to get ahead
and decide if it's the career choice for you.
If you are attending this year's Dairy Event,
XLVets are on Stand AH-151; please do
come along and join in with the FarmSkills
'mini-bites' challenges we are running this
year for your chance to win one of the
FarmSkills famous green t-shirts.
We hope you enjoy this issue of
‘Livestock Matters’.
Joanne Dodgson
XLVets