Surrey Poultry Vet

19/11/2024

25/09/2024

Great to hear how simple it was to register your gorgeous flock. Thanks for sharing your experience Carol! x

24/09/2024

Thanks for the invitation to talk at the OV vet conference this year.

Day 1 of the OV Conference online has begun.

This afternoon we have practical advice from Henri, the Surrey Poultry Vet

Book now and catch up with recordings🔗https://officialvet.com

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In association with the Animal and Plant Health Agency
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13/08/2024

Would anyone like a poultry home visit around this route?
I'll be around Didcot, Newbury, Basingstoke, Farnham and Guildford next Wednesday 2st August?
I am doing bird health visits and dealing with problems like red mites. Please ask if you aren't sure if you are near enough.

The visit travel fee will be under £25, depending on where you are.
If you'd like a consult, please see my fees and submit a consult request form on my website.
https://www.surreypoultryvet.co.uk/poultry-consultations

07/06/2024

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk at BVALive today. Lovely to see so many geese come to listen too!

06/06/2024

Looking forward to my talk at tomorrow.

01/06/2024

Case of the week:
This hen was loosing weight because she had a tumour in her mouth. Sadly she had to be put to sleep due to the effect on her welfare. It had become infected with opportunistic pathogens including fungus, bacteria and trichomonas (canker) but the original cause was actually a tumour which was good news for the rest of the flock.

25/05/2024

Case of the week, following on from last week
If I am very lucky, I will see a pretty picture like this of salpingitis. Can you see the annular appearance to the mass of exudate (bottom of photo in the region of 5-6 o clock) that matches the previous photo? The black zone around it was fluid.

18/05/2024

Case of the week
This is the inside of a "lash egg", which is caseous exudate from an oviduct. The term used to describe inflammation of the oviduct is salpingitis, and when affected can contain fluid or caseous exudate. Finding these could be a one-off, or suggest a hen has a lot more inside her. If a large ball of exudate backs up within the oviduct, it acts like a "space-occupying lesion" and will get in the way of normal organ function. Next week I'll post a diagnostic ultrasound image I took when investigating salpingitis.

If you are concerned about salpingitis, please submit a consult request form via my website if you are a new client, or email me if you are an existing client.

11/05/2024

A client's gorgeous feline was found in my boot...Sorry, you can't come with me on my chicken home visits.

04/05/2024

Salmonella vaccination

Please let me know if anyone would like to discuss Salmonella vaccination for their hens.
Birds would need two doses of vaccine, 4 weeks apart, boosted every 18-months.
The aim is to reduce the load of Salmonella in vaccinated hens to significantly reduce the risk of food-bourne infection.
This may be of particular interest to those giving away or selling eggs, or when birds are handled regularly by at-risk groups including children or the elderly.
I deliberately use the term "reduce" rather than eliminate because eggs still come out of the back end of a chicken and there are many other reasons to enact good hygiene when handling pets or eggs.

If you'd like reading hefty reports then I find this link fascinating....if you don't here's a summary:
"Lion Code and Laid in Britain are currently the only egg assurance schemes in the UK, and under the FSA advice, the only eggs that are suitable to be consumed less-than-thoroughly cooked by vulnerable groups." "shell eggs not produced under these schemes was considered ‘low’ (rare, but does occur) risk"

This risk profile will examine the current situation of Salmonella in UK-produced table eggs, and the factors that may influence the current risk of Salmonella .

27/04/2024

Tip of the week: remember to check all housing thoroughly for red mites this time of year until late Autumn. Even plastic housing can be affected. Nooks and crannies are the places to hunt. Remember they may not be red during the daytime, they may be silver or grey if they haven't recently fed.
You can find my red mite webinar on my website blog, or book a consult if you are concerned about them.

23/04/2024

Hi, would anyone like a home visit to their hens on Tuesday 7th May?
I am on annual health check visits focussing on red mites investigation and treatment.
I will be in Farnham, Alton, Baisingstoke and Wi******er areas.

Please submit a consult request form via my website if you are a new client, or email me if you are an existing client.

23/03/2024

Bringing poultry in line with pigs, cattle and sheep.

New mandatory registration requirements are to be implemented for bird keepers in Great Britain.

Under these rules, all bird owners are required to register their birds annually 🦆
This will help manage potential disease outbreaks like and keep your flock healthy 💚

By registering, owners will receive crucial updates and guidance for bird care.

Keepers need to follow these new requirements by 1 October 2024 📆

Scottish Keepers need to follow these new requirements by 1 September 2024 📆

Read more: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-help-protect-poultry-industry-from-bird-flu

11/03/2024

Survey access link:

https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk%2Fs%2Fsurrey%2Fpet-chicken-supplements&data=05%7C02%7Csw01594%40surrey.ac.uk%7C2c51edec6fae408a0d5408dc41ace9a0%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C638457458102575876%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2ByGULQ6x3dlrxl4evYyQiDOZmzuTu%2F%2Brph1iQODCr5A%3D&reserved=0

10/02/2024

Can anyone identify anything unusual about this sparkly little lady?

03/02/2024

A lovely young lady gave me a generous gift.
Faeces tell me a lot about what might be happening inside a bird. This photo clearly shows the four main parts of a chicken dropping that I look out for. (Not all four may be obvious at once, I was lucky!)

The bulky intestinal dropping is covered in some white strands of urate's from the kidney. The caramel/toothpaste-like dropping originates from the caeca which has some e bubbles in it because its the site of fermentation. Finally, there is some water that has been absorbed at 6oClock to the main dropping. It is normal for birds to pass water as they defaecate because they don't have a bladder.

If you'd like a consult to check your bird health, please apply via www.surreypoultryvet.co.uk

27/01/2024

Case of the week

Magic trick! This poor lad pronged his eye on something, perhaps a beak. He developed an ulcer on the surface of his eye, and inflammation inside his eye. I applied a special ocular stain which made the ulcer (missing surface of his eye) fluoresce under UV light.

If you'd like a consult for your bird. Please apply via www.surreypoultryvet.co.uk