Portland House Farm Animal Vets

04/07/2025

Meet Daphne 🧡🐐

Rebecca visited Daphne last week and diagnosed her with a suspected tumour behind her eye. This week Rebecca returned to enucleate (remove) the eye.

Daphne was already blind in the eye before it was removed, but hopefully by having it removed it will relieve any discomfort it may have been causing her! ❤️‍🩹

01/07/2025

🔵 1st July 2025 Bluetongue Update 🔵

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 From today the Bouetongue Virus (BTV-3) restriction zone in England will be extended to cover the entire country.

📑 This means that movement restrictions for animals within in England will be lifted, and farmers will no longer need specific licenses or pre-movement test to move livestock.

🧪 However a specific licence will still be required for freezing of germinal products (semen, ova, and embryos) within England.

30/06/2025

Date for your diary 📆
Lameness meeting 🐑
These sessions are very informative & a great way to get talking with likeminded people!

25/06/2025

Meet Nettles aka Netty 💚

Netty was involved in a dog attack which left her with a broken leg ❤️‍🩹 Her owner brought her in to have her leg cast, hopefully she will go on to make a full recovery.

Netty’s case really highlights the importance of keeping your dogs controlled and on leads around livestock! Sheep can be seriously injured or killed when chased by dogs, even if the dog doesn’t catch them 🦮

24/06/2025

Final call for the FREE blood sampling 📢🩸🐑

Ends on the 30th June!

Please contact the practice to book in 🗓️
01777703663 Option 2 for Farm 🐑📞

20/06/2025

This weekend is set to be very hot 🔥 🥵
Please be vigilant & take care of your livestock🐮🐑

20/06/2025

This is the current pavement temperature outside our branch in New Ollerton at 2.15 pm 20/06/25. No dog has ever died from missing a walk, but dogs have when walked in these temperatures.

17/06/2025

Meet the team 👋

This is Eve our lovely farm administrator 👩‍💼

She keeps all our vets organised and efficient! Eve is currently studying for her L-SQP, which will allow her to dispense wormers and vaccines without a vet authorisation 📚

❓What is your favourite thing about working at Portland House Farm

“My favourite thing about working here is the diversity of my job, the different animals I get to meet and also the people”

❓What is your favourite farm animal

“My favourite farm animal is sheep. I love the lambs, especially when they come and visit us at the practice! “ 🐑

16/06/2025

👩‍🏫 CPD - Continued Professional Development 👨‍🏫

Did you know all our vets have to do 35 hours per year CPD? ✍️

Our vets can also choose to do a certificate to gain more specialised knowledge. One of our vets is currently completing a 100 hours per module certificate 🤯

Can you guess which vet it is? 🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️🩺🧠

There’s so much learning and development that goes on behind the scenes, when we aren’t on farm treating animals, to ensure our clients receive the best service!

16/06/2025

Thanks to everyone that’s booked a place so far on our Beef Fertility Evening! 🐮 There are still plenty of places left, please let us know if you’d like adding to the list!

Dates for your diary 📆
Evening talk from one of our vets on Beef Fertility 👩‍⚕️
Also joined by Simon from

13/06/2025

✂️ 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀.

During the shearing season, even minor nicks and cuts can leave sheep vulnerable to infection and flystrike. Left untreated, these small injuries can quickly escalate – especially in warm or wet weather.

👉 That’s why post-shearing injury care matters. A fast-drying, protective gel barrier like 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 can protect it from flies and support natural healing.

🐑 Look after your flock – treat shearing nicks as part of your standard routine.

11/06/2025

Last week Will had the task of stapling this poor lambs face back together, after a rather large piece of skin was hanging from his face! 🧑‍⚕️😷🐑
*The before photo is rather gruesome so I’ll leave it to your imagination

We’ve had an update today from his owner that he’s making a full recovery ❤️‍🩹

Did you know we now have a sick bay at our farm office? 🤒

This is a temporary measure until our building is renovated to allow us to preform c-sections and surgeries, but for now you can bring your animals down for vaccinations, examinations and other procedures to save on the cost of a visit!