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WINTER 2015 ISSUE
LIVESTOCK MATTERS
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X LVETS NEWS
XLVets member practice Tyndale Vets is advocating a three-pronged
approach to tackling twin lamb disease.
‘Traditional treatment for twin lamb disease
involved the provision of energy through
intravenous glucose or oral propylene
glycol,‘ explains Fergus Hannon from
Tyndale Vets. ‘More recent studies of twin
lamb disease however, have suggested
some additions to this treatment regime in
order to maximise ewe survival and lamb
viability.‘
In light of this, vets at the practice
developed Ewe-Go; a unique combination
product which provides ewes with calcium
as well as energy. ‘Low calcium levels
decrease the ability of the ewe to produce
glucose, and so inhibits recovery from
pregnancy toxaemia. It’s for this reason
that the inclusion of calcium in Ewe-Go is
vitally important,‘ says Fergus.
As well as this, vets at the practice have
found that the use of an anti-inflammatory
injection in conjunction with treatment with
Ewe-Go significantly increases the survival
of ewes and their offspring, compared with
those treated with glucose and calcium
alone. ‘The combination of Ewe-Go drench
and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
injection gives every ewe suffering from twin
lamb disease the best chance of recovery,
and a successful lambing,‘ says Fergus.
‘We have been supplying Ewe Go to our
clients and veterinary practices in the UK for
3 years now with excellent results‘.
Reports from farmers indicate improvements
in ewe survival, but also importantly
increases in the number of live-born lambs,
following treatment of the ewe with
Ewe-Go. Ewe-Go oral drench is available
to order from your XLVets practice in 1 litre
flexi packs, which allow attachment of a
dosing gun for ease of administration.Ewes
should be administered 100ml orally,
followed by an anti-inflammatory injection.
For more information on Ewe-Go and the
management of twin lamb disease please
scan the QR code, or contact your
XLVets practice.
A new approach to
twin
lamb disease
UK Dairy Day
We were looking forward to a busy day in Telford at the UK Dairy Day having had a very successful and popular
stand when the event started last year.
by
By James Allcock,
Lambert, Leonard & May
Also exhibiting at the event was XLVets practice Shropshire Farm Vets, who had
BVD Check Tag factsheets and information clearly displayed for discussion with
visitors. Scarsdale Veterinary Group were busy running a FarmSkills workshop
in the cattle lines - which attracted many visitors as they were ‘painting’ a cow.
Well done to all member practices who were all kept very busy for the day.
Lambert Leonard & May took their new
modular and mobile pub, ’The Lucky
Cow‘ and the main thrust of their
communications surrounded supporting
dairy farmers during the tough industry
conditions.
For Lambert Leonard & May this means
promoting new ways in which our
team of four VetTechs can help farms
manage their herd health. It also
involves taking a proactive look at
what our clients are spending on health
care and comparing that with other
farms. The tool we use is called
‘VetInvest’ and to highlight this idea the
Lucky Cow was this year sporting a
toilet with bank notes being ‘flushed’
away down the pan! On the back of
each bank note farmers could leave
name and contact details to be entered
into a prize draw for a Jeroboam of
champagne.
This show is really local for us and it
only takes us away from the business
for one day. We see a huge number
of our clients and seem to have
become established on one of the
better locations, having supported
the show from the outset. We will
definitely be back in 2016.