Lisnafillan Farm Vets

04/11/2024

The Five Point Plan for lameness🐑

Below is a 5 point plan developed to reduce sheep lameness within a flock to less than 2%.

Common causes of sheep lameness include:
• Footrot
• Scald
• CODD
• Toe granuloma

✅️It is important to identify the cause correctly and ensure the right treatment choice.
✅️Treatment within 3 days and isolation is key to reduce disease transmission

28/10/2024

A reminder of our office opening hours ⏰️

21/10/2024

📢NEW PRODUCT ALERT🐮

YMCP Vitall bolus by Techmix for fresh cows🤩
-Only pressed bolus on the market containing live yeast, to get cows on feed sooner
-Studies show increased daily milk weights and feed intake
-Bolus allows quicker/easier administration

🐄When To Use:
-Immediately post-calving to support the transition into lactation for all cows
-For early lactation cows that are energy deficient
-For all fresh cows, to help boost intakes
-For post-surgery and stress events
-As a follow up to intravenous calcium administration to maintain calcium levels
-To support peak milk production

📞For more information give us a call on 07791146060

15/10/2024

Knock down disbudding🐮

This is a quicker, easier and kinder way of disbudding baby calves. Ideally they should be done at 2-6 weeks old. Once sedated, local anesthetic and pain relief are both administered and the calf is then disbudded while sleeping.

Overall this procedure is much less stressful for the calf leading to improved daily live weight gain💪

📞Give us a call to find out more or get your calves booked in for disbudding.

07/10/2024

LICE IN CATTLE🕷🐮

As housing is well and truly underway, we would encourage farmers to take actions against lice.
Chewing lice feed off the hair and skin of the cow whilst sucking lice feed off the blood. Both can result in the animal having reduced growth rates and DLWG and also milk drop in dairy herds.

👀Clinical signs to look out for:
- hair loss and itching
- cattle rubbing on gates/feeding troughs
- raw areas on skin that can become infected
- illthrift in calves

Let's prevent the problem!
✅️A clean and well ventilated house is a good start.
✅️The thick coat of a cow provides the perfect home for lice so by clipping their backs from head to tail we can reduce incidence on farm.

💉Both pour on products and injectables are avaliable to treat a lice infestation - give us a call today to find out more!

01/10/2024

📢ATTENTION ALL SHEEP FARMERS

Please see below details of the upcoming information evening regarding the Maedi visna status of Northern Ireland.

This meeting will take place on Wednesday 9th October 2024 at 7.30pm in Dungannon rugby club.

25/09/2024

🐄 Fertility: Embryonic death🐄

The video below shows embryonic death of a 65 day foetus recently seen by one of our vets during a routine scan.

Embryonic death can be due to many reasons both infectious and non-infectious.

18/09/2024

FENCOVIS🐄🐮

Did you know Fencovis comes in;

25 dose bottles
5 dose bottles
1 dose bottles

So every cow, whether it is calving in a batch or on its own, can be vaccinated to provide protection against Coronavirus, Rotavirus and E.Coli K99, to provide life saving antibodies to their calves.

💉It is given to cows 3 weeks to 3 months pre-calving, to provide protection for their calves against E.Coli, Rotavirus and Coronavirus.

💩If you are having problems with calf scour and you are not sure of the culprit, leave a sample into us. We can test for Rotavirus, Coronavirus, E.coli, Cryptosporidium and Coccidiosis in house.

03/09/2024

VITAMIN D REQUIREMENTS IN ALPACAS AND LLAMAS🦙

It is that time of the year again to ensure you are providing your camelids with supplementary vitamin D.
The UV levels in Northern Ireland are much less than in South America where camelids originated. Therefore we need to booster with vitamin D over the winter months. This can be done using oral drenches, pastes or an injectable form.

Give us a call to find out more 🦙

29/08/2024

🪱Lungworm🪱

At this time of the year, cases of lungworm are on the rise. Lungworm is most commonly seen in first grazing season cattle however all cattle at grass can be affected.

Signs to look out for👀
>coughing
>difficulty breathing
>abnormal/rapid breathing
>salivation and nasal discharge
>reduced appetite which can lead to loss of condition

⚠️If you suspect lungworm, do not delay treatment! Adult lungworm can obstruct airways and death can occur quickly.

📞Please contact us if you feel there could be a lungworm burden in your herd or if your cattle are experiencing any symptoms.

27/08/2024

📢And the winner is.......

Matthew Hepburn

Please contact the office to organise your prize!🎉
Thanks to everyone who took part!

22/08/2024

Only 3 days left to enter!🐑🐮

⭐️LIKE AND SHARE competition⭐️

Thank you all for helping us reach 1k followers on facebook! To celebrate like, share and tag below 🎉👇

To be in with a chance of winning pre-tupping mineral bloods for 6 sheep OR 2.5L Low volume levacide wormer and a free ovacyte FEC test.

🔴 Like our page
🔴 Like and share this post
🔴 Tag 3 friends

🩸Pre-tupping mineral sampling is useful to investigate your flock's trace element status and rectify any deficiencies before tupping.

🪱The ovacyte FEC is a highly sensitive in house test for worms and coccidia. It is important to monitor your stock's worm burden throughout the grazing season.

📞Contact us for more information on 07791146060.

*Competition closes at midnight on Sunday 25th August, winner will be announced on Monday 26th August.

12/08/2024

⭐️LIKE AND SHARE competition⭐️

Thank you all for helping us reach 1k followers on facebook! To celebrate like, share and tag below 🎉👇

To be in with a chance of winning pre-tupping mineral bloods for 6 sheep OR 2.5L Low volume levacide wormer and a free ovacyte FEC test.

🔴 Like our page
🔴 Like and share this post
🔴 Tag 3 friends

🩸Pre-tupping mineral sampling is useful to investigate your flock's trace element status and rectify any deficiencies before tupping.

🪱The ovacyte FEC is a highly sensitive in house test for worms and coccidia. It is important to monitor your stock's worm burden throughout the grazing season.

📞Contact us for more information on 07791146060.

*Competition closes at midnight on Sunday 25th August, winner will be announced on Monday 26th August.

08/08/2024

Ram fertility testing🐏

Get ready for tupping time and get your rams tested!
Infertile or sub-fertile rams can have drastic consequences on your lambing percentage and drag out your lambing while costing you money. By fertility testing we can assess the semen quality and ensure the ram is suitable for breeding.

We recommend fertility testing rams over 6 months old, 6-8 weeks prior to tupping🐏

☎️ Give us a call to book in or speak to one of our vets.

02/08/2024

Pre-tupping mineral sampling🐑

Trace elements play an integral role in fertility and it is important to know exactly what your flock's status is, and to make sure any deficiencies are rectified for tupping.

It is recommended to sample 6 ewes at various ages and body condition scores at 6-8 weeks prior to tupping. From this we can assess the copper, selenium and iodine status and provide useful information to whether supplementation is necessary.

Give us a call to organise sampling now so your ewes are ready for tupping time 🐑

29/07/2024

Dry off key points🐄

With autumn calving in the near future, there is no better time to review the drying off procedure.

Some key points include:
🐮 Use a selective approach - not all cows need antibiotic tubes.
🐮 Have your teat wipes ready to go and wear gloves! A clean and sterile as possible environment must be maintained to minimise the risk of infection.
🐮 Mark the cows prior to drying off to avoid errors/accidental bulk tank failures.
🐮 Start with the most distant teats and then the nearest to avoid contamination.
🐮Allow the cows to stand 30 minutes after to ensure closure of the teat canal before moving them to a CLEAN area.
🐮Although it's convenient, procedures like hoof trimming are not recommended at the same day due to risk of infection.

27/07/2024

Ruminant Vet required for Independent Farm Practice.

Due to an expanding case load, we are looking for a 6th dedicated farm vet to join our young team.

Located in Co.Antrim the practice is only 30mins away from the North Coast, Belfast City and Airports.

Currently the practice has a 75%dairy 25%sheep/beef split with a good variety of pedigree and commercial units. Due to the progressive nature of our work regular herd health and fertility visits alongside in-depth disease investigations play an integral role in our day to day work, applicants must be eager to complete this type of preventative work to a high standard and help support our friendly and forward thinking farmers improve their overall herd health. OPA scanning is offered to our sheep clients. All emergency work and tb testing is shared equally including with 2 additional part time TB testers.

CPD is funded and any area of expertises or advanced certification will be encouraged and supported.

The practice offers clarifide genomic testing, interherd+ analysis, monthly newsletters and educational social media content.

4 Easi scanners, fertility testing equipment, rice pelvimeter.

Ovacyte machine, in house calf scour testing equipment and immunIGY IgG

Tb clerks available for larger tb tests.

No small animal or equine

RCVS and VDS membership paid
AVSPNI membership paid and one other publication of applicants choice.

Regular 4.30 pm finishes

1/2 day in lieu of weekend on call

25 days holiday plus stat days

Around the clock support

Excellent team of support staff

Generous staff discount

Competitive package DOE

Contact Laura on 07398484408 for further info or to arrange an informal meet or email [email protected] to upload a CV