Checking in on a cow post caesarean section is a simple pleasure of vet life. Excellent to see both dam and calf up and eating.
We've just edged into Spring - but what were our farm teams up to over winter? A whole lot, it seems, with 24/7 cover of farm animal emergencies, as well as proactive herd and flock care. Here's just a quarter of A Year in the Life of our farm vets and techs
To all of our clients - it has been a pleasure to take care of your farm pets, livestock and smallholdings this year. Here's a little snippet of life over 2023. Here's to a happy, healthy and successful 2024. Special thanks must also go to our fabulous teams, incluidng support, administration, techs and vets - together, we have provided 24/7 care on every day of the year, delivered proactive healthcare visits, ensured farmers had access to important funding, delivered clinical teaching, brought on the farm vets of the future, and have unfailingly been an ear on the other end of the phone. Happy new year, everyone - let's make it great!
Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful clients and teams who celebrate.
To all others, we wish you a restful festive season.
Our on-call vets are here to support you if needed (but let's hope you don't!)
What an incredible response to our Christmas card competition! We were thrilled with all of the wonderful entries.
We have selected a lucky winner, but the rest were so good that we wanted to make sure they had their moments in the spotlight. Well done to all who participated - you brought us a lot of joy!
Thanks to our wonderful clients we have a full length video of Jack’s appearance on BBC breakfast, backing our dairy farmers! #teamdairy
It’s great to see Jack’s letter getting traction on both local and national television now. We have kindly been sent the clip by our clients who are working very hard to keep producing good quality milk. Jack and all of our vets are fully behind them in the fight for fairer milk prices.
Not quite sure what happens to the broadcast mid clip, but stick with it!
💪🏻 #teamdairy
#Farm24
What a day! Thanks to all of our teams and lovely clients who participated in #farm24 - we know the hard work continues long after the event stops, but we’ve had a wonderful day with you all.
From the support teams, vets, techs, trimmers to ATTs here at Westpoint Farm Vets- we wholeheartedly back British farming.
#proudlywestpoint #backbritishfarming #farmingcan #farmvets #westpointfarmvets Farmers Guardian
Pregnancy Scanning Alpacas
Our Chelmsford branch were out scanning alpacas today. Here’s a little footage of what was going on inside one of our patients…
What’s your verdict?
Westpoint Farm Vets New Graduate Programme
Our New Graduate Programme launches NOW.
We have a long history of developing the careers of successful farm vets - if you're a recent graduate, or are graduating in 2023 - take a look at what our renowned programme has to offer. Applications are open, and we would love to hear from you.
https://www.westpointfarmvets.co.uk/graduate-programme
Prevention of mastitis in our cows returning to milk starts long before lactation! We would love to discuss dry cow management and options to reduce mastitis incidence on your farm. Farmacy are well equipped to get Orbeseal to your door if you decide that it's right for your herd.
🐣Bank Holiday Reminder 🐰
Over the Easter Bank Holiday we will be maintaining emergency cover as always.
From 5pm this evening, If you have a veterinary emergency- dial your practice’s office number and you will be diverted to the on call vet.
Our offices will not be staffed over the bank holiday - normal office hours will resume from Tuesday.
We wish you a happy and healthy Easter!
Westpoint Mobility Services
🐄🐂 We are extremely proud of our nationwide foot trimming service. Our skilled foot trimmers attend to client farms with their own clean, safe equipment and provide preventative trims for the whole herd, as well as mobility and condition scoring.
🐄🐂 Taking advantage of our mobility service allows you to get on with farm tasks, safe in the knowledge that your herd is being monitored by dedicated professionals, equipped with the tools and knowledge to stop lameness in its tracks.
🐄🐂 For more information about our fantastic foot trimmers, give your local practice a call, or speak directly to Chris at Chris.Hulbert (@) Westpointfarmvets.co.uk
Gathering sheep for faecal sampling
Tracheostomy
*GRAPHIC CONTENT*
This is a video of a calf tracheostomy carried out by Jess Swiestowska. Listen to how the roaring noise of its breathing through the laynx stops as she makes the incision.
