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X LVETS SHOWS
AUTUMN 2012 ISSUE
LIVESTOCK MATTERS
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This year Beef Expo went back to the Three Counties showground in
Malvern on 24th May. Along with the XLVets FarmSkills stand, XLVets
was also asked to assist with the organisation and running of the
new 'beef from the dairy herd’ exhibition and the animal health and
production seminars.
Beef Expo 2012
The FarmSkills stand was adorned with
challenges to tempt visitors onto the stand to
learn a new skill they could take home and
use. With a particular focus on bull fertility,
the prosthetic testicles provided not only
great amusement, but more importantly
demonstrated how to identify common fertility
problems. Another challenge was learning
to tie a halter out of a single piece of rope
- a good skill to have and one that would
come in useful, many commented.
James Allcock, of XLVets Lambert Leonard
and May was part of this year's NBA beef
expo ‘beef from the dairy herd’ exhibition
planning committee. Working alongside other
companies including EBLEX, Blade and
Meadow Quality, XLVets supported the
exhibition by providing information on health
planning, parasite and disease control and
had vets on hand to discuss further the
aspects of disease control and stock
management. The exhibition focused on
many aspects of beef production from dairy
bred calves including; the importance of
genetics, feeding youngstock through to
finishing cattle and considered the potential
for the finished product.
Finally Mel Macpherson, from XLVets member
practice Drove Vets chaired the Beef Expo
animal health and production seminar area
for the day; introducing the speakers, many
of which were XLVets members. The seminars
provided visitors with the opportunity to come
and listen to speakers on subjects including
health and management of out-wintered
suckler cows and opportunities to tighten
suckler cow calving patterns.
Our sincere thanks to all those XLVet members
who came along to help out on the day.
The XLVets FarmSkills stand and the many
XLVet helpers ran a 'match the parasite to the
condition' picture competition as part of the
XLVets Grassroots worming campaign, among
other challenges which had people vying
to win one of the vibrant green t-shirts and
tickets to Livestock 2012.
Once again, thank you to all the XLVet
members who came along to help on
the stand.
NSA Sheep
- 4th July 2012
This year the NSA sheep event was held at the Three Counties showground at Malvern. Sadly the
dismal July weather made it a rather muddy state of affairs, but the bad weather did keep the stand
busy all day as everyone wanted to be indoors.