Lisnafillan Farm Vets

10/07/2025

09/07/2025

Last chance to register for tomorrow nights meeting.

Register here⤵️
https://forms.gle/zVg2ndYRGBWjSFkT6
or message: 07538375056 / 07791 146060

07/07/2025

🐮 Suckler Herd Fertility Meeting 🐮

📍Hillstown Farm Shop Cafe
📅Thursday 10th July
🕣 Food served from 7pm, meeting starts at 7.30pm.

The new suckler cow scheme is now live. Join us for a bite of tea and an informative evening, where we will take a look at suckler cow fertility, scanning, pelvic scoring and discuss practical ways to improve your calving interval.

Please register with the office by calling or texting 07791146060 or via the link below!

https://forms.gle/RCBGC4tDU6aAGvHJA

04/07/2025

All of England is now a restricted zone.
Bluetongue is still a very worrying problem.
It arrived in England in Autumn 2024 after infected midges were blown across the channel. It continues to spread westwards and northwards.
Scotland and Wales now have imposed restrictions on movement.
We continue to have a ban on any imports from GB.

01/07/2025

🐮 Suckler Herd Fertility Meeting 🐮

📍Hillstown Farm Shop Cafe
📅Thursday 10th July
🕣 Food served from 7pm, meeting starts at 7.30pm.

The new suckler cow scheme is now live. Join us for a bite of tea and an informative evening, where we will take a look at suckler cow fertility, scanning, pelvic scoring and discuss practical ways to improve your calving interval.

Please register with the office by calling 07791146060 or via the link below!

https://forms.gle/RCBGC4tDU6aAGvHJA

27/06/2025

🪱LUNGWORM🪱

Lungworm is a major summer threat and can cause long term respiratory issues or sudden death, particularly in first season grazers. In typical years, larvae begin building up from June.

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.

26/06/2025

Haemonchus is of major concern. Once thought of as being a Southern Hemisphere problem, it is now present in Northern Ireland and we have had cases diagnosed within our practice.

Check out the video for more information, if you have any concerns, speak to one of our vets or drop in a dung sample.

25/06/2025

Toxoplasmosis and Chlamydia abortus continue to be the big players in ovine abortion. Between them they were responsible for 36% of abortions tested by AFBI in 2023.

Vaccination:
Prevention is always better than cure.
➡Ewe lambs can be vaccinated from 5 months of age
➡Vaccinations can be done from 4 months prior to mating up until 3 weeks before.

🛑Vaccines are now available to order🛑
🛑Order at least two weeks before you need the vaccines.
🛑Vaccines usually arrive on a Friday, and need to be administrated within a number of days!

08/06/2025

We can now test milk samples in house on our machine.
Find out what the pathogen is and the antibiotic sensitivity in less than 24hours 💪🏻.

Mastatest® is the automated mastitis diagnostic tool that guides precision management of bovine mastitis on farm, to improve milk quality, optimise herd health, and maximise milk productivity and farm profit.

Just leave in a milk sample 🥛

02/06/2025

Shearing time

⚠️☣️ Biosecurity risk ☣️⚠️

We are always relieved to get shearing done and aren't they glad to get those heavy fleeces off, but it's important to remember shearing poses some biosecurity risks to our flocks.

Contagious diseases like SCAB, CODD and Footrot in particular are a concern.

The NSA gave released some guidance, read it here; https://nationalsheep.org.uk/our-work/news/updated-guidance-helps-to-protect-sheep-flocks-this-shearing-time/ #:~:text=Reduce%20exposure%20%2D%20Shear%20younger%2C%20fitter,and%20clean%20and%20disinfect%20boots.

Remember;
⚠️ Be honest with your shearers if you have a contagious disease present within your flock
⚠️Make sure your shearers take adequate precautions and disinfect equipment and trailers, and change their clothes between flocks.
⚠️Make sure if other flocks are getting sheared alongside yours, that you take adequate precautions.

National Sheep Association