Camelid Veterinary Services Ltd

29/11/2023

❄️❄️❄️ COLD ALERT!

Here in the UK, we're just entering our first proper cold spell of the winter! Here are some tips for helping your animals deal with the cold:

1. Providing fresh dry supplementary forages - that's hay or haylage folks! Camelids need forage for their stomachs to function properly. Concentrates alone are not enough, and camelids will struggle to eat frozen grass or to find grass under snow. Besides, would you like to eat that?

2. You may need to increase their feeding (eg using sugar beet and alfalfa) as requirements for energy increase, but make sure you add it in slowly to allow their gut microbes time to adapt. I recommend adding or changing feeds over 7-10 days.

3. Make sure you check your water troughs regularly to ensure that they are not frozen solid. With temps not getting above freezing you will need to do this several times a day. If you have troughs on mains, you may need to turn off the water to prevent burst pipes and manually fill troughs. Camelids that don't drink will get dehydrated! Problems follow...

4. If you have any animals that are skinny, provide them with a coat to help them keep warm without spending further energy having to just keep warm. Bringing animals in overnight is great for those animals that need just a little extra TLC but will also reduce your feed costs because if they are warmer they won't need as much extra feed.

5. If you have any sick animals, provide them with warmed water to drink. It's considerably more palatable than icy cold water when they don't feel well!

👉Like and follow this page for more great tips!

28/11/2023

At this time of year in the UK, crias are approaching weaning. This could be any time over the next couple of months. It's a good time to check what parasite loads your crias are dealing with so that you can deal with them. They will then be much better prepared for the stress and immunocompromise that comes at weaning.

If we can help you with the faecal testing, please contact us at [email protected] or 01491 680313.

👉Like and follow this page if you like this content!

24/11/2023

It's Black Friday! 🍾

At the risk of sounding like everyone else, I wanted to give you something to celebrate - and this one is the gift of learning. £250 worth!

You may remember back in August, I launched my first ON-DEMAND training for owners of llamas and alpacas - the Intensive Camelid Health Care Course.

What's In it for you?
🌿 Master all the essential knowledge for maintaining your camelids' health.
🌿 Discover effective solutions for common issues your alpacas or llamas might face.
🌿 Enhance your animal care expertise, minimizing distress and preventing problems proactively.
🌿 Gain the confidence to provide top-notch care, even in challenging times.
🌿 Expedite diagnoses and treatment by learning when to consult your vet and understanding your animals' needs better.

🎓 Learn at Your Pace: With our on-demand course, you're in control. Dive into the content whenever it suits you, and progress at your preferred speed. Plus, we're here to ensure all your questions are answered through LIVE Q&A sessions and a dedicated private Facebook group.

📝 Comprehensive Resources and Bonuses: Receive detailed course notes to enhance your learning.

For Black Friday, we're running a special offer. £250 off!! Just use coupon code BLACKFRIDAY at checkout. Or contact us! Expires at midnight on Sunday!

Ready to transform your camelid care? 😉
Don't miss out on this opportunity to provide the best care for your alpacas and llamas. Join us today and embark on this transformative journey together!

👉For more details, visit https://www.ukalpacavet.com/.../intensive-camelid-health.../
or reach out to us at [email protected].

An online course in camelid health care for owners of alpacas and llamas, providing a solid grounding in the health management of camelids.

23/11/2023

This is a scary statistic!

This doesn't just apply to people far away in other countries: it could apply to you and your family. From a veterinary perspective, working together with your vet you can help reduce the likelihood of emerging resistance to protect you, your family and your animals into the future.

We ALL have a responsibility! And we can ALL do something about it.

Go and clear out your cupboards of old and out of date medications, and dispose of them properly. [I know you all have them - I've been on your farms!!! 😉] Old bottles of antibiotics should be disposed of in a DOOP bin. If you don't have one, give the bottles back to your vet to dispose of. Don't just stick them in the bin. You must also dispose of any bottles of antibiotics that have been opened but there was some left. Using these after 28 days is a false economy and may cause harm. Why would you want to use something that isn't going to work anyway??? ❓❓❓

22/11/2023

If there is no evidence of bacterial infection, you don't need to use antibiotics.

This includes calling your vet to examine an animal and decide whether antibiotics are justified. Your vet can determine, on the basis of an examination, whether antibiotics are the correct course of action. In some cases, they may choose to use bloodwork to justify the use of antibiotics, or use culture and sensitivity to find out what bacteria are growing (if any) and to select the one that is most likely to work.

- Some wounds or superficial lesions do not require the use of antibiotics as wound cleaning/flushing can be adequate on its own. Non-antimicrobial topical treatments like silver or aluminium wound sprays can aid in healing and keep bacterial infections at bay.
- Uncomplicated parasite infestations do not require treatment with antibiotics.
- If a uterine infection is suspected, these otherwise healthy animals do not require treatment with antibiotics unless a reproductive evaluation deems them to be necessary and based on culture results to guide the choice.

22/11/2023

I have 2 bags of Immucol Lamb Colostrum from my supplier that is short-dated (expiry end of this month). Apparently it is exactly the same as the Immucol Platinum produced by the same manufacturer - just packaged differently and more expensive for some reason! The vitamins and minerals will gradually become less available over the next few months, but the immunoglobulins are very stable and will last at least the next cria season. (I would suggest you do use it in 2024 however to be on the safe side!)

The first 2 people to comment below that they would like a bag can get it for £10 +VAT which will pretty much cover the costs of shipping! UK only!

BAGS HAVE NOW BEEN CLAIMED!

21/11/2023

It's World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2023!

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today. Antibiotic resistance can affect anyone, of any age, in any country. Antibiotic resistance occurs naturally, but misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals is accelerating the process.

It is the responsibility of everyone to make sure that our antibiotics will still work for us - and our animals - into the future.

What can you do?
👉 Don't use antibiotics unless they have been prescribed by your vet! DO NOT SELF-PRESCRIBE!!!
👉 Use the correct dose of antibiotics based on body weight (having weigh scales greatly improves dosing accuracy), and use the antibiotics at the correct frequency and for the correct amount of time as prescribed by your vet.
👉 Making use of culture and sensitivity testing helps guide appropriate antibiotic use and makes the treatment more likely to be successful. You will have to pay for this testing but it is well worth it if you want it to actually work!
👉 Throw away leftover antibiotics - most should not be used more than 28 days after broaching the vial (for some it is only 7 days). They are less effective after this time and could cause harm.
👉 Ensure good hygiene when handling animals. Always wash your hands.
👉 Use vaccinations to prevent diseases where possible.
👉 Improve your biosecurity on farm to prevent disease transmission.

20/11/2023

😀🦙🦙 Over the weekend, I was really excited to bring the Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass to my community, taught by the incomparable Bob Van Saun whom many of you will likely have heard speak elsewhere.

Dr Van Saun presented a walk through the sometimes intimidating subject of nutrition, guiding us from the basics of how the camelid gastrointestinal system works, the unique adaptations of camelids; how to read forage analysis and feed labels; how to develop a practical feeding programme that respects the differing needs of different animals; and on into some more detailed research on how optimal nutrition affects reproductive performance and cria development and growth.

It really was a phenomenal amount of knowledge, gleaned from a lifetime working in the field and illustrated by current research, some of which hasn't even been published yet...

💡Just ONE of the incredible number of nuggets that Dr Van Saun presented included data showing that llamas fed a diet insufficient for their needs had smaller CLs and lower progesterone concentrations, the implication being that they are less likely to be able to maintain their pregnancy. This was just one of the potential interactions between nutrition and reproduction - and why getting your nutrition right is so important from a production stand point. While we don't typically think of camelids as "production animals", as breeders you must understand that if you want them to get pregnant, they do in fact need to be productive!

👉 If you missed this opportunity and want to make sure you don't miss out on future opportunities, please sign up for updates at:
https://keap.app/contact-us/6882232877581897

18/11/2023

🦙We've just finished our 1st day of the Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass! It's been a full day with 6.5 hours of teaching completed (not including breaks!!).

There was some really good feedback in the sessions and hopefully some of those who joined will share their thoughts below...

🌿 One of the biggest take home points was learning the incredible value that forage testing provides. I've heard many comments from owners about how their hay is great because it smells good, and looks nice and green, or that they always get their hay cut at the same time and from the same place every year so it must be consistent right?

WRONG!

Check out the picture below... One of these has a crude protein content of 13.3%, the other 6.9%. One is good quality, the other isn't much better than bedding! Can you guess which one is which....?

Another day full of fascinating sessions tomorrow, starting at 1pm UK time... 😃

17/11/2023

Yesterday I spent the day at The London Vet Show! This is probably one of the largest (if not the largest) expos for vet stuff in the world! They run Continuing Professional Development too with lots of streams for small animal stuff, but hardly any farm animal stuff - and this year unfortunately no camelid content... 😠 But the expo is amazing. I get to see all the latest technological developments in testing and diagnostics and also learn about new pharmaceuticals being developed (at least for the mainstream species!) that may potentially come in use later on for our camelid patients.

13/11/2023

Not an alpaca story, but given that it was Remembrance Day over the weekend, I thought it was an interesting story about a well-loved horse that served in the 1st World War in North Africa and France and managed to get back home to New Zealand after the war...

11/11/2023

BLUETONGUE IN THE UK - 11th November 2023

I've just seen a notification from APHA that Bluetongue has been identified in a single animal (unknown species) in the UK, in Kent. There is a 10km temporary control zone around this. This will include camelids if you are within this zone. Hopefully this will be contained. However, please keep an eye on the situation and any restrictions and movement controls from APHA.

For more information, visit:

How to spot bluetongue, what to do if you suspect it and how to prevent it spreading.

07/11/2023

❓Have you checked to make sure that your females are pregnant this autumn? 🍂

In the UK/Europe, now is generally a good time to follow up on your behaviour testing with ultrasound confirmation of pregnancy. Remember that behaviour testing (and progesterone concentration) are correct only 85% of the time, so that confirmation will help to streamline your breeding management. Any time between 2 and 4 months of pregnancy is a relatively easy time to scan due to the high volume of foetal fluid in the uterus relative to the size of foetus.

Any females that you find that are not pregnant, just have a quick check with a male to see if the female is still spitting off. If she is, it could be that there is a retained CL that requires treatment. However, it is really important to confirm NON-pregnancy because if you give treatment to sort out a retained CL, you will abort any early pregnancy that may be there. Personally, I also like to make sure that there is no evidence of endometritis either as the two sometimes occur together. If you treat one but not the other, you could still have problems when you come back to attempting to breed again in the Spring... [If your vet isn't comfortable doing these examinations or hasn't got the right equipment, ask for referral to a specialist with experience in reproductive techniques like myself.]

These problems are best diagnosed and sorted out now. Don't leave them through the winter as they can become harder to sort the longer they persist.

So this ultrasound scan should be somewhere between 2 and 4 months of pregnancy. After 60 days, pregnancy loss is less likely, but if you've scanned at 2 months you can always scan again at 4 months and just recheck. The next scanning opportunity should be done around 8 months' gestation. This allows for another recheck on pregnancy status. Females should then start to receive an increasing amount of feeding for the last few months of pregnancy to match the growing needs of the developing foetus. If any females are found to be not pregnant at this point, then you can allocate them for early rebreeding in the spring and remove them from the extra feeding groups.

👉 Comment below and please follow this page to see more great content like this!

06/11/2023

HOW EFFECTIVE IS YOUR PREGNANCY DIAGNOSING?

It is really crucial to ensure that you have a good pregnancy testing plan in place for the following reasons:
👉 you will stop wasting time waiting for a birth that won't come (sometimes people lose 2 years!!)
👉 you can get non-pregnant animals back into the breeding programme earlier in spring (or whenever your earliest period for breeding falls)
👉 waste less cash feeding animals that don't need the extra feed (that is making them fat).

There are different methods of diagnosing pregnancy in camelids. These are the main ones...

1. BEHAVIOURAL TESTING - a great tool for on farm if you have your own males. But remember that behaviour testing is only correct approximately 85% of the time. If you rely on only behaviour testing, you'll incorrectly assume that some animals are pregnant when they may have something like a retained CL that produces progesterone and therefore mimics the behavioural signs of pregnancy.

2. PROGESTERONE TESTING - I saw people using this quite a lot when I was working in the US. This essentially gives you a quantitative analysis of the progesterone. In this way, it is comparable to behaviour testing where you don't have your own males. If you have a male, you don't need this because behaviour testing and progesterone testing will give you the same answer MOST of the time. However, just as for behaviour testing, you still need a back-up method to actually confirm the pregnancy.

3. ULTRASOUND SCANNING - this is the gold standard for pregnancy checking because you actually see the foetus. Early pregnancy testing (up to 60 days) can be done by re**al examination (veterinarian only), while trans-abdominal ultrasound scanning is possible from around 45 days of preg nancy until birthing. This method obviously requires equipment and a bit of experience. Pregnancy scanning trans-abdominally from 60 days to about 4 months is quite easy because there is a lot of foetal fluid that the foetus is bouncing around in, while late pregnancy scanning is harder because the volume of foetal fluid is quite low and the user must be able to differentiate foetal parts from abdominal parts of the non-pregnant female.

4. PALPATION - no equipment required! Foetuses can be palpated relatively easily in very late gestation through the body wall. Technically ballottement is possible from 7 months' gestation, but becomes easier from 8 months. Breeders in South America are very skilled at this technique due to the lack of ultrasound availability. Re**al palpation is another potential tool for pregnancy diagnosis for those veterinarians with small enough hands - not for owners.

👉 Comment below and please follow this page to see more insights into camelid management!

03/11/2023

🔥🔥🔥Today is the LAST DAY for early bird pricing on the Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass. You have until midnight UK time to commit to improving your knowledge! Just over £40 an hour for this training... What else can you get for £40? Maybe half a massage...? Half a bottle of antibiotics...? Half an alpaca castration....?!

If you haven’t heard Bob Van Saun speak before, you are really going to miss out if you don’t join this training!

🌿 The most comprehensive camelid nutrition training ever!
🌿 It might never be offered again live…
🌿 Only 100 places available – when they’re gone, they’re gone!
🌿 It will never be this amazing price again live!
🌿 Early birds also get LIFETIME ACCESS to the recordings!

What are you waiting for…??? 🔥🔥🔥

👉 https://nutrition.thealpacavet.com

02/11/2023

Hi everyone!

⏳ Just a quick post to let you know that we are approaching 24 hours before the Early Bird Special Offer for the Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass closes! 🦙

🔥🔥🔥A reminder that this may be the ONLY time we ever offer this LIVE; certainly, it will never be offered at this incredible price again! There are also ONLY 100 PLACES available for this, the most comprehensive camelid nutrition course ever offered! It's essentially going to be a brain dump from Bob Van Saun, sharing a huge amount of his knowledge, acquired over many years of working in the field, helping camelid owners just like you!

👉Places are filling up, but I want to make sure you don't miss out!

If you book before midnight UK time on Friday night (that's 8pm Eastern Standard Time USA, 1am Central European time), you will not only SAVE 20% on the price it will be after midnight, but you will also miss out on LIFETIME ACCESS to the recordings that will allow you to watch Bob's wisdom whenever you wish over the coming years.... Can you afford to miss out?

It's only just over £40 an hour for this training LIVE. All your questions answered... What do you get for £40....? Half a massage? 😉 Half a bottle of antibiotics....? Maybe half a castration...?!!

Don't miss this valuable opportunity. ACT NOW! 🔥🔥🔥

https://nutrition.thealpacavet.com/

02/11/2023

Hi folks,

Please remember to read dosing labels carefully! There have been a couple of cases of vitamin D toxicity in the last week alone due to misreading of label instructions. Vitamin D is toxic if you give too much!

The ideal dose for the products you can buy through your vet here in the UK that contain 100,000 IU of vitamin D per ml (please check to see what you have: Bioveta ADE contains this), is 0.1 to 0.2ml per 10kg of body weight. This is 1-2ml (MAX DOSE!) to an animal weighing 100kg. Since most alpacas weigh less than this, I would expect most of you to be administering 1.5ml max dose to an adult. Crias will need to be dosed based on body weight. If your crias weigh 25kg, they will be receiving 0.25ml to 0.5ml max dose.

Remember also that this dose will not need to be repeated for 2 months.

31/10/2023

🔥There's been a FANTASTIC response to the Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass! I'm so pleased how many of you have already taken the plunge and committed to literally transforming your camelid nutrition knowledge!

For those that haven't yet signed up, or are still on the fence, here's what you need to know...

👉 Getting your nutrition right for your animals is absolutely fundamental to their health. If you fail to feed your animals the right balanced ration to suit their needs, this could adversely affect their immunity leaving them more susceptible to diseases, and for breeding animals could also have a detrimental effect on fertility, milk production and cria thriftiness and growth.

👉 Get nutrition right, spend less money on health-related problems and spend less money on veterinary investigations!

👉 Enjoy more time with your herd rather than rushing around fixing problems!

WHAT?
In the Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass, you will get to learn direct from the world's foremost expert on camelid nutrition, Bob Van Saun. Bob will walk you through the sometimes intimidating subject of nutrition, guiding you from the basics of how the camelid gastrointestinal system works, the unique adaptations of camelids; how to read forage analysis and feed labels; how to develop a practical feeding programme that respects the differing needs of different animals; and on into some more detailed research on how optimal nutrition affects reproductive performance and cria development and growth.

Bob, supported my myself, will be able to answer all your questions on this LIVE course.

WHEN?
The Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass is taking place on the 18th/19th November, LIVE ONLINE, so you can take part from anywhere in the world, no travel expenses! The timings are optimised to enable those in Europe and North America to attend - we start at 1pm UK time (8am EST, 5am PST). I'm afraid those in Aus/NZ may find these timings a bit harder to manage but it's impossible to suit everyone!

But remember that I don't know if we'll ever be running this course live again. So if you want to make the most of the experience, sign up now! You will have access to the recordings... This is the most comprehensive camelid nutrition course EVER offered!

🔥 And if you sign up with the EARLY BIRD SPECIAL OFFER, you will not only get £100 off the regular price, but you will also benefit from LIFETIME ACCESS to the recordings!

Here's the link to find out more about this offer. Early bird pricing ends this Friday at 11.59pm. ACT NOW!!

For vets, understand how to help your clients develop optimal nutrition programmes that are tailored to suit their needs.

27/10/2023

THE TIME HAS COME! ‼

Thank you to everyone for your comments and questions from my last posts! I’m really looking forward to sharing this course with you, and from the looks of it, you are all really excited about this training opportunity too! 😀

A quick recap: this is your opportunity to literally transform your nutritional management for your alpaca or llama herd with the most comprehensive Camelid Nutrition Masterclass ever offered! And it’s being taught by the world’s foremost expert on camelid nutrition, Bob Van Saun.

The Masterclass will be taking place on the 18th/19th November, starting at 1pm UK time (8am Eastern Standard time) on both days.

Now, down to the bits you want to know!

🌿I have limited the number of places available on this training opportunity to 100, in order to make sure that we are able to answer your questions.
🌿This may be the only time this course is run live, with both myself and Bob available for questions live! So don’t miss out!
🌿This offer, for the live course, will never be repeated at this price again! To be clear, this is the lowest price it will ever be.

👉Follow the link to see this unbeatable offer!

https://nutrition.thealpacavet.com

PS. Remember… you don’t need to panic. I don’t expect to sell out immediately. However, if you want one of those spots at the Live Masterclass, then please don’t delay. They’re going to go fast and I don’t want you to miss out.

27/10/2023

ALERT!

Hi everyone!

Thanks again for all your enthusiasm relating to the upcoming Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass! 😀

This is just a quick note to let you know that bookings for this will open TONIGHT! I decided to bring it forward a smidgeon because I'm heading away tomorrow so wanted to make sure everything is working smoothly first...

🌿Those on my email list will receive an email with the booking link at 7pm UK time. If you've been receiving my emails over the last couple of days you are on this email list. If you think you should be, please check your junk folder because my emails from my 3rd party platform may get junked more easily! If you can't find them, and want to get early access to the booking link, then please follow this link to register for email updates: https://keap.app/contact-us/6882232877581897

I will post the booking link later here, but please be aware that I am limiting places to 100 for this course so that we are able to make sure we're able to answer questions. So please act quickly if you don't want to miss out!

27/10/2023

🦙Thank you to everyone for your comments and questions about the Advanced Camelid Nutrition Masterclass! It seems like there is lot of interest in this new training opportunity… 😃

A reminder that we’re talking about the opportunity to literally transform your nutritional management for your alpaca or llama herd with the most comprehensive Camelid Nutrition Masterclass ever offered! And it’s being taught by the world’s foremost expert on camelid nutrition, Bob Van Saun.

Here’s what you will learn:
🌿A greater understanding of how the feed you provide your animals gets used and metabolised
🌿The unique adaptations of camelids relating to nutrition
🌿Why you should feed some feedstuffs and not others
🌿Demystify the forage analysis and feed bag labels
🌿All about supplements – what, when and how to use them to complement forage feeding
🌿Learn how to develop a practical feeding programme and when and how to tweak it to suit differing requirements
🌿Including how to get weight on, AND how to get weight OFF!
🌿Use of simple tools to help you balance the ration
🌿Discover how optimal nutrition affects reproductive performance
🌿How to properly feed to support breeding and pregnancy
🌿Recent work addressing body condition, phosphorus and protein effects on reproduction will be presented
🌿Develop an appreciation for the impact of nutrition on the growth and health of crias during 4 different feeding stages – during pregnancy nutrition, colostrum feeding, C1 development and weaning, and post-weaning growth.
🌿Understand cria growth and what expected rate of gain and growth curves tell you about your feeding programme. Learn how to use growth curves in evaluating cria growth and development and what dietary factors might impact quality of growth.

💡The Masterclass will be taking place on the 18th/19th November, starting at 1pm UK time (8am Eastern Standard time) on both days. The Masterclass is expected to finish around 8pm on the Saturday (depending on discussion time!) but earlier on the Sunday. If you can’t make those dates, don’t worry because the recordings will be available after the event, AND, if you take advantage of the Early Bird Special Offer (I will be announcing this tomorrow), you will get lifetime access to those recordings!!

One of the most fundamental parts of managing nutrition is to get to grips with body condition scoring. This skill underlies your nutritional management and mastering it will not only allow you to detect animals with potential health concerns but will also permit you to tweak your feeding to provide for the differing requirements of different members and groups in your herd. Take a look at this video talking about body condition scoring and also how application of this skill along with learning about appropriate nutrition helped rescue one herd from the brink of disaster. https://liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/rec/share/Zc_KFwF-SEt2ktn-wKsyIKUgnLceU9ofhWaB8OqVl37Rxvi5wcknjrqyeLAOwKpI.PX8AVPOCQPhamajM
Passcode: 63&+DnOY

This evening, I will be emailing everyone on my email list advance registration info with the link to register for the Nutrition Masterclass. Places will be limited. If you are not on my email list, go here to join: https://keap.app/contact-us/6882232877581897. If you think you are already on it but haven't seen my emails, check your junk folder!!

Best wishes,

Claire

Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and cross platform group chat into one easy-to-use platform. Our solution offers the best video, audio, and screen-sharing experience across Zoom Rooms, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and H.323/SIP room systems.

25/10/2023

‼ I am excited to bring you the opportunity to transform your nutritional management for your alpaca or llama herd with the most comprehensive Camelid Nutrition Masterclass ever offered! 😀🍾

Just imagine this… having all your animals in tip-top shape, fed the perfect ration that optimises their immunity and gives them the best ability to fight off disease… having crias born at optimum birth weights and just thriving… their dams having the best quality colostrum so that the crias acquire sufficient passive immunity and sail through their first few months of life… your males and females having the perfect balance of nutrients to ensure their fertility… you spending less money on treatment of sick animals, and having more time to just enjoy your animals rather than rushing around fixing problems… 🙂

Sounds good doesn’t it?

🌿Managing nutrition is at the root of animal husbandry, and is able to ensure optimal immunity as well as reproductive performance, and yet so few people know how to do this properly. Very few people bother to take the time to analyse the forages they feed their animals and so have little idea of what their animals have to work with and instead just top up with supplements, only stopping to consider whether there is a nutritional issue when problems crop up that perhaps can’t be easily explained. By then, you can be fighting a losing battle and it can take a lot of work to figure out what is going on and to correct those underlying issues. We will address all this in the Masterclass….

Bob van Saun is an extension veterinarian based at Penn State University. He is double board-certified as both a reproduction specialist, and a nutrition specialist. This gives him a unique perspective on the use of nutrition in optimising reproductive performance. He has done extensive research in the world of large animal nutrition and is particularly well known for his work with small ruminants and camelids. His camelid-specific research projects included vitamin D metabolism, hepatic lipidosis and trace element nutrition. In addition to this, he is a great guy who is really keen to share his knowledge with you to help you improve your camelids’ nutrition and performance.

In order to help you get to know Bob a bit better, I interviewed him to find out where his passion for nutrition comes from and about his work with camelids… Click here to watch the interview…

This Masterclass will be taking place on the 18th/19th November, starting at 1pm UK time (8am Eastern Standard time) on both days. The Masterclass is expected to finish around 8pm on the Saturday but earlier on the Sunday. If you can’t make those dates, don’t worry because the recordings will be available after the event, AND, if you take advantage of the Early Bird Special Offer (I will be announcing this on Friday), you will get lifetime access to those recordings!!

Come back again tomorrow for a bit more info and a free download! 😀

Can you afford to miss out on what will be the most comprehensive look at camelid nutrition EVER - in one place, over one weekend only…?!

Please comment below if you’re excited to learn about camelid nutrition! For those who have already posted questions on my google form, my thanks to you! I have talked to Bob to make sure that we have all of these questions covered for the Masterclass! 🦙😃

PS Bookings will open on Saturday morning!