Goodsons Farm Vets

26/08/2024

The first BTV3 case in 24/25 has been confirmed at a premises near Haddiscoe, South Norfolk.

A 20km Temporary Control Zone has been put in place. Keepers of cattle, sheep, camelids and other ruminants must remain vigilant and follow the restrictions on animal and germinal product movements that now apply in the zone.

Please check the Bluetongue interactive map: https://defra.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=514ec88edec74575958d860f0196d2ea and the latest guidance on GOV.UK to see what steps you can take to prevent and control the disease: https://www.gov.uk/bluetongue.

23/08/2024

26/05/2024

And that’s a wrap for the Herts County Show this year!
A big well done to everyone that took part!🥂🐑🐄

25/12/2023

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🎄🎉
Hope you have had a cracker!
See you soon!

08/12/2023

Welcome to the world little lad! 🐮
Thank you for being part of last weeks fun and games.🙌🏻

02/12/2023

Well done to everyone who supported Thame Christmas Fat Stock this year. A very special congratulations to George for winner Future Farmer competition!

Future Farmer - G Claridge, sponsored by Goodsons Farm Vets

11/11/2023

Blue tongue confirmed in Canterbury, Kent.

Updates to follow…

FYI- Bluetongue disease is caused by Bluetongue virus (BTV) which infects ruminants, notably sheep and cattle.

https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fbluetongue&data=05%7C01%7Cjgoodson%40alumni.rvc.ac.uk%7Ce4db4397222b4a19edb708dbe2c5f65c%7C45a3be7c94024fbead438d1faebfb42d%7C0%7C0%7C638353112093349769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3MnGtrH8See2VMGNLnfiT9fzW86ELy%2FaaJRzzkYZclk%3D&reserved=0

02/10/2023

A sheet metal wound - all stitched up. 🧵🤗🐄

29/08/2023

Well done to everyone who attended and supported Winslow Show this year. It’s a lovely little show and am very proud to sponsor it! 🙌🏻🏆🐑🐏

03/08/2023

Goodsons Farm Vets is proudly backing 24 hours in farming! 🐄🐖🐑🐔🐎🐐🐷🦙🐂🚜🌾

03/07/2023

Welcome to the word little man! 🐮

14/06/2023

*Grant deadline tomorrow*

You don’t have long now to access the second theme to the farming equipment and technology grant.

The second theme- Animal health and welfare- closes at midday on the 15th of June!

This is equipment to improve animal health and welfare! Items include(not limited to!)
Calving gates
Handling systems
EID tech
Calf housing
Feeders
Calf jackets

For more information at to apply, please visit the website https://ahw.fetf.org.uk/

23/05/2023

What’s this you may ask?👀

This is a sheep eye.
Due to unknown trauma, the eye had ruptured and the only course of action to quell her pain was to remove the eye.

1. Deep sedation, antibiotics and pain relief
2.Clipping and cleaning
3.Local anaesthetic
4.Eye removal
5. Stitch up 🙌🏻

11/05/2023

Graphic scenes!

The dangers of loose sheet metal. This calf fell asleep under a gate and on waking up and trying to stand, it nearly sliced it’s entire tail off.

03/05/2023

Snip snip! ✂️
Vasectomising rams creates a teaser ram which can be used as a breeding tool to get ewes cycling via pheromones. They are put in with the ewes before the main breeding ram and are a useful way to condense lambing.

11/04/2023

Hurrah, the birds can't wait.

APHA: The Avian Influenza Prevention Zone housing measures for poultry & captive birds in England & Wales will be lifted from 00:01 on Tuesday 18 April. However, the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone mandatory biosecurity measures will remain in place for all birds. If you intend to allow your birds outside after 18 April take action now to prepare outside areas, check the info available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bird-keepers-must-maintain-scrupulous-biosecurity-standards-as-housing-measures-set-to-be-lifted & GOV.WALES: https://www.gov.wales/avian-influenza-housing-order-be-lifted-18-april

09/04/2023

Happy Easter Everyone!

30/03/2023

Had a fun morning doing health checks and blood sampling on a local herd of alpacas 🦙

10/03/2023

This little, newborn calf unfortunately picked up meningitis after birth.She is looking a million times better today and fingers crossed, with lots of tlc, she will only improve ❤️

27/02/2023

Missing 10 year old, black and white collie from Nash, Buckinghamshire.
She is very is friendly and has a lump on the base of her tail.
If anyone has heard/seen anything please contact me urgently.

20/02/2023

Midge and Margery are officially in calf! 🥂🐄✨

20/02/2023

Just a reminder that the new health and welfare grants became available last week ☝🏻

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/farming-equipment-and-technology-fund-fetf-2023/annex-4-fetf-2023-animal-health-and-welfare-eligible-items?fbclid=IwAR2-ebrJdCEbaLaa3vXxsTF-c-53S5TqocRV7UsDi_paqsfm6jTLfynvBeE

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16/02/2023

This little lad was just too big to get out on his own so I was called in to open the side door. 👨🏻‍⚕️

14/02/2023

This little man needed some help getting into the world last night so we had to gently open the side door and help him out.

Welcome to the world little man! 🐑

Caesarean

11/02/2023

It’s starting to feel like spring🌱🐑
A very proud mum with her little lamb, who needed a bit of assistance coming into the world!

04/02/2023

🐑 If you’re out and about in the countryside this time of year, you may stumble upon this situation.
It is quite common with sheep in the run up to lambing. Here is a simple step by step way to help get cast sheep back on their feet! 🐑

02/02/2023

Colostrum is gold🍼

Although milk from the dam is best - We stock the best powdered artificial colostrum, immucol platinum.

For more info on colostrum have a read below!

https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/colostrum-is-gold-feeding-colostrum-to-calves-lambs-and-piglets?fbclid=PAAaZptEQjowVbab_HgvKwghVGgT5RiLkby4De0um8ilSH8cUHOfWzZUfbuhE

27/01/2023

Twins!🐮🐮🎉

14/01/2023

A reminder for calving & lambing season.

The Recovery Position, Don’t Take Their Breath Away

Calving sometimes doesn’t go as well as it could. Problems happen, sometimes it seems, for no reason. Sometimes you will have a calf born that isn’t active the moment he hits the ground. If he’s having trouble breathing, we must stimulate his respiration and make it as easy as possible for him to breathe.

First off, we must get him breathing, there are several methods one can use to stimulate a newborn to start and continue breathing. One is to rub him actively; this simulates what his mother would do. Using a piece of straw to poke in his nose or even your fingers to squeeze his septum may help. These are the most common methods we use to stimulate a calf to breathe. Other ideas include pouring cold water on the calf, or in the calf’s ear, these are designed to shock him into breathing. I have to admit, I have never done this.

Once you have him breathing semi regularly, the best thing you can do is to sit him up in the ‘Recovery Position’. This position is designed to make it as easy as possible for him to expand his lungs. This position has the calf sitting upright, with both back legs pulled forward along his sides and his front legs stretched out in front of him. With a really weak calf, you may still have to support him in some way.

The old-fashioned thought to hang or swing the calf is not a recommended way to help get them to breathe. The idea was that it drained fluid out of the calf’s lungs, and it does drain fluid out of the calf. However, this fluid DOES NOT come from the lungs, but rather the stomach. What hanging or swinging them DOES DO, is to actually put more pressure on the diaphragm and lungs and in fact makes it much more difficult for the calf to start and continue breathing.

So, to sum up

DO
1. Stimulate breathing by
• Using a piece of straw to tickle his nostril
• Squeezing the septum (flesh between the nostrils) with your fingers
• Rub the calf vigorously
• Pour cold water on the calf or in its ear (to shock it into gasping)
2. Use the RECOVERY POSITION

DO NOT
1. Hang the calf over a gate or fence
2. Swing the calf by its back legs

06/01/2023

Just a heads up for everyone 🐄🐑

There is a risk of reduced availability/high cost of strong iodine for navel dressing of neonatal lambs this spring.

Excellent information and advice from our SVS colleagues - https://sheepvetsoc.org.uk/news/supply-of-strong-iodine-10-for-navel-dressing-of-neonatal-lambs/