Ark Vet Centre - Farm

14/11/2024

07/11/2024

Come and join us for our Beef Efficiency meeting on Wednesday 4th December at 6.30pm. Food and drink will be served as we discuss:
• Bull Testing 🔬
• Pregnancy Scanning 🐂
• Post Calving Checks 🐄
• CIDR Synchronisation 🐮🐮

With the future of the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) to include a maximum calving interval of 410 days, we are sure this will be a useful evening!

Contact the practice on 01576 202552 to book your place!

30/10/2024

The ban on feeding kitchen waste to livestock was introduced after the devastation of foot and mouth disease – the most likely cause of the 2001 outbreak was catering waste being fed to pigs. Read more about what you can feed pigs: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/african-swine-fever -not-feed-pigs-food-waste

14/10/2024

For this weeks meet the team Monday we have our newest member of the team, Ciara!🌟 Ciara has got stuck right in and is a great new addition to the team. She is a mixed vet so you may meet her out on farm, at a yard or in a consult room🐶🐱🐮🐴

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐤?
Two months! 🗓️

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦?
Deeside, Aberdeenshire 📍

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲?
Edinburgh 👩‍🎓

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥?
Border Collies, cows and ducks 🦆

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛? Getting to know new people everyday, and the variety of spending time on farm and seeing pets in consults! 🩺

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬?
Fell running with my Collie, munro bagging and rock climbing 🏃🏻‍♀️🧗‍♀️

04/10/2024

We are recruiting.

03/10/2024

Are you up to date with your Red Tractor medicines course?

💉Medicines Matter Course, Ark Vet Centre, Lockerbie
📅Thursday 31st October 10am
➡️£50 excluding VAT includes certificate

Contact the practice on 01576 202552 to book your place! 📞

28/09/2024

CHECS introduces RL1* certification for Johne’s disease, helping farmers and buyers make more informed decisions based on herd risk and testing…

23/09/2024

🐮 Busman’s Holiday 🐮

Chloe spent the weekend scanning her dad’s cows back at her home farm in Lanarkshire. Scanning early meant that empty cows were removed from the herd to keep a tight calving period. Empty cows can then be managed separately over the expensive winter period. 🐄

19/09/2024

Join us in October at this on-farm meeting to help you take steps to enhance your herd’s mobility while out grazing and at the same time boost profits and public perceptions 🐄 AHDB Dairy

19/09/2024

We are currently enjoying a busy sheep fertility season, both at the practice and on farm. Here is a selection of embryos that Colin and our team have flushed in the last week. They have even had a Texel ewe giving 25 embryos! 🔬

We offer a wide range of advanced breeding services for both cattle and sheep. Headed by our vet, Colin, who has over 15 years experience in embryo transfer work and backed up by a highly trained team we can provide a professional service to meet your individual needs. 🐄 🐑

18/09/2024

💥 Calling all Small Holders 💥

We will be holding an introductory meeting to our small holders club at 7pm on the 24th October 2024. Come along to find out what it is all about and how it could benefit you! 🐑

We will also have a short discussion on parasites and what to look out for in your flock or herd this winter! 🪱

To book your place or to find out more contact the practice on 01576 202552 📞

16/09/2024

📢SELEKT Pump Servicing this Wednesday 9am to 2pm 🐄

11/09/2024

🚨Attention bird keepers🚨

Alex and Evie have registered their birds, have you?!🐥

It is now a legal requirement for all bird keepers, wether you have 1 or 1000, to register on the Scottish Kept Bird Register.📝

Who needs to register?
This includes pets, poultry, waterfowl, game, racing pigeons and birds of prey. If you were previously registered on the GB poultry register you need to re register onto the Scottish one.🦚🦆🦅

There are some exception:
* Pet psittaciformes (parrots and budgies) and passeriformes (finches and jays)🦜
* Only if they are kept indoors or are in a fully enclosed outdoor enclosure
* If they are taken outside to exercise or travel to shows they need to be registered
* Taking them to the vet doesn’t require registration🩺

You have until the 1st of December and it can be done here: www.gov.scot/register-your-birds

This has come about in response to the avian influenza outbreaks in recent years. Its purpose is to keep bird keepers up to date with important updates about any local disease outbreaks and to allow better disease surveillance, so that any outbreaks can be brought under control more effectively.🦠

09/09/2024

04/09/2024

Chloe was recently on farm to examine a sick cow that had recently calved, when she found it had a displaced abomasum. The abomasum is the cows fourth stomach and can be become displaced, or twisted after calving. It occurs when the abomasum moves to the left of its normal position, becoming trapped between the rumen and the left abdominal wall.

This is usually corrected surgically which Chloe can be seen doing here. The full cause of displaced abomasum’s is not fully understood, but the room left behind by the gravid uterus in the abdomen allows greater risk of movement by the abomasum. The occurrence of displacements is also strongly linked to dry cow and transition management, which can cause a drop in appetite which can increase the risk.

31/08/2024

A huge congratulation to Hope, who yesterday graduated with a degree BSc veterinary nursing👩‍🎓
Hope started with us many years ago volunteering, before going on to work on reception. She has more recently worked as a student veterinary nurse and has been a real asset to the team⭐️
We are thrilled she has decided to stay on and can now proudly wear her green uniform as a registered RVN👩‍⚕️💚

Congratulation also to Sonya who graduated with honours. Sonya completed her placement year with us in Dumfries last year and has now returned home to Sweden to start her journey as a RVN🩺🇸🇪