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At Westpoint Farm Vets we aim to provide the highest level of specialist farm veterinary service to keepers of livestock, from smallholdings to commercial farms.
Don't forget our upcoming FREE calving talk on the 12th September.
Get ready for Autumn calving, and make early preparations for Spring!
We will be joined by Celia Bradbury to discuss products including Sensiblex, which is marketed for use in unsuccessful cervical dilation in calving.
Date: 12th September
Time: 2pm
Location: Essex Young Farmers building
Price: Free!
Refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP direct to the practice on 01306 628 489
Bluetongue Virus (BTV3) has been confirmed in a sheep in South Norfolk.
Updates on the current situation and the newly installed Temporary Control Zone (CTZ) can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bluetongue-information-and-guidance-for-livestock-keepers
Please be assured that we are monitoring the situation. The best tool we have is vigilance for signs, detailed in the link and in our various infographics. We are here to field any concerns from our clients.
Follow up funding for the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway is now available!
Continue your proactive work, with funding now available to follow up with further testing and advice on endemic disease control.
These visits are doubly beneficial as they can serve as medicine visits to ensure that your health plans and prescriptions are up to date.
For more information, head to: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farmers-how-to-apply-for-funding-to-improve-animal-health-and-welfare -publication-update-history
If you're an aspiring tech, already working as one, or simply interested in the possibility of a job in the technical agricultural sphere, then check out the British and Irish Vet Tech Association conference on the 9th of October.
Our wonderful Wi******er team performed an incredible feat over the weekend! A 24 hour swimathon!
If you would like to donate to their cause, there is still time!
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Ami Sawran, clinical director at Westpoint Farm Vets, received the honour for her work on llamas and alpacas.
Another excellent set of results at a 2024 Summer show, this time we are celebrating Simon and Julie Dain and Family at Peter Brand Farms, Pentlow, who achieved Champion Female and Reserve Overall (any other down breed) with their Dorset Down shearling ewe at this year's Suffolk Show.
Well done!
It's that time again! has rolled around, and we are hoping to take lots of lovely photographs with our clients today as we highlight what it is to spend a day in the life of a farm vet.
We would love to share your photos and videos - feel free to send them over.
Here's a reminder of last year's antics. Morrisons Farmers Guardian.
Let's plan something to look forward to! The team at Westpoint Chelmsford would love to celebrate our brilliant clients with a family fun day on the 12th October.
We would love to hear from our clients who sell farm produce, as there will be an opportunity to hold stalls at our event at Essex Young Farmers.
If you're interested in hosting a stall, please give us a shout - otherwise, please SAVE THE DATE!
When you're absolutely furious about having had a plasma transfusion, but secretly grateful for the life-saving antibodies it provides. And the photo op.
Nuisance flies not only debilitate livestock through strike, but through transmitting painful eye conditions. These can pass through a group of animals very quickly, so proactive fly control is essential.
Eyes can be brought back from the brink with prompt attention, pain relief and specific antibiotic therapy. Give us a call if you have any concerns, or for advice on holistic fly control measures.
*** 📒 Calling any overseas graduates preparing for the next RCVS statutory exams. 🐮 ***
We are offering a two day intensive course in farm animal skills to help you prepare for your farm OSCE stations on the 21st and 22nd August.
For further details, or to register, please contact our Chelmsford Branch.
Sleepy calves awaiting their disbuds - anaesthesia with a touch of sedation is a huge move towards supporting the welfare of calves for routine procedures such as disbudding.
Maddy was very pleased to find all of her patients napping in preparation for their disbud session, which passed without undue stress.
Haemonchus is still lurking!
If you see a lethargic animal, make sure to check their mucous membranes - we are still seeing clinical cases of haemonchus. Sometimes our treatment of this is very targeted so as not to cause resistance in other worm populations, so it's vitally important to perform faecal egg counts to understand if you have mixed burdens or not.
Please give us a call if you have concerns over parasite management or haemonchus in particular.
Knowledge transfer is a huge part of a farm vet's job. Empowering farm teams to take care of routine tasks is important for the smooth running of farms.
Here is Ian running what appears to be the smiliest AI course we have ever seen.
Tell me you love your job without telling me you love your job.
Look at the size of that smile as Katie delivered this gorgeous healthy calf!
An exciting new way of connecting with us from the comfort of your own home - we are launching Westpoint Webinars! The first will be a session on Parasitology for Smallholders. Get in touch to secure your spot!
🪂Melissa Pearmain from our support team in Chelmsford reached new heights when she bravely jumped out of a plane to raise money for The Daisy Garland, a children’s epilepsy charity.
The charity is a cause close to Melissa’s heart as they have been supporting her niece Mia and family with help and advice.
The Daisy Garland raises awareness of childhood epilepsy, provides families with night-time breathing monitors and funds specially trained dieticians to work within NHS hospitals.
Joined by Mia’s brother and aunt, the three of them have so far raised an amazing £630 for the charity.
Our new multi-purpose crush at Chelmsford's Coalyard Clinic is serving us, and this sheep very well, as vet Mia could very safely and comfortably drain an abscess that had developed on an awkward spot!
With the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway for sheep focusing primarily on parasite control, now is an excellent time to register (through an improved, shorter system) for your funded veterinary visits. For more information, head over to the dedicated AHWP section of the APHA website - for any queries, we are here for you.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-health-and-welfare-pathway/animal-health-and-welfare-pathway
Haemonchus burdens are still featuring heavily in our small ruminant workload.
Please make sure to check mucous membrane colour on your animals - particularly if they are lethargic or losing condition. The larval stage of this 'barber pole' worm can debilitate an animal before they start laying eggs and showing up in faecal egg counts, so it's important to stay alert for signs of poor health. Haemonchus populations increase when it is warm, and particularly after bursts of rain.
Shearing of camelids is well underway, but if you are still waiting for your herd to be sheared, please bear in mind the following tips.
We love to see our clients perform well at shows - it was a particularly spectacular one for Smith Farms Clacton at St Osyth at the Suffolk show this year as they took supreme for the second year running, and topped it off with a reserve champion as well.
Below you'll find an article about some up and coming junior handlers :)
We would be really happy to share the good news if you happen to be out and about on the show circuit - just get in touch!
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24355924.twins-celebrate-third-birthday-competing-suffolk-show/
Occupational hazards of being coastal vets... getting stuck on an island in the middle of your rounds. Unfortunately, there wasn't an ice-cream van in sight, so Ian just had to wait it out on the way back from an emergency lambing.
We see far more alpacas than we do llamas, but we are always thrilled to see such a handsome and gentle giant like this fella.
We weren't attending to him for medical reasons, we just like a photo opportunity - seems he does too!
If you ever wanted to see a textbook case of photosensitisation, this is it.
The white-haired areas are raised, and appear 'sunburned' - often this is associated with animals eating plants that affect the body's ability to cope with UV exposure. Luckily, Ian attended to this lovely girl today who had been grazing some hedgerows. These are going to be inspected to see what the likely culprit is, and she gets a little time out in the shade with supportive care.
Our Chelmsford branch is looking for an additional administrator to help serve our growing client base. We would love to hear from motivated individuals with customer service or reception experience, and a knowledge of farming and agricultural industries.
If you are looking for a part time role in a friendly, busy farm practice, then please feel free to enquire - if this might suit someone you know, please share!
Our Chelmsford branch is holding an unpacking course at the practice next week, which should prove a useful refresher for experienced breeders- or an introduction to those new to it. Ami will also cover neonatal cria care and field your breeding questions! Please give the practice a call if you wish to come along.
We are holding a camelid unpacking and cria care course on the 13th of June. Please see our flyer for further details.
RSVP asap to secure your spot and give us an idea of numbers.
Ice, ice, baby - Abbie and Gemma, part of our South Eastern Tech Team have been busy freeze branding some lovely dairy heifers over the past few weeks.
Our tech team are always up for husbandry jobs that help you to be more efficient in the day-to-day workings of busy farms - feel free to give us a call for more details on their services.
We are supporting a camelid welfare research project, funded by the Animal Welfare Foundation UK.
Led by Ami Sawran, the research team are looking for potential participants to help us understand if the head shape and facial fibre coverage in UK alpacas is changing.
We are looking for participants in specific areas in England currently. If you are interested in participating, please send Ami an email to the address on this flyer.
We are holding a camelid unpacking and cria care course on the 13th of June. Please see our flyer for further details.
RSVP asap to secure your spot and give us an idea of numbers.
An heroic rescue of this dairy cow who managed to catch her tail in a scraper. Maddie amputated her tail to prevent spread of infection, and to remove the injured tissue under epidural and with a good dose of pain relief.
She is doing famously now, if a little stumpy!
DEFRA have published their guide as to how a potential BTV3 outbreak might be managed in the UK.
For details of how this may affect you, especially in the East of England, follow the link below.
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A reminder about upcoming road closures in Essex due to RideLondon - for further details on timings and closures, go to: https://www.ridelondon.co.uk/road-closures/interactive-road-closure-maps
We are anticipating some disruption on our routes next weekend due to RideLondon - please look at the interactive event maps that detail local road closures.
Our response times may be affected by road closures on both Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th of May, but we will do our best to attend to your emergencies as swiftly as possible.
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A reminder that the deadline for the items to improve animal health and welfare is TOMORROW at midday - items such as handling systems, calving gates, footbath systems could be eligible for this.
The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund is a great initiative to help improve on farm conditions and systems, and there are significant amounts available. To apply, head to: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/farming-equipment-and-technology-fund-2024/apply-for-the-farming-equipment-and-technology-fund-fetf-2024
DON'T FORGET to apply for this round of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund.
There are many eligible products that can help with farm productivity and animal welfare, including handling systems, footbaths, calving gates and more.
We are more than happy to help with letters of support to strengthen our clients' applications. Just give us a shout - but be mindful of the early deadlines of the 17th April. Follow for more information: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/farming-equipment-and-technology-fund-2024
Our ever popular medicine handling and injection course is back to help you satisfy the requirements of farm assurance. This course can also be used as a handy refresher, training for your farm teams, and also as a guide for new owners.
Give us a call to book a spot!
So pleased to have shown up in this incredibly insightful guide. Thanks to Farmers Weekly
📖 Our guide to female-friendly recruiting is brought to you with insights from Ewan Anderson, Westpoint Farm Vets Phil Garnham, Sarah Hendry, Hannah Robson, Sarah Want, Natalie Smith, Jane Craigie 💡
https://ow.ly/i6nv50QMmH1
Our clinic is up and running; whether you want to have your donations conducted on farm, or in our lovely, calm, clean clinic, now is the time to book your plasma drive to safeguard the health of cria during unpacking season. If the worst should happen, it's best to be prepared with fresh, frozen plasma with antibodies specific to your herd.
If you'd like to find out more, give us a call!
We hope that whether you celebrate Christmas or not, that your festive season is happy and about as restful as farming gets (!)
We will be providing 24 hour cover as standard, but if you require routine appointments or medication pickups, these will be available on the 27-29th December.
Happy Holidays and best wishes from all the team here at Chelmsford.
Little Waltham Road
Chelmsford
CM17TG
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| Tuesday | 8am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 5pm |
| Friday | 8am - 5pm |
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A fascinating visit for all involved today as Amanda and Ami put their scanner to good use. Firstly to find an errant abdominal testicle that had been retained. Locating this via uktrasound meant that we did not have to spend a lot of time physically searching in the abdomen! The next task was to do some pregnancy diagnosis on some lovely angora goats. As you can see - the kids were up for putting on quite an acrobatic display. Now is a really good time to get some scanning done- the foetuses are well formed and their whole skeletons are visible on screen.
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