Farm Gate Vets

12/11/2024

Still a few spaces left on the coach if you can get away for a day out with us tomorrow! Please call the office to book in.

10/11/2024

In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead, short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
–John McCrae

07/11/2024

Rebekah and Alex throughly enjoyed talking to the next generation of vets at Liverpool Vet School on Tuesday.

A big thank you to Alex and Rebekah from Farm Gate Vets / Farm Vet Network for coming to speak to us on Tuesday night 🐑🐄🐑🐄

07/11/2024

We have spaces on the coach if you wish to join us on our trip to Agriscot next week. Please give the office a call to book. Travel and meal on the way home included, entrance to the event is free.

01/11/2024

The end of another year is in sight already as we bring you are November newsletter. Lots of topical articles from our vets and vet techs and some introductions from our new vets Fraser and Alex… 👇

http://www.farmgatevets.com/newsletters//November%202024%20newsletter.pdf

31/10/2024

We missed this masterpiece! 🎃 Please consider this as part of the previous post.

31/10/2024

VOTES NEEDED
Take care when asking a bunch of vets to carve pumpkins!!! - all sorts of horrors may appear (spot the prolapse 🙈🎃).

Please vote now my liking your favourites 👍, the pumpkin with the most votes will entitle its owner to bragging rights for 12 months ☺️.

Thanks to Claire at Sedbergh for organising this competition. 🙏

Happy Halloween 👻

30/10/2024

We are delighted to be able to offer a client trip to Agriscot this year, on Wednesday 13th November, leaving Lancaster Auction at 6am, picking up at J36 then on to Edinburgh. Returning at 4.30pm and stopping for an evening meal in Carlisle. Please book asap to reserve your seats by phoning the office or e mail [email protected]

Kindly supported by Boehringer the makers of the Bovalto Vaccine range, Bovela, Metacam and many of our mastitis tubes.

29/10/2024

VAN (Vet Attestation Number) numbers came into force approximately 12 months ago and are now starting to come up for renewal. We are sending out text reminders before your VAN number expires, please contact us in good time to arrange renewal so we can avoid last minute panics and any distribution to your livestock sales.

18/10/2024

Congratulations to all at Benson Hall 👏🏻🏆

17/10/2024

Rebekah and Alex thoroughly enjoyed speaking to Furness Young Farmers at Tynedale, Greenodd last night. The future of south Cumbrian farming is in safe hands, thank you for having us and thank you to Tynedale for their hospitality.

16/10/2024

Vet Tech Appreciation Week, there is no better time to share Mary’s poem about the work these three hard grafting ladies do (not forgetting Evie our apprentice).

I start the day with a biscuit and a brew
As I look through the diary of the visits to do

I grab all my equipment and go out to sort the crush
And to everyone’s surprise its usually in a rush

As I drive to my visit I’ll probably get a ring
From Shirl’s making sure I’ve got everything

The first farms a client on our healthy heifer scheme
Where we vaccinate, castrate and bleed for total proteins

Onto the next farm where there is plenty to do
I thought I’d be disbudding Holsteins but there’s massive Charolais too!

The A team have arrived and boy was I glad
With Ruby’s “ram on attitude”no one could be sad

Gill was on hand she’d escaped from doing TB
We counted up the calves, there were 33!

We lassoed, we wrestled someone did end up on the floor
I said I’d not say who but Gill’s no longer sore

The calves are done, they are all looking ace
We pack up and leave with blue spray all over our face

Back to the office with paperwork to hand
We sit down with a brew and Gill says “oh this is grand”

Poet Mary B

15/10/2024

If you need your coat, the calves need theirs - Calves divert energy from growth to keeping warm when temperatures drop to below 10 degrees C for more than 3 hours a day. It’s definitely time for calf jackets, blocking draughts at calf level and extra bedding.
🐮Cosy Calf Jackets in stock.

09/10/2024

Winner !! Better late than never, we finally got around to drawing the lambing list prize draw last night 🏆🏆🏆. Congratulations to our winner.

09/10/2024

Last night we had a full house at Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Club to hear about the changing patterns of parasites, Haemonchus in particular being a hot topic this year. Sarah’s main message was the goal posts keep moving and there is no straight answer.

Beth Griffiths, our vet who is keen on cattle lameness, clearly has a passion for sheep too, claiming her home county in the southwest has more sheep than us in the Northwest! She described the causes of lameness and how important diagnosis is in treatment.

Jim then summed up the most appropriate treatments and prevention, including using Footvax.

Huge Thankyou
👏🏻to everyone who came.
👏🏻to MSD for their support towards the meeting.
👏🏻to Kirkby Rugby Club for fantastic food and service as always.

01/10/2024

One week tonight until our sheep meeting, please book in soon we are filling up fast!

01/10/2024

Newsletter time 📰- This month Mark shares his thoughts on bugs that should live further south, Sol talks Blue Tongue and poisioning, Hannah recaps the takeaway messages from our last Healthy Heifer Meeting and urges everyone to make use of the Animal Health & Welfare Pathway.

http://www.farmgatevets.com/newsletters//October%202024%20newsletter.pdf

25/09/2024

Blue Tongue - stay vigilant ⚠️. Hopefully as Autumn arrives with cooler weather, BTV will not reach our region, however we must stay alert and look out for signs.

To monitor the BTV3 situation there is an interactive map available which highlights infected zones -

https://defra.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=514ec88edec74575958d860f0196d2ea