Arrowfield Vets Large Animal page

29/04/2024

Spring 🌱and warmer weather 🌤 is finally on the horizon, but with this our local area is forecast for high/very high risk❗️ for netamodirus 🪱

If you have any concerns them please contact and one of our vets can discuss worming monitoring and management with you

2024-born lambs growing well on spring grass?🐑🌱

Don’t let them get hit by nematodirus‼️

Use the free SCOPS forecasting service ➡️ www.scops.org.uk/nematodirus

06/03/2024

⚠️💰FARMING CONNECT FUNDING 💰⚠️

❗️SHORT NOTICE CHANGE❗️

We have just been made aware that the farming connect funding is reducing as of midday tomorrow.

For farmers who have already submitted applications, your funding allocation will not change.

Outstanding applications need to be submitted by tomorrow 12pm to receive farming connect funding at the current rate.

Please contact our team for more information, if required.

21/11/2023

We are saddened to hear that our colleagues at Hay Veterinary Group have made the difficult decision to stop providing farm animal & equine services.

We provide a full range of large animal services to our clients.
If you have been affected by these changes and would like to discuss your options, please contact our Large Animal Team on 01544230567 option 2

19/06/2023

We really want to spread the word as think these events come at a crucial time in helping farmers know what is out there in these changing times!

Contact [email protected] to book your place! 🐄🐑

07/02/2023

The Animal Health & Welfare Review has finally been launched today for English farmers.
This is a funded annual farm vet visit, and can include some testing for BVD in cattle, the effectiveness of wormers in sheep & PRRS in pigs. This is initially open to BPS eligible farmers with a minimum of 11 beef or dairy cattle, 21 sheep or 51 pigs.

For more information go to

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28/01/2023

For members of Farming Connect, Animal Health Clinics are available to help investigate any issues you are concerned with your cattle or sheep. They are on a first come first served basis and will be finishing on 16th February ( or before if there is a large uptake). Please contact the surgery if you want to discuss further

23/11/2022

November is Men's Mental Health Month
So many men, especially those in agriculture struggle silently every day.
Please share to help raise awareness and break the stigma.
It's always okay to ask for help.
Farming is 24/7. Just like our support line.
If you want to talk to someone confidentially,
just call or text us any time of the day for free on:
Call 0808 802 0070
Text 07786 203 130
We can put you in contact with a trained counsellor in as little as one week, and we’ll also fund a series of counselling sessions for any Herefordshire-based farmer in emotional distress.

23/11/2022

New Animal Health Clinics will be available for Welsh clients through Farming Connect from 28th November. The funding will NOT cover MV, TB, BVD, Health plans, scanning ewes, PD cattle, Scab or anything to gain health status through a society. Please contact the surgery to discuss further if interested. Funding is on a first-come first-served basis.

11/10/2022

10/10/2022

Thank you to everyone who attended our Farmers Medicine Training course last thursday evening. We had an excellent turnout with 60 certificates given out!

We will be holding another medicines meeting at a later date for those who were unable to attend.

03/10/2022

📢 ⭐️CHANGE OF VENUE 📢⭐️

Morning! Due to a good uptake of numbers we've moved the venue of the meeting to TITLEY VILLAGE HALL, HR5 3RN.

As we have more room, we've spaces still going if you wish to attend! Please can you let us know ASAP (end of play tomorrow at the latest) so that we can make sure we have accurate numbers for catering 🍽

Thanks guys!

14/09/2022

We Are Farming Minds 🫂💚

💚 We Are Farming Minds is a mental health awareness initiative to support the Herefordshire agricultural community and say to every farmer – you are not alone!

💚 Here at AVP we are proud to support this amazing charity and as such many of our staff will be undertaking mental health awareness training, in order to better serve our clients within the farming community.

30/06/2022

We would like to wish Edward and James Lewis and families of The Haven & Boycefield Herds the best of luck for their sale today.
This unprecedented sale celebrates an incredible 200 years of Hereford Cattle breeding by the Lewis family. The cattle are fantastic, turned out to perfection and reflect generations of hard work, dedication and stockmanship. Everyone involved should be very proud.

07/06/2022

We would like to wish Roger and Rita Bayliss, Pentremeiley every success on the dispersal of their Caeley herd of Charolais cattle in Hereford market today. Tremendous cattle and a credit to them both for years of dedication and hard work.
Best wishes on your retirement. We shall greatly miss working with you.

25/05/2022

Best of luck to Jeremy Price and family for a successful sale on Friday. The sheep are tremendous and a real credit to everyone concerned.

💥 DISPERSAL SALE OF THE OAKCHURCH CHAROLLAIS SHEEP FLOCK 💥

A Sale not to be missed, this Friday 27th May 2022 at 1.30pm
To be held at Oakchurch Farm, Staunton-on-Wye, Hereford, HR4 7NE

Online bidding available via Auctionmarts
To view or bid on this sale please visit - https://mccartneys.auctionmarts.com/ and select ' Farm Dispersal of the Oakchurch Charollais Flock'
Please note that if you intend to bid online then you will need to register on this page with your full contact details to gain auctioneer approval. For HELP registering your details please visit - https://mccartneys.auctionmarts.com/Help
If you intend to purchase multiple lots, then please contact the office on the below number prior to the start of the sale.

To view online catalogue, please click link below
https://mr1.homeflow-assets.co.uk/files/site_asset/image/4980/6060/Oakchurch_Charollais_Catalogue_27_05_22.pdf

For more information please call
☎️ James Amphlett 07972 653077
☎️ Worcester Office 01905 769770

26/04/2022

When you've nearly finished lambing and we revive one from the depths! Happy farmer- Happy Vets 😁🐑

22/03/2022

NEMATODIRUS 🐑🪱

Whilst we are all big fans of the warmer weather ☀️, it does bring with it an increased risk of netamodirus, so please be vigilant for any scours/ill health in your lambs 🐑💩

If you are concerned that this may be an issue in your flock, then please do not hesitate to contact the practice for further information on diagnostics and treatment.🔬💩🩺

**SCOPS** post
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is warning farmers to be vigilant to the risk of nematodirus over the coming days.

The rise in temperatures predicted may be welcomed by many but brings with it an increased risk to lambs from hatching nematodirus.

Read more at https://go.nationalsheep.org.uk/nematodirus

22/02/2022

🦠🌱Covid Policy Spring 2022 🦠🌱

Things are changing 🤗

After 2 years of asking our clients to remain outside, we are delighted we can start to welcome you back in from Monday 28th February.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 As we have both staff and clients in England and Wales, the following protocols apply to both Kington and Presteigne branches.

👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️🩺 US.

1. All staff will continue to LFT daily. Only negative staff will be working.

2. We will continue to wear masks when consulting

🐄🐑🐖 YOU.

1. 💉 Please continue to phone in advance for prescription medicines and collect these from the box outside.

2. To speak to a vet in person, please phone ahead and make an appointment. Let us know when you've arrived at the surgery and wait outside for the vet to invite you in.

🏢 When inside the building please:

● wear a mask and sanitise on entry

● keep your distance from other clients

● wait in the designated areas

🤞We hope that once restrictions in England and Wales align we will be able to return to our previous ways of working.

It seems a lifetime ago since things were 'normal' and we are extremely grateful for your support in keeping our services available throughout the pandemic!

Many thanks
Team AVP 💚

08/02/2022

🐑 ENZOOTIC ABORTION ASSURANCE 🦠🐑
💉 ENZOOTIC ABORTION VACCINE SURVEY 📋

🐑 With lambing season almost upon us please have a look at the information below to find out more about enzootic abortion, testing for its presence on farm and the use of vaccination in prevention.

📋 Also, if you have time we would be very grateful if you could complete a survey, conducted by one of previous student nurses, who is looking into the barriers of vaccinating sheep against chlamydia abortion, as part of her university dissertation. https://harper-adams.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/barriers-to-vaccinating-sheep-against-chlamydia-abortion-2

03/02/2022

THANKS FOR COMING 🐑💉🧫

Thank you to everyone that came along to the meeting last night to discuss VIMCO sheep mastitis vaccine, INMEVA enzootic abortion vaccine and Life after Spectam.

It was great to see you all and nice to do something a bit more normal (finally!) We enjoyed it and hope you did too.

If we didn't get the chance to talk to you, or you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the practice. 📞

25/01/2022

🐑🩺 Farmers meeting reminder, with all the details below 🩺🐑

11/01/2022

🐑 Come along to our first meeting of 2022🐑

Who's in? Let us know by Friday 28th Jan! ☎️

11/01/2022

Hello 👋 and welcome to our NEW large animal page! 🚜🐖👨‍🌾🐄🐑🐎

Follow, like and share for all things large animal related at AVP 💚

11/01/2022

11/01/2022