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XLVets 10th Anniversary Charity Challenge clocks
up almost 35,000 miles and £35k for charity
The money raised has been split between
XLVets member practices’ local chosen
charities and Send a Cow, which will
receive a cheque for £15,571 (which will
buy more than 20 cows).
Alex Cooper of Fenton Vets, raised the
most money, totalling £1,966. For his
efforts, Alex has won a trip to Africa with
Send a Cow. His practice also clocked up
the furthest distance, travelling an amazing
4,516 miles!
Sophie Porfirio, corporate partnerships
manager for Send a Cow is delighted with
the donation: ‘It’s a big fat thank-moo(!)
from everyone at Send a Cow to everyone
at XLVets who have made this fabulous
donation possible.’
Alex is heading out to Africa in February so
we hope to follow his trip in a future issue of
Livestock Matters where we will find out more
about the work Send a Cow does and how
the XLVets money raised will support this.
Stiff competition at AgriScot 2015
The XLVets stand at AgriScot
2015 was once again a very
busy and exciting place to be
with calf halter tying generating
stiff competition amongst visitors.
BVD remained a key focus on the stand
with many farmers still unsure about how
they should deal with the disease on farm;
questions about testing and vaccination
were frequent from attending farmers
not just in Scotland, but from throughout
the UK.
Sheep lameness was also discussed with
the ‘connect four’ challenge demonstrating
that the different conditions need to be
identified correctly to ensure that the best
treatment is given.
Many thanks to all the XLVets members that
helped throughout the day.
The XLVets charity challenge has been a huge success with over £35,000 raised for
charity and 34,727 miles travelled in total. The XLVets practices have between them
clocked up over 11,000 miles more than the original target of 23,605.63 miles!
Alex Cooper
XLVets members present the cheque to Send a Cow