The Kingston Veterinary Group - Farm

26/03/2024

🎉Moving day🎉

We would like to let you know that we will be closing tomorrow- Wednesday 27th March at 12pm and Thursday 28th March in order to move to our new premises, we will still continue to offer our full range of services, drug collections will be from Kingston House up until 12pm on Thursday, after that collections will be from our new premises at

Unit 5B
Coldharbour Business Park
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 4JW

Please contact our normal number 01935 813288 📞

22/03/2024

✨ MEET THE TEAM ✨

Last up, We have our Clinical Director Gemma Loader.

Gemma enjoys all aspects of being a farm vet and has a particular interest in sheep fertility & breeding. 🐑

15/03/2024

✨MEET THE TEAM✨

We are sure most people will know David, We are incredibly lucky to have had David working with us for the past 30 years 🐖

08/03/2024

✨MEET THE TEAM ✨

Caitlin joined Kingston Vets in 2019. She spends most of her time organising the farm team, dealing with Tb testing, herd health planning and keeping on top of Gemma's paperwork 📄

07/03/2024

A couple of weeks ago vet David had 3 piglets come into the practice for surgery, they were perfect patients and very cute 🐷

It’s a pleasure to look after these little ones from

05/03/2024

We always enjoy going to see these lovely Herefords. We hope this little one has a quick recovery ✨

There’s always something new to go wrong in farming…..
Today we had a lovely bull calf born, the first calf sired by Hilfield Worzel. Unfortunately the calf’s mum was over exuberant and bit the calf’s umbilical cord so our friends The Kingston Veterinary Group - Farm were called upon to stitch the wound. Fingers crossed he’ll be on the mend now!

01/03/2024

✨MEET THE TEAM✨

Next up is Jenny, Most of our clients will have met her already.
Jenny enjoys all aspects of farm work, specifically Routine fertility, Youngstock & Sheep🐑

26/02/2024

✨WE ARE MOVING ✨

Exciting News for our clients

We are happy to announce that we are relocating our Kingston House practice in Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset, to our New Practice at:

Unit 5, Coldharbour Business Park, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 4JW.

The Kingston Veterinary Group has provided care for livestock, equine and small animal patients for a total of 138 years, throughout this time Kingston Vets has been based at Kingston House in Sherborne since its opening in 1886. Due to the high demand of our services and lack of space and car parking we are excited to announce that we are moving to a new premises, only five minutes away, at Coldharbour.

The new site will provide room for growth, improve facilities and working conditions for our staff, allowing us to exceed our clients’ expectations. The new building will have four consultation rooms, a separate dog and cat waiting area in reception, an imaging suite, dental suite, modern theatre, separate kennels and cat ward, isolation units, purpose-built farm animal theatre, a new laboratory, store and dispensaries, alongside better office facilities for our teams.

The new practice is set to open late March/ Early April 2024, we will be keeping everyone posted with regular updates via emails, text messages and social media. We hope that you are all as excited as we are and look forward to you visiting the new premises very soon.

Kingston Veterinary Group is investing in the future, making sure the welfare of patients is at the forefront of their plans.

For more information & updates, contact us on 01935 813288 or follow us on social media or go to our website https://www.kingstonvets.co.uk/

Our small animal practice in Yeovil & equine practice in Buckhorn Weston will run as normal.

23/02/2024

✨ MEET THE TEAM ✨

We're back to introduce the second half of our team.

Here we have Iona, who in her short time here is already proving herself to be a great asset to the team 🐄

21/02/2024

What do you need to do during the dry period to help prevent mastitis?

One of the most important steps is to develop, implement and regularly review a dry cow strategy with your vet.

Join other farms who have a dry cow strategy, and contact us today to start yours.
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20/02/2024

Here are just some of the benefits of developing a good dry period strategy 🐄

19/02/2024

Let's talk about udder health. 🐄

A well-managed dry period is critical to the success of the subsequent lactation.
In many cases, bacteria that infect the udder during the dry period do not cause mastitis until early in the next lactation, which can have a major impact on yield and fertility.

30/01/2024

A few weeks ago our Vet Clara went out to complete a new client check for 40 laying geese 🪿

Did you know that when on land or in water a group of geese are called a gaggle, but whilst they’re in the air they’re called a skien

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22/01/2024

Bluetongue cases have continued to develop over the last few weeks, see the map to see where the control zones are currently located.

As a reminder these are the signs to monitor for:

🐑 In sheep the main signs are: ulcers on the mouth and nose, discharge from eyes or nose and drooling, swelling of the lips, tongue, head, neck and coronary band. Other signs include fever, red skin as a result of blood sampling, lameness, breathing problems, abortion & death

🐄 In cattle the main signs are: lethargy, crusty erosions around nose and muzzle. Redness of mouth, eyes and nose. Reddening of coronary band. Nasal discharge. Reddening and erosions on the teats. Fever. Milk drop. Not eating. Abortion. Some cattle can show no clinical symptoms.

20/01/2024

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17/01/2024

Have you heard of Q fever?

Q fever is caused by a bacteria called Coxiella burnetii.
It infects goats, sheep and cattle but also humans.

It is very prevalent in UK farms (see the map above) and can cause abortion, retained placentas, metritis, premature births and stillbirths as well as weak offspring.

In humans it can cause flu-like symptoms with a small number of cases needing hospitalisation for hepatitis, and/or pneumonia. However, the majority of people show no symptoms.

If you are concerned about Q fever or would like to know more, speak to one of our vets.

15/01/2024

This is the amazing Tigger.🐱

Tigger, the farm cat was due his vaccinations before Christmas so vet Jenny gave Tigger his vaccinations whilst out on farm following a routine fertility visit.

We are super lucky that all of our farm vets also treat small animals regularly, meaning if your working/farm animals need their vaccinations or a check up then we can do this whilst on farm to save you a visit to the practice, just let us know prior to the farm visit.

12/01/2024

There is nothing better than seeing a down caesarean up and drinking within 10 minutes post surgery. 🐄

This time last week vets Antonia and Jenny were out on farm performing a tricky caesarean where the cow was lying down, we are pleased to hear that one week on she is doing very well.

Making the decision to do a Caesarean can be tricky but the sooner we act the better the outcome. Please call us if you ever are unsure about making that decision

10/01/2024

▪️EDIT- This survey has now closed, Thank you to everyone who has taken part.

🐑SHEEP FARMS 🐑

Follow the link & complete the survey to recieve a free lambing survival kit!

✨Here is what’s included✨

Socks with FootVax logo
Tag shaped keyring with Allflex logo
Travel mug with MSD Animal Health logo
Beanie Hat with EweFirst and MSD logo
Gloves
Flexmark Crayon (one per box)
Flock Health check list for them to work with their Vets on

✨Here’s the link✨

https://animalhealth.getfeedback.com/r/KuISDy7R

19/12/2023

TBAS allows FREE tailored advice on TB, we can come out and chat it through or you can use the TBAS phone line 🐄

TB can be very frustrating but there are things that you can do to reduce the risk of TB on you farm, call us to find out more 🐮

17/12/2023

We have recently upgraded our in house faecal egg count machine which means:

✨It allows us to do normal FEC with improved accuracy
✨We can now run fluke testing in house
✨Quick results to allow fast, targeted treatment when high burdens are identified

15/12/2023

🎄 Please be aware of our Christmas opening hours 🎄

Wishing all our farmers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

14/12/2023

🐑Sheep Scab🐑

Sheep Scab is a highly contagious disease caused by the Psoroptes ovis mite. It is spread by sheep-to-sheep contact, at markets or in livestock lorries. Keep an eye out for sheep that are trying to scratch themselves on fences and posts. Look out for yellowish, crusty lesions and make sure you quarantine new animals. If your flock becomes infested, it will have an impact on their welfare, as well as your pocket.

Give us a call if you suspect your flock may have sheep scab. We can arrange the correct treatment and advise you on what to do next

08/12/2023

*EARLY CLOSE*
Both Sherborne and Yeovil branches will be closing at 5pm today. In an emergency please call our usual number 01935 813288 and you will go through to our out of hours service

We apologise for any inconvenience.

24/11/2023

✨Meet the team✨

Next we have vet Antonia Leech who joined us in 2021, Antonia enjoys all aspects of farm work especially routine work & surgery and has recently taken on pigeon exports. 🕊

22/11/2023

For all poultry owners please remain vigilant for signs of avian flu as we come into the winter season and keep up to date with Government restrictions, currently there are no restrictions in the south west area as of yet. 🦆

We ask any clients wanting to bring in their birds for a vet visit to please wait outside before bringing in any birds into the reception area

Find out more information on avian influenza (bird flu) by visiting gov.uk/birdflu

22/11/2023

🪱Reminder🪱
Tomorrow is our free fluke testing day, drop in some samples today or tomorrow for quick results

Do you suspect you have fluke on your farm?

Find out for free, on Thursday 23rd November you can drop in a faecal sample to our Sherborne practice and have results the same day! 🐄🐑