Cornwall Dairy Vets

09/10/2025

05/09/2025

A confirmed Bluetonge case confirmed in a Ram close to Bodmin.

Please report any concerns to us if you’re worried about any stock.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/bluetongue

Overview of current bluetongue cases, risk level, vaccinations and restrictions.

14/08/2025

HIRING - QUALIFIED APPROVED TUBERCULIN TESTER AND VETERINARY TECHNICAN

Due to one of our beloved Tb testers going home work on the farm, we are hiring!

Qualified TB Tester & Vet tech

(We would consider training the right applicant for the role, please email us using the address below for more information)

The basics…

-5 day week; Tb testing 4 days per week with 1 day of Vet Tech work (no weekends)
-Basic salary package ranging from £25,396. Option of additional bonus's for Tb testing per head, testing approx. 20,000 animals a year
-Newly purchased practice van included
-6.6 weeks holiday including bank holidays
-Health insurance
-Sick pay
-Company pension


A little bit about the job…
-Our testers start times do vary daily to fit with milking protocols, so a degree of flexibility is needed, though early starts do result in early finishes. Length of days vary.
-Our clients are dairy farms so pace of testing and facilities are good
- Vet tech work includes disbudding, mobility scoring, condition scoring, weigh taping and vaccinating calves
-We are a small team of 7, working closely with our farmers and so a friendly, helpful personality is a must!

To apply or for more information please contact Lowenna Dyer on [email protected] or 01208808340.

Closing date for applications 5th September 2025

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06/06/2025

This is all we managed to get pictures of today..Atleast we were smiling!

03/06/2025

21/05/2025

We’ll be back this year! And to celebrate our 5th Birthday, we’re partying on our own! Come and see us at our new stand; 712….
Same alley, opposite side, just before you get to the shearing!
🎨 Royal Cornwall Show

04/04/2025

Flies Flies Flies

Fed up with treating bad eyes over the summer, cows fidgeting in the parlour, increased mastitis rates and getting bitten while you milk? NOW is the time to act and reduce the number of flies bothering cattle on your farm.

The Cornwall Dairy Vets 4 point plan to controlling flies on your farm this year.

1. Make your cows less attractive to the flies. Fly repellent not only discourages flies it can also kill flies on contact so get in there early and it will help reduce their numbers on your farm

2. Reduce the rate that flies breed on your farm with the use of biological control. We used on a number of our farms last season and have started again this month to reduce the rate that flies build up on the holdings by allowing the parasitic wasps to kill the fly pupae before they hatch out

3. Attract the flies away from your cows with use of “Attracter buckets”. These are placed close by your housed cattle or calves in direct sunlight or as they enter your parlour from the fields. They act like a lobster pot where flies are attracted in by a smelly bait and cannot come out. This helps to draw flies away from your stock and housing

4. Reduce fly breeding areas on your farm. Store manure piles as far away from stock as possible to reduce fly breeding sites on your farm.

22/03/2025

Did someone say triplets?! 🐄🐄🐄

14/03/2025

Many a cow in Cornwall are enjoying some Herbal leys today! Improving soil health and increasing biodiversity 💪🏻🌼🐄

13/03/2025

It’s someone’s birthday (tomorrow but he’s not in then)!
Can you guess who it is?
If you see HIM in his TRUCK today - give him a toot!

12/03/2025

Springtime views 🌞🌼🐄

03/03/2025

Clearly a very stressful day for the staff at Kivells Agriculture aswell as the farmers affected by this situation and very well handled indeed!

Confirmation that the sheep from last weeks market tested NEGATIVE for both Foot and Mouth as well as Blue tongue so business at usual thank goodness!