12/06/2025
Huge congratulations to Bishopton Farm Team and RAFT Solutions Ltd for your XLVets award! Fantastic achievement celebrating all your hard work! 🥇🎉
We did it!
Last night, Neil, Mark and Phil were present at the XL Vets Awards. Bishopton is a founding member of this collaborative community of independent veterinary practices, which enables us to exchange information, share ideas, and access training opportunities while maintaining our independence.
We were delighted to win the Emerging Technologies ("Vet 3.0") prize, which recognises our work at the cutting edge of veterinary technology. Judges noted that Tech is important to us, throughout our teams – but the clearest example of this in action is through our sister company, RAFT Solutions.
Together with RAFT, we have set up a Software as a Service company to make it easier for vets and farmers to use technology, called VetDX, as well as multiple new technologies for use in practice, including:
- Use of artificial intelligence to augment clinical diagnostics as part of on farm bull breeding soundness examinations.
- Sensors and digital tech development to support targeted use of methane-reducing supplements.
- Machine learning and speciation of coccidia parasites to support more responsible medicines use.
- Development of rapid diagnostics for mastitis causing pathogens for targeted responsible use of antimicrobials.
- Machine learning to develop smartphone based welfare assessment sensor tools for vets and farmers.
In our small animal department we are using 3D printed models and guides to maximise our surgical accuracy and clinical outcomes in complex cases such as angular limb deformities.
We were also thrilled to be 'Highly Commended' in the Small Steps, Big Impact category, for our ongoing work in Sustainability and 'Tomorrow Starts Today' which examined how we and other firms nurture and support future veterinary teams.
Big congratulations to Thrums, of Scotland, who had an exceptional night, winning three categories!
