Galloway Vets - Farm Team

28/05/2024

Sheep webinar on this evening

Hear from SRUC vet, Megan Fergusson discussing the Preparing for Sustainable Farming animal health and welfare options for sheep.

20/05/2024

📢Tune in to this webinar tomorrow evening to find out more about the Preparing for Sustainable Farming animal health and welfare options for cattle

Hear from SRUC vet, Helen Carty discussing the Preparing for Sustainable Farming animal health and welfare options for cattle.

08/05/2024

🐑We had a great sheep meeting last week with Heather Stevenson. 🐑
Heather's take home message was 'Think about what is on the grass and assess whether fields are likely to be high or low risk. If possible see if you can identify a low risk field for weaned lambs.'
Our thanks go to The Arden for the super food and Krka for their support. Any questions please give us a shout.

25/04/2024

In the spirit of Great British Beef Week here's a delicious looking local steak enjoyed by one of our team this week.

23/04/2024

Here at Galloway Vets , we are proud to support Great British Beef Week.

16/04/2024

This wee girl needed a bit of assistance making an entry to the world the other morning! Safely delivered by our vet Kirsty.

15/04/2024

We would like to invite you to our next sheep meeting on 'Lamb Growth Rates - Held Back By Worms?' where we are lucky to be joined by Heather Stevenson as our speaker.
Please email [email protected] to book your place

10/04/2024

We have seen some 'spring' weather here at Galloway Vets...here's hoping we get some more soon!

05/04/2024

We had a super CPD session for our vets on mastitis kindly supported by Iain and Arthur from Zoetis.

02/04/2024

Our vet Louise did a super job this weekend delivering this heifer calf from a cow with a twisted uterus. Happy vet and happy farmer!

01/04/2024

We had a great turnout for our Dairy Youngstock Meeting last week. Our thanks go to the Arden House for the delicious food and to Zoetis for their support. Kirsty ran through her top tips on nutrition and husbandry in calves and her take home message is below.

28/03/2024

18/03/2024

The Scottish Beef Calf scheme is changing next year.

The Scottish Beef calf scheme is changing - from 2025 onwards it is likely there will be additional qualifying conditions to meet. Calves born from a

11/03/2024

🐄 Dairy Youngstock Lunchtime Meeting 🐄
We will be discussing nutrition and husbandry in calves from birth to weaning, a very important topic....not to be missed!
Please email [email protected] to book your place and lunch.

06/02/2024

📢 Reminder. Please contact us at the surgery to book your space or email [email protected] 📢

🔹For most farm assurance schemes it is compulsory or recommended that someone on the farm needs to have done this course within the last two years.
🔹Please bear in mind it has been over two years since our last course!
📅Wednesday 28th February, 6.30pm at The Arden, hot dinner included, £45 plus VAT
🔹Please email [email protected] to book your place

23/01/2024

Free NSA Lambing Webinar on tomorrow night.
Follow the link in the NSA post to register.

What makes a successful lambing time?🐑

Last chance to sign up for the free NSA webinar⌛️

Join to establish what makes a successful lambing, how to mitigate risk and what to do if things start to go wrong.

📆Wednesday 24th January
⏰7pm

Find out more and register to attend ⤵
https://go.nationalsheep.org.uk/LN54Hi

10/01/2024

🔹For most farm assurance schemes it is compulsory or recommended that someone on the farm needs to have done this course within the last two years.
🔹Please bear in mind it has been over two years since our last course!
📅Wednesday 28th February, 6.30pm at The Arden, hot dinner included, £45 plus VAT
🔹Please email [email protected] to book your place

01/01/2024

🎉 Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2024!🎉

24/12/2023

🎄Merry Christmas from us all at Galloway Vets 🎄

11/12/2023

Here are our vets getting some training from NI**OD makers of the Selekt Pump. Thanks Ni**od Veterinary Products Ltd, we really enjoyed our training.

02/12/2023

Wrap up warm when you're out and about! 🥶

21/11/2023

If you have any questions on the below please ask us and we'll be happy to help.

31/10/2023

A local event on Thursday next week for dairy farmers.
Click on the link below to register 👇
https://cloud.email.msd-animal-health.co.uk/MSD_Animal_Health_Roadshows

30/10/2023

Well done to everyone involved with the South West Scotland Dairy Show last week- a great show!

Winner of Jersey Cow in Milk was Wellhouse Jerseys of Kirkcolm with Wellhouse Colton Emerald (Sire: Chilli Action Colton).

Award presented by to Hugh Howie by Will McCarthy of Galloway Vets.

17/10/2023

Lots of variety here at Galloway Vets! Our vets Kirsty and Louise were out castrating piglets last week 🐖🐖.

14/10/2023

We are delighted to sponsor the show again this year. Good luck to all entries!

Galloway Vets are kindly sponsoring the show again this year.
If you are looking for a vet for your farm or pet, get in touch with the team at Galloway Vets. We are delighted to have their continued support.
📞 01557 330632
www.gallowayvets.co.uk

11/10/2023

We had a great dairy youngstock meeting yesterday on how to spot the signs of pneumonia earlier.
Our vet Kirsty's key take home points are;
➡️Check temperatures - with the magic 39.5 degrees C cut off
➡️Remember the importance of anti-inflammatories
Our thanks go to The Selkirk Arms for the lovely food and to Zoetis for their support.
Any questions that you may have from the meeting, please ask one of our vets.

03/10/2023

🐄Dairy Youngstock Meeting🐄
Tuesday 10th October 12pm-2pm
Selkirk Arms Hotel
Come along for tips on spotting sick calves earlier!

28/09/2023

We had a fantastic turnout last night for our 'Harvesting Colostrum - Tricks and Tips' meeting.
Will's take home message from the night for colostrum harvesting would be 'Simple Things Done Well Over and Over Again!'
Our thanks go to The Arden House Hotel for the delicious food and to MSD Animal Health for their support.
Any questions that you have please get in touch with one of our vets.

14/09/2023

🐄Dairy Evening Meeting🐄
Wednesday 27th September 6.30pm
Email [email protected] to book your place.