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The Park Veterinary Group Farm Vets have created this page, to share helpful information, news, and upcoming events, with our farm clients.
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15/12/2023

ENJOYING A FESTIVE TIPPLE? 🍹🍷🥂

If you're getting into the Christmas spirit, keep in mind that alcohol can be dangerous for pets.

Be wary of leaving drinks where pets can easily access them, and be aware of the signs of ethanol intoxication, which include:

⚠️Vomiting
⚠️Depression
⚠️ Lack of coordination
⚠️ Disorientation
⚠️ Drowsiness

If you notice your pet has these conditions, please contact us immediately.

23/10/2023

Liver fluke disease (Fasciolosis) affects both sheep and cattle.

Liver fluke is influenced by climate, with wetter summers and milder wetter winters contributing to an increased risk year on year.

Please contact the farm office if you suspect Liver fluke on 0116 286 1500.

13/10/2023

We have been notified of a new strain of Bluetongue (BTV-3) which has currently been identified in Belgium and the Netherlands.
BTV-3 is a viral disease transmitted by biting midges, which affects all ruminants (Cattle, sheep, goats and deer) and camelids (Llama and alpacas).

Please be vigilant when buying livestock, although there are no reports of the new strain in the UK.

Please follow the below guidance:
- Responsibly source animals from Europe
- Report any suspicious clinical signs immediately and prioritise biosecurity measures.
- Monitor all livestock closely.

If you need any further guidance please speak to your vet and read next months newsletter.

14/09/2023

Our vets Sarah and Cat had a great time speaking to the farmers who attended the Melton Mowbray 20th Traditional & Native National Breed Show & Sale on Friday and Saturday! Thanks for all your wonderful feedback and kind words 🐮 🐑 🐷

02/09/2023

‼️‼️‼️ PHONE ISSUE ‼️‼️‼️

We are having issues with our phones diverting this weekend. If you have a farm emergency please call Glenfield directly on 0116 231 1635

We are working on getting this issue resolved ASAP.

Thank you

01/09/2023

Attention Farmers - The emergency line is temporarily not working.
Please call Glenfield on 01162311635 where our Duty Vet will assist you 🐮 🐑

03/08/2023

🐏Ram MOT - August Special Offer 🐏

31/07/2023

🐮 This is your friendly reminder of the new PoMT requirement mandatory from tomorrow - If you need any further information please contact the farm office where we will be happy to help! 🐮

17/07/2023

Today we wanted to share with you that we appreciate your lovely feedback from all of our meetings and that Sarah was recommended to the NFU (National Farmers Union) after presenting such an great talk on TB at the last farmers meeting in April.

She was invited last week to present her talk on TB alongside APHA which we are really proud of.

Look out for details of our next farmers meeting in your monthly newsletters!

11/07/2023

WECs (Worm & Egg Counts) are really beneficial to be carried out to have accurate knowledge of worm burdens in your animals.

This means once the WEC tests have been carried out by us (In our Laboratory), we can confidently tailor treatment where it’s needed and avoid using products unnecessarily.

This helps you reduce the risk of resistance, saves money as you are not buying products that you don’t need and protects beneficial insect life like dung beetles, whilst maintaining your animal’s health and performance.

Please see the change in our client’s goat after the WEC was carried out and a specific treatment given, the animal is now thriving. If you are interested in WEC testing for your animals please contact the farm office for further information.

04/07/2023

🐮 🐑 July Special Offer 🐮 🐑

At PVG Farm we have a great offer on our Fly & Lice Spot On to be purchased at a very competitive price in the month of July only! For further details please call the farm office or look in your July Newsletter. Subject to T&Cs

09/06/2023

Our Emergency Veterinary Surgeon – Ellie

Ellie graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2018, spending her first couple of years qualified gaining mixed practice experience in Derbyshire. Since then, she has moved over to the Park Vet Group Small Animal team based at Glenfield but maintains her enjoyment of mixed practice by working with the farm team on the out of hours calls.
In practice, Ellie enjoys getting out to see a range of animals and varied cases across the farms covered by the Park Vet Group, especially during lambing and calving season! During her free time, she plays for the Blaby netball and Nuneaton Ladies hockey clubs.

26/05/2023

Our Veterinary Surgeon – Sarah

Sarah graduated from the University of Messina, Sicily, in 2019. While at University Sarah had the chance through a pharmaceutical company to do a work experience in a mixed practice in Ireland, where she fell in love with farm vetting. Once back in Italy, Sarah joined the department of Anatomical Pathology as an intern, spending most days between labs, necropsy room and the library.

Sarah joined Park Vet Group in 2020 and developed a strong interest in infectious diseases; strongly believing that knowledge and discipline are crucial for their control.

When not on duty, Sarah enjoys spending time with her partner and her dogs Echo and Mishima, going to the gym and studying Japanese.

19/05/2023

Our Veterinary Surgeon – Catarina

Cat graduated with a Veterinary Medicine Masters from Universidade de Evora in 2016 and worked initially in Portugal as a farm vet. Afterwards she moved to the South of Scotland to do mixed practice for almost 5 years and then joined Park Veterinary Group in late 2021. In practice, Cat has a wide range of interests focusing mainly on herd fertility and emergency surgery. She also teaches farmers Artificial Insemination courses along with an independent AI company.
Outside work Cat likes watching series and movies with her cat and plays competitive football with Leicester City Ladies FC.

17/05/2023

Gualter from Park Vets has been to castrate the little boys. Five boys out of 7 humbugs. All went well.

15/05/2023

It's not to late to book your place!

12/05/2023

Our Lead Veterinary Surgeon – Francesco

Francesco became the Lead Veterinary Surgeon for The Park Vet Group back in December 2022. Francesco graduated from university in 2015 and then moved to Spain to work with horses for a year. In 2016 he moved to the UK and worked as a vet inspector in the abattoirs. Within a short space of time, he started working at The Park Veterinary Group, initially as a TB Tester. He is now part of the clinical team and hugely enjoys surgery, DA’s, Caesareans as well as fertility work. Outside of work, he enjoys rock climbing, playing tennis and surfing.

10/05/2023

Today is National Receptionist Day, so we would like to say a huge thank you to our unsung heroes!

From coordinating our diaries to booking appointments and providing a welcoming smile to our clients, pets and team, we couldn’t do what we do without them.

🗨️ Give a special shoutout to a member of our reception team in the comments below!

05/05/2023

Our Clinical Director – Gualter

As many of you may know we welcomed Gualter back to Park Vet Group as our farm Clinical Director in January. Gualter is determined to work with you all to provide the best healthcare and support for your businesses, and to take the PVG farm business forward. We are very pleased to have him back!

Gualter worked for the Park Veterinary Group back in 2013 where he spent more than six years supporting the farm businesses around Leicestershire. He then worked in the pharmaceutical industry and developing farm data analysis software. His choice to return to clinical practice reflects the importance he places on working directly with farmers and making a difference on the ground.
He has a special interest in analysing farm data in ways that improve cattle health and production, including areas like fertility, mastitis, calf rearing and nutrition.

Outside work he is normally seen spending time with his family and doing sports. Rowing is his favourite sport, having done it for over 20 years he is an active rower and coach.

03/05/2023

As some of you may have read in our May newsletter, we are going to be running a ‘Meet the team’ series of posts to help you get to know or familiarise yourself with your farm team. So please look out for these over the next few weeks.
Our first post had to feature our ‘Mini Herd’ who many of you will have spotted when coming into the Farm Office.

24/04/2023

Its lovely to see pictures of ‘Bella Macaroni’ thriving, we love that she has been given an Italian inspired name after our vets Francesco and Sarah who delivered her by caesarean a few months ago.

20/04/2023

Today one of our vets Gualter was out on a beef farm doing some important heifer pre breeding examination.

This examination consists in two stages:
1- the internal measurement of the pelvis of the animal, this along side the weight and age of the animal is used to calculate the risk of dystocia at calving time
2- the reproductive tract scoring, here the vet looks at the uterus and ovaries and scores them on the level of activity.

Today all the heifers examined were with an excellent reproductive tract score, and after a good discussion, between vet and farmer, at the end of the visit, means the farmer is better equipped to decide which heifers of the group are at higher risk of calving issues and decide not to breed from them.

13/04/2023

We had a great turnout to our Farmers Meeting last night and we would like to thank you all for your support and attendance. It was a great atmosphere and we have had some lovely feedback from you all!

11/04/2023

Please RSVP To the Farm Office for further details - We look forward to seeing you.

09/04/2023

Happy easter 🐣
From all the team at the PVG farm!!!

17/03/2023

We had to share this great picture of our farm vet Cat who was called out today to assist a cow who was struggling calving. A caesarean was required and she was straight on the case expertly delivering this lovely calf.

08/03/2023

Happy international woman’s day for all the women in our farm team!!!!
Mention to Ellie our emergency vet as well 🙂
💪💪💪

03/03/2023

This year we would like to celebrate Jo’s long service with the farm team at PVG, she has been one of our most familiar voices in the office for over 29 years. She is well known as "TB Jo", and her contributions to the team in this department are really valued.

So, we would like to share with you our appreciation to Jo and all her hard work.
Jo is no doubt a well-recognised face, who has always been happy to help you over the years. She strives to maintain good relationships with our farm clients and is a key member of the team who always has words of support within our office.

Please join us in celebrating this accomplishment, leave a message for Jo in the comments!

01/03/2023

The farm team is welcoming Spring 2023, as they have been busy delivering babies over the last few weeks. We hope your start of the Spring season is going well and for any questions or support please don’t hesitate to contact our team.

24/02/2023

We are incredibly proud to share with you all Marcus Smith’s creation, featured in the Farmer’s Weekly Magazine.
Marcus has been working hard in the past few years to successfully badger-proof troughs and fences to reduce the impact of TB on his farm.

Well done Marcus from everyone at Park Vet Group!

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The Park Vet Group 82-84 High Street
Leicester
LE86LQ

Telephone

01162861500

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http://www.parkvetgroup.com/

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