Great day yesterday supporting The Foundation for Common Land. “Meet the Ingleborough commoners!” We even had a guest shearer from another Dale ! Open day at Twistleton LA6 3JH. Come and join us.
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Great day supporting The foundation for common land and the Ingleborough graziers today- we even had a shearer from a different Dale make a guest appearance . “Meet the Ingleborough commoners!”Open day at Twistleton LA6 3JH. Come and join us on Sunday #daleheadvetgroup#foundationforcommonland#glencroft#Bleakbankfarm#visitingleton#thecountrysidecode#sheepshearing#hillsheep#dalesbredsheep#teeswatersheep#swaledalesheep#mashamsheep#wool#sustainablefarming
Struggling with Scour in your calves? 🐮
Remember milk is vital to provide energy for maintenance and growth of calves and lambs.
Rehydion is a ready-to-use oral rehydration gel that can be fed with milk enabling animals to retain their milk feeds with the essential nutrients these contain. 🥛
The next instalment of our Dalehead Mini Talks is here‼️ The topic is how to collect faecal samples for a worm egg count to achieve the best results. We have had a a lot of high worm burden samples recently in our lab so we would recommend bringing muck down to be tested if not already done so. 🪱
It was great to be back to face to face Flockclub meetings last week.
Our on-farm meeting was well attended, with lots of discussion in the 4 mini seminars:
• Nutrition of the ewe
• Neonatal lamb infections and the importance of the 5 Q’s of colostrum
• Infectious lameness control and the Footvax trial we were involved with
• Causes and control of ewe mastitis
We are very grateful to the Dugdale family at Borrins Farm for hosting us and to HIPRA Animal Health and Carrs Billington Nutrition for sponsoring our refreshments.
If you are interested in joining our Flockclub, just get in touch on 01729 823538
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What are we going to do without Spectam!? 🤯
Rachel talks us through best practice for the lambing shed and some possible alternatives. 🐑
Enzootic Abortion in Ewes (EAE) is a ticking time bomb!One infected ewe, shedding infection at lambing,has the potential to infect multiple ewes who may wellabort at their next lambing. The consequences can be financially devastating for farmers - it is estimated thatabortions in an unvaccinated flock could lead to losses of up to £5,000 per 100 ewes over a 4-year period, while vaccinating a flock of 100 ewes only costsaround £300-£350 in the first year and an estimated total cost of £75 per year for newreplacements.
Visit www.enzooticabortion.co.uk or contact your vet for information on EAE vaccination #enzooticabortion #eae #eaetest #eaevaccine #forflockssakevaccinate
Do ‘ewe’ buy in replacement ewes? In a recent survey carried out by Ceva Animal Health and theNSA, nearly half of those questioned reported that they buy in replacements. However over 60 per cent did not keep them separate from their flock until after they had lambed, putting the whole unvaccinated flock at risk of infection.Biosecurity and vaccination go hand-in-hand to prevent EAE – reducing the risk of the disease entering the farm alongside vaccinating the whole flock in year one and future replacement ewe thereafter will dramatically reduce the impact of EAE.
Visit www.enzooticabortion.co.uk or contact your vet for information on EAE vaccination #enzooticabortion #eae #eaetest #eaevaccine #forflockssakevaccinate
If ‘ewe’ experienced abortions in your flock this year, did you test for Enzootic Abortion in Ewes (EAE)?
A recent survey conducted by Ceva Animal Health and the NSA revealed that 44 per cent of farmers whose flocks experienced abortions during the 2019/20 season did not ask their vet to investigate the cause. A diagnosis of the cause of abortion means preventative measures, such as vaccination can be put in place to prevent future losses.
Visit www.enzooticabortion.co.uk or contact your vet for informationon EAE vaccination #enzooticabortion #eae #eaetest #eaevaccine #forflockssakevaccinate
Do ‘ewe’ know whether Enzootic Abortion in Ewes (EAE) is in your area? A recent survey by Ceva Animal Health and the NSA has revealed that, across the U.K., over three-quarters of farmers questioned had experienced abortions in their ewes and, over the 2019/20 lambing season, around a quarter reported the problem in more than 2 per centof their flock, this could suggest EAE as a cause.
For information on EAE vaccination contact your vet or visit www.enzooticabortion.co.uk#enzooticabortion #eae #eaetest #eaevaccine #forflockssakevaccinate
NEMATODIRUS! Its that time of year again! Here is our Nemotodirus mini talk as a refresher on the pesky parasite!
‼️Warning - Graphic Content‼️
Lambing may be over but we are well in the swing of calving - with the usual cases of big calf’s needing a caesarean. A Caesar Gate can make a real difference to the job - here’s an example of a great one.
Here is the first in a series of 'Mini Talks' where our vets will discuss a topical subject. You will find more factsheets and presentations on our website. In this talk Neil discusses Coccidiosis - we have had some very high cocci counts in the lab this week with associated clinical effect on the lambs - have you checked your lambs?
Baa Something cute and uplifting to end the week!
