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608 Farm and Equine Veterinary Surgeons
Allen and Partners
Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group
Ardene House Veterinary Practice
Armour Veterinary Centre
Belmont Veterinary Centre
Bishopton Veterinary Group
Cain Veterinary Centre
Calweton Veterinary Group
Capontree Veterinary Centre
Castle Veterinary Surgeons
Chapelfield Veterinary Partnership
Cliffe Veterinary Group
Clyde Veterinary Group
Donald S McGregor & Partners
Drove Veterinary Hospital
Endell Veterinary Group
Farm First Veterinary Services
Fenwold Veterinary Practice
Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic
Glenthorne Veterinary Group
Hook Norton Veterinary Group
Kingsway Veterinary Group
Lambert, Leonard & May
Larkmead Veterinary Group
Milfeddygon ProStock Vets
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 Group
Scott Mitchell Associates
Shepton Veterinary Group
Shropshire Farm Vets
St Boniface Veterinary Clinic
Synergy Farm Health
Thrums Veterinary Group
Tyndale Vets
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
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ANIMAL HEALTH
05
Grassroots Pneumonia:
Miranda Josephson, Calweton Veterinary
Group explains how one year on since
the launch of the Grassroots Pneumonia
Campaign their clients’ thoughts are
turning to pneumonia once more.
09
How effective is your worm control
?
We focus on the latest XLVets initiative -
Grassroots Worm Control, which aims
to increase worm control awareness
and help sheep farmers identify and
manage their resistance status.
13
Liver fluke in cattle:
Neil Laing, Clyde Veterinary Group
reviews the evolving problem of liver
fluke in cattle and its impact on
herd performance.
REPORTS
07
Flock health planning:
Chris Trower, Larkmead Veterinary Group
reports on the benefits of flock health
planning on a farm in the Chiltern Hills.
Centre Pull-out:
A guide to XLVets member practices.
THE ED I TOR
Welcome to the
‘Autumn’
issue of Livestock Matters
As autumn approaches and Livestock
2012 is almost upon us, we have
a focus on Infectious Bovine
Rhinotracheitis (commonly called IBR)
and liver fluke in cattle. Both diseases
can have devastating consequences
on herd performance and, as we see,
their identification and control both
require a planned approach.
We also take a look at the benefits one
farmer has seen since implementing a flock
health plan with his vet Chris Trower at
XLVets Larkmead Veterinary Group. Don't
forget to take a look at the XLVets
Grassroots website for some helpful tips
and advice for worming sheep too; just
contact your XLVets practice for any further
support or advice you may need.
If you are attending this year's Livestock
2012 show, XLVets will be on Stand
AH-154; please do come along and join
in with the FarmSkills 'mini-bites' challenges
we are running this year and for your
chance to win one of the FarmSkills
famous green t-shirts.
We hope you enjoy this issue.
Joanne Sharpe
XLVets
FARMSKILLS TRAINING
15
Bull fertility and soundness
We look at how FarmSkills has been raising
awareness and skills in bull fertility and
soundness training, plus we take a brief look
as we prepare for the launch of Dairy Pro.
INDUSTRY FEATURES
17
Student Diaries:
We continue to follow veterinary students
Eva Kenny and Mark Challoner through a
year of their studies.
AUTUMN FEATURE
Tom Wright, Lambert Leonard and May focuses
on one of the main infectious cattle diseases - IBR
(Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis).
10
IBR - relatively cheap to control, but
potentially expensive to ignore...