Thank you to everyone who took part in our Lambing Competition! ⭐️
The winner is….. Alison Borthwick! 🥳
Congratulations! Please pop in to collect your prize 😊
Twinning in dairy cattle is becoming increasingly common as milk production increases. Twins result in increased risk of pregnancy loss and abortion.
For those cows that carry the calves to term, they experience more difficulty giving birth, are at a higher risk of post calving disease, poor fertility and increased culling risk.
Diagnosing twins between 35 and 42 days of pregnancy allows management practices to be put in place to mitigate these risks as far as possible and to safeguard the cow's welfare and production.
These may include early dry off, closer supervision around calving and supportive boluses pre-calving.
If you are interested in taking up any of our dairy fertility services or would like further advice, please speak to one of our vets. 🐮🐮
Team effort here to lick up this newly born calf. The mother was suffering from a uterine torsion (twisted womb) which our vet Iain managed to correct.
Torsions occur in between 0.25 and 1% of UK dairy cattle at calving. Cows tend to be unsettled, with a raised tail head. Often they do not produce a waterbleb (foetal membranes) or progress to stage 2 labour (lying down to push). On examination a classic corkscrew can be felt in their vagina.
Thankfully mum and calf are both doing well. 👍😊
Drumroll please ....the winner of our Lambing Essentials box is.....
Lesley Watson🎉🎉🎉
Well done Lesley-please give us a shout at the practice to pick up your prize.
Thanks to everyone else for entering and happy lambing!
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Huge thanks to one of our farmers for sharing this video with us.
Our vet Ellen helped to deliver this lovely Ryeland tup lamb who is now named Captain Tom!
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Great result from a caesarean performed by our vet Iain with two healthy lambs.
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First calf of 2022 delivered by us here at Belle Vue Vets-born at 6am on New Years Day!
Good start to the year 👍
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This is a video of an ejaculate taken from a tup where the group of ewes he was with have all repeated despite having good raddle marks. You can clearly see that the sperm have no motility, and have severely bent tails due to an aberration of spermatogenesis. This tup is unsuitable for breeding as a result. Getting tups mot-ed pre-breeding would help identify these problems prior to use. Now that breeding is in full swing, if you have any tups that are under performing please let us know ☎
Two of our patients feeling much better and eating well after both undergoing LDA operations last week.
The average incidence of Left Displaced Abomasum on UK dairy farms is 4.5% (Target <1%). If you are experiencing a higher than expected rate of twisted stomachs, please speak to one of our vets and we can look into it for you ☎️
