Haywood Farm Vets

30/01/2025

Are you wanting a drink that includes all of this?

💧rehydration
💪 protein
🦴 calcium
😷 vitamins and minerals
🫶 reduce the risk of bowel cancer
❤️ mood boosting

Find out more here…

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25/01/2025

⛔️ B I R D F L U U P D A T E ⛔️

The Avian Influenza Protection Zone with extra biosecurity measures (but not housing) comes into effect as of noon today (Saturday 25th Jan) to include all of England and Scotland.

After a large Avian Influenza outbreak nearby, a mandatory housing order has now been declared to cover Shropshire.

What does this mean?

🐓 If you keep birds in England or Scotland, from midday today you need to make sure your BIOSECURITY is as good as possible:

- keep your birds separate from other birds
- ducks and geese don’t always show sign of Avian Influenza so these should be kept separate from other birds
- keep wild birds and their muck away from your birds and their feeders/water/housing
- keep feed inside so wild birds cannot access it
- control rodents and pests
- keep your housing clean and disinfected
- use clean footwear and clothing when you go into your birds
- use a DEFRA approved disinfectant as a foot dip on entry and exit

🏠 And if you keep birds in the SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL AREA, from 00.01 Monday 27th January all “kept birds” will need the enhanced biosecurity AND HOUSING.

Are you ready?

21/01/2025

Our next HFV Block Calving Focus Group is scheduled for Friday 31st Jan 🗓️

“Rearing trouble-free calves in a block”

Don’t forget to RSVP to Paula 👍

21/01/2025

❤️

🤩SPONSOR 🤩

We would proudly like to introduce Haywood Farm Vets as one of our sponsors this year.

Haywood Farm Vets are a locally owned vets for farmers who are looking for a committed, positive and experienced vet team. They take pride in their traditional values and personal service with a pro-active approach to promoting livestock health by focusing on preventative care, health management and data analysis. They cover Shropshire, Staffordshire and cheshire farming communities.

You can find them based in Market Drayton - Haywood Farm, Haywood Lane, Cheswardine, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 2LW

A massive thank you to Haywood Farm Vets for sponsoring us this year!!

Haywood Farm Vets

14/01/2025

Drinking a glass of whole milk could cut your risk of bowel cancer by a fifth 👇

🐄 ☀️🌱🥛

A new study we funded at the University of Oxford shows that having the amount of calcium in a large glass of milk every day could lower bowel cancer risk by nearly 20%.

In the largest study ever conducted on the links between diet and bowel cancer, calcium from both dairy and non-dairy sources had a similar effect.

These results help to highlight the importance of a healthy balanced diet in reducing cancer risk and supporting long-term health.

Research has found that more than half of bowel cancer cases are preventable. New findings, like this study by Oxford Population Health, are an important step towards ensuring fewer people are impacted by cancer in the future.

Amazing work from the University of Oxford 💜

14/01/2025

Happy New Year to all our clients, followers and friends 🫶

Have you had a look at our January newsletter yet?

Click on the link below to have a catch up 👇

https://bit.ly/HFVJan25News

🐄 Lameness in milking heifers

🐑 The downer ewe at lambing

🥶 Feeding calves in a cold snap

🪱 Huskvac ordering

08/01/2025

Here we go; lambing season has started! ❤️

This lovely set of twins just couldn’t fit through the pelvis of the ewe so here they are all recovering after a caesarean…

Bellies full of colostrum, navels dipped, heat lamp on and mum ready to lick them dry!

23/12/2024

Wishing all our clients, old and new, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you not only for your support and your business this year, but also for the brews, the conversations, the trust and the friendships that form along the way.

May the cows milk well, the calvings be easy, the sheep stay where they're meant to be, and the calves not cough 👌

And to our fantastic farmers, may you find a chance to relax, enjoy some time with your loved ones, fill your bellies and put your feet up. It's been a tricky year for some with the weather, staffing, politics and TB. We see what a fantastic job you do day in, day out, in spite of all the challenges ❤️

Paula is on call over the Christmas period so please get in touch if you need anything at all 👍

11/12/2024

Have you read your copy of our December HFV newsletter yet?

⚠️ Winter Dysentery - seems to be doing the rounds again

🛁 Break the cycle of DD - how effective is your footbathing?

🐑 Sheep scanning - what's the lambing season looking like?

🗞️ Meds News

🎄 Merry Christmas from HFV

If you want to sign up to receive our monthly newsletters, click on the link below:

https://bit.ly/HFVNews

06/12/2024

Lovely example of what we mean by a "Twin Line" on ultrasound this morning...

The second calf was hiding along the bright white line as we scanned up to the top right 🤩

Two Wagyu calves due for this mum in August 2025 ❤️❤️

05/12/2024

⚠️ Winter Dysentery (WD) seems to be doing the rounds again ⚠️

WD is caused by Bovine Coronavirus and can sweep through adult cattle over a few days/weeks and cause significant milk drop - affected herds can see a 10-20% reduction in bulk tank volume.

Things to look out for:

⬇️ Milk drop
💩 Lots of cows scouring
😑 Drop in intakes

The scour is relatively mild and self limiting, and milk volume will recover slowly over the next week or two.

❓BVD, Salmonella, acidosis and mycotoxins also need to be ruled out; we'll be running another FOC bulk tank salmonella this month for all our dairies.

27/11/2024

A festive date for your diaries!!!

Back for it's 4th year...

🎄Brian Jones' Charity Christmas Tractor Run! 🎄

Make sure you join the page "Brian Jones Christmas Tractor Run" for more details ☺️

21/11/2024

We had a great meeting today with and Sara Pederson looking at the ways we can best improve foot health on farm.

T O P T I P S:

✅ Early detection AND prompt effective treatment

✅ Look after your heifers - are your heifers contributing to new cases?

✅ Genetic Selection - use DD index and Lameness Advantage on your bull proofs

✅ Use your trimmers data to focus in on the big wins for your farm

Always so grateful for our farms who open their doors to a super engaged group like this; they let us scrutinise their data and their set up and everyone takes some top tips home.

Did you know? If you pick up and sort out a new, early case of lameness within 14 days and give her some anti-inflam, you get 85% chance of a full cure.

18/11/2024

To all our farmers heading down to London today, and all our farmers having to stay behind to milk, to feed calves, to tend to their flocks and pigs - to do what they do every single day.

To those who own their farms, and to those that rent their farms. To those who have enjoyed a lifetime working their land and building a resilient business that the next generation are excited to take on. To those that are just starting out and battling to make ends meet. To those who have invested heavily in getting their farms future proofed. To those who probably should be slowing down a bit, but can't. To those who love their way of life, and those that are questioning their way of life. To those who are struggling to know what to do next. To those who are terrified of what might come next.

To those who work so hard to feed our nation, take care of our beautiful countryside and pass on your knowledge, work ethic and lifestyle to the next generation.

Know that we stand right behind you. The whole bloody country does.

12/11/2024

🍁 G I V E A W A Y 🍁

Autumn has arrived and as night time temperatures dip below 10 degrees, newborn calves use energy from their milk to keep warm rather than for growth.

Fancy winning a Cosy Calf Coat? (And a HFV hat and mug to keep you warm too! ❤️)

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Winner announced on Friday 15th November!

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11/11/2024

Have you read our November newsletter yet?

Follow the link below to have a catch up...

www.bit.ly/HFVNews

💉 Bovilis Cryptium - new Crypto vaccine

👀 Silage Eye - seasonal increase in cases

📝 VAN - is yours due for renewal?

🔵 Bluetongue - the latest situation

💊 Meds Update