We went out spreading parasitic wasp pupae today across different farms both in sheds and out at pasture, we are hopeful our forward thinking clients will see a real improvement in flies and the effects they bring over the coming months 🪰 If you would like to know more or be involved please get in touch 😊
What better way to spend Valentine’s Day than scanning new life? ❤️🐮Our vets are equipped with Easi-Scan Go scanners, which allow us to remotely connect the screen to our phones, allowing for some fun videos like this!
When you get that good spot 🐮
As the weather starts to warm up worm eggs will start to hatch, so now is the time to start submitting samples for worm egg counts. This was an unusual sight on a sample submitted today - a live worm larvae!
Stress-free knock-down disbudding, as mums watch on 🐮 Who can guess the breed?
Vet Tech Lauren has been kept busy mobility scoring this week 🐮 Have you booked yours yet?
Merry Christmas from all our vets! 🤪
Wishing the happiest of holidays to all our lovely clients ⛄️ We are now closed until Wednesday but as always our vets are available for emergencies ☎️
Leaving you all with a bit of fun while we take a social media break over Christmas 🤪
Our website home page has had a facelift ✨ Watch our new video below and let us know what you think ⬇️ You can watch it over and over again at www.avlavets.co.uk 🤩
Who’s seen our Christmas advert in the Mendip Times? 🤩
✨ REHYDRATION SAVES COWS’ LIVES ✨
Early intervention with regular fluid therapy is vital in ensuring a good outcome to your sick cows 🐮 This client of ours has brilliantly attached a water pump to their equipment, taking the physical effort out of drenching cows 🤩
Ram MOT Open Day
Thanks to all who attended our first (hopefully annual!) Ram MOT Open Day 🐑 Here’s an impressive swirl of swimmers ⬇️
If you didn’t get a chance to attend today or your boys didn’t perform as expected, please do get in touch to arrange another test at a later date 🐑
Cria and mum 🦙
We ❤️ seeing updates from cases!
A lovely client sent us an update after their alpaca ‘Emily’ needed a helping hand unpacking last week. Both mum and cria ‘Pumpkin Sweet’ are doing well and we couldn’t be more pleased 🦙
Bee Friendly Practice 🐝
We had a little visitor to our planter this morning 🐝
Cheers to drinking and enjoying British milk.
To consumers, supporters and producers - We thank you 🥛🐄🤍 #WorldMilkDay #EnjoyDairy
Border Disease - Hairy Shaker Syndrome
Let’s talk about border disease 🐑
Studies have shown at least 1/3 of sheep flocks have been exposed to the virus which causes border disease (BDV).
Depending on when infection occurs it can lead to:
🐑 Abortions
🐑 Barren ewes
🐑 Low birth weights
🐑 Congenital deformities
🐑 Poor survival rates
A distinct sign that BDV is present is when lambs are born with hairy shaker syndrome, which we saw on-farm in the below video. This particular farm had an 8% barren rate in the affected group.
To investigate whether BDV is present in your flock, blood samples should be taken. As always please contact us if you have any questions ☎️
Last week we shared the news we can now run worm egg counts in-house. This video from the Moredun Group does a brilliant job of describing worm life cycles and explains the confusing concept of anthelmintic resistance 🔬
