The Livestock Clinic

12/03/2025

Wet fleece around the eye and drooping eyelashes as seen in this Tui are a sign that the eye or conjunctiva are unhappy. This could be due to a number of reasons such as a foreign body, conjunctivitis, an eye injury or a corneal ulcer. These cases are always worth a vet having a look at as soon as possible to identify cause and start prompt treatment. Some eye conditions can deteriorate quickly leading to damage that cannot be repaired.

10/03/2025

Alpaca blood draw for plasma. It's that time again!

Are you due cria this year? Don't go into un-packing without the safety net of some plasma in the freezer. It really can be the difference between life and death for those precious babies!

Please ring the practice for further details or to book your slot.

05/03/2025

Spring is always a busy time with pre turnout vaccination reminders but also for annual bull MOTs. Our colleagues at the Livestock Partnership test more than 300 bulls every year and find 1 in 7 bulls not to be fit for breeding. As one in-/subfertile bull can do so much more damage than one infertile cow we believe it is important that beef farmers get annual bull MOTs done. Please contact them to arrange testing

29/01/2025

**Alpaca owners** if you haven't seen this post already and have unused neogen tests please check this post by futuregen

We offer DNA testing services for alpaca owners in Europe. You can easily have your alpacas tested for their colour genotype by using the very popular Alpaca Colour Genotype test, have their specific DNA markers identified for parentage verification against a suspected parent or an offspring by usin...

26/01/2025

A bird flu prevention zone is now in force across England. Keep up to date via APHAs page

In response to the increased avian influenza risk, an Prevention Zone is now in force across England and Scotland.

This means it is now a legal requirement for all bird keepers in England and Scotland to follow strict biosecurity measures to protect their birds, in addition to following any Protection/Surveillance Zone restrictions that apply.

See the latest press releases for more information:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/avian-influenza-prevention-zone-declared-for-whole-of-england
https://www.gov.scot/news/avian-influenza-prevention-zone-2/

Please also see the biosecurity guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/bird-flu-avian-influenza-how-to-prevent-it-and-stop-it-spreading
and GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/bird-flu for more information.

19/01/2025

Goat keepers please fill out this questionnaire for the Goat Veterinary Society.

GVS Disbudding of Goats Consultation: Questionnaire Dear Contributor, As you may know, within the UK, the act of disbudding goat kids can only be undertaken by a Veterinary Surgeon. Whilst the majority of UK milking goat kids are disbudded, this is by no means the case internationally. With a greate...

04/10/2024

This poor alpaca has it all going on!! A stonking stronglye count and mites to top it off. Awesome image captured by Jane, our wonderful lady in the lab ❤️

30/09/2024

Did you know a new law means all hen keepers must have their birds registered with Defra by 1st October?

We shared this information last week, but in case you needed a reminder, all the details can be found in today's Welfare Wednesday article, along with the link you'll need to register: https://www.bhwt.org.uk/blog/health-welfare/register-hens-apha/

26/09/2024

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22/09/2024

Camelid owners! Don't miss this webinar by the excellent Ami Sawran

📣📣📣 EAG Blue Tongue Webinar 📣📣📣

Wednesday 25th September at 7.30pm with
Dr Ami Sawran
BVSc CertAVP (CP) PgCert VPS PhD FRCVS

‼️Free for anyone to attend‼️

The webinar will focus on

* What do we know about Bluetongue, and how can we mitigate risks in our herds? *

Ami will give a brief outline of how Bluetongue is transmitted and what it means for the industry. She will go over movement rules and restrictions and discuss the vaccine and management options available to us, as well as answer questions from owners.

If anyone has questions for Ami, please submit them ahead of time. You can submit questions on here or you can send your questions via email to [email protected]

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Zoom link 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84717207636?pwd=GIgJpddwfY4cP8bj1nCU888hSOne0E.1

📍 https://amisawran.vet

📍 https://www.westpointfarmvets.co.uk

📍 https://easternalpacagroupuk.org

20/09/2024

New kit arriving always feels a bit like Christmas!!! We get excited anyway!
For Camelid work we often go quite a long way from our practice base. This month we have invested in mini centrifuges for the vet vehicles so that they can run a PCV (red blood cell count) on farm.
We're grateful to have an awesome vet lab company just down the road from us who never fail to get us kitted out.

19/09/2024

17/09/2024

Advice from the BVCS. Follow their page for everything alpaca 🦙❤️

31/08/2024

www.nadis.org.uk
[email protected]
National Animal Disease Information Service

31/08/2024

Keep and eye on APHA page for bluetongue updates

Further cases of BTV3 has been confirmed in Norfolk and Suffolk in both cattle and sheep.

Due to evidence of local transmission, the existing TCZ has been revoked and a Restricted Zone has been put in place around the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Keepers of cattle, sheep, camelids and other ruminants must remain vigilant and follow the restrictions on animal and germinal product movements that apply.

Check the Bluetongue interactive map: https://defra.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=514ec88edec74575958d860f0196d2ea and GOV.UK to see what steps you must take to prevent and control the disease: https://www.gov.uk/bluetongue.

29/08/2024

Its getting to that time of year already! Can you believe it? We’re about 2 months away from most people putting their rams in ready for lambing 2025.

If you have bought in a new ram or are worried about a ram you’ve used previously give us a call to book a pre tupping examination and fertility test in.

Catching it early enough will ensure you have enough time to source in a new ram before the season starts