Jonathan Wood Vets - Farm

Happy Cows

These cows were excited to receive a clear TB test result this morning meaning they can go out and enjoy the sun, we hope you’re enjoying some sun and dry weather! #jwoodvetsfarm #farminglife #cows #TBtesting #creditonvets

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🐮 Ways to prevent calf pneumonia - Ventilation & Housing🐮 🌬️Optimum ventilation allows stale, moist air to be exchanged for fresh, clean air. In poorly ventilated houses, pathogens, dust and noxious gasses like ammonium can compromise the calves' airways. A dry, straw bed is a great way of keeping your calves healthy and content, by reducing stress and regulating body temperature. Floor slope, drainage and ventilation are important factors in maintaining dry bedding. Feed intake and feed conversion are both linked to calf health. Make sure your calf feed plan is optimal, for the type of animal and the targeted weight gain 💪 #Jwoodvets #Vetpartners #mixedvets #farmvets #CalfVaccination #AntibioticsStewardship #SustainableFarming #VentillationRelaxationVaccination #CalfPneumonia #DontHesitateVaccinate #Zoetis

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🐮 How does Pneumonia spread? 🐮 Viruses are considered the initial cause of the majority of calf pneumonia outbreaks. In addition, bacteria and lungworm can also play a role. 🤒 Calves with pneumonia can produce large quantities of causal viruses and bacteria, which can infect neighboring animals through saliva spread by close contact and coughing. By vaccinating all your calves you can significantly reduce the spread. Routine vaccination protects your calves from severe pneumonia outbreaks. As well as reducing severity of clinical signs and viral shedding, it saves your business money in the long term. Don’t hesitate, vaccinate! Read more: https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/vaccine-use-in-livestock #Jwoodvets #mixedvets #farmvets #CalfVaccination #AntibioticsStewardship #SustainableFarming #VentillationRelaxationVaccination #CalfPneumonia #DontHesitateVaccinate #Zoetis #AHDB #herdhealth

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🐮 Why is calf pneumonia important? 🐮 Around 3/4 of calves diagnosed with calf pneumonia are found to have lung damage at the time of slaughter. Pneumonia severely impacts calf growth rates leading to loss of revenue to farmers. Calf pneumonia costs the farming community £80 million per year. Prevention measures are the most sustainable and cost-effective way to manage the disease. ☎️ We're here for you if you need us. #Jwoodvets #Vetpartners #Mixedvets #farmvets #CalfVaccination #AntibioticsStewardship #SustainableFarming #VentillationRelaxationVaccination #CalfPneumonia #DontHesitateVaccinate #Zoetis

🐄 Its calving season!⭐️ Matthew and Annelie had a busy night on call when this cow got into trouble giving birth, the calf was upside down and stuck in the birth canal 🙃 After manually turning the calf inside the cow, Annelie used the calving jack to help ease the calf out. The jack has a lot more man power than Annelie, which is needed to pull a large calf 👩🏼‍⚕️🐮 As you can see, the cow is a fantastic mother and quickly sets to licking her baby clean. The calf was standing within 30 minutes and is doing well 🥳 #Jwoodvets #farmvets #oncall #nights #calving #heretohelp #VetPartners

💩 Faecal Egg Counting 💩 A faecal egg count is one of the best monitoring tools for parasites in livestock and it’s really simple to do - see video. We recommend doing this every three weeks throughout the grazing season with your livestock groups to identify a parasite burden. If the results show a low burden, your stock are holding up well and there are no signs of scour, then you may not need to worm, saving you time and money. If the burden is high a vet can discuss further steps and give advice on which treatment is needed. 🐄🪱🐑 #jwoodvet #farmvet #assessyourrisk #fec #vetpartners #parasitecontrol #cluesinthepoo #collectingsamples #inhousetesting

Alice the vet has had a busy day, finishing up with this big beauty who was delivered via Caesarian section this afternoon. As you can see mum was up and licking him off as soon as she was able to 🐑😋🐑… did you know we cover our own out of hours service, so whenever you need us, we are here! 💗🤩 #vets #oncall #sheep #caesarian #happyfamily #bestfeelingever