Westpoint Farm Vets

24/11/2025

⚠️ REMINDER - Scheduled Power Cut – today, 24.11.2025 ⚠️

Please note that due to a planned power outage at the office today, there will be limited access throughout the day.

📞 Our phone line will still be monitored as normal. If you need anything, please call 01962 779593 and speak to Sally.

Thank you for your understanding!

21/11/2025

📣 Responsible Use of Medicines Course

Join us on Thursday 15th January 2026 at 11am for a course on injecting livestock at Westpoint Farm Vets, Bridgets Farm, Bridgets Lane, Martyr Worthy, SO21 1AR.

🐄 This course covers:
• Safe and responsible use of medicines on farm
• Best practice for injecting livestock
• Practical guidance to support animal health and compliance

💷 £75 + VAT per person
🎓 Certificate provided on completion

To book your place, please call 01962 779593 or email [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you there!

21/11/2025

⚠️ Scheduled Power Cut – Monday, 24.11.2025 ⚠️

Please note that due to a planned power outage at the office on Monday 24.11.2025, there will be limited access throughout the day.

📞 Our phone line will still be monitored as normal. If you need anything, please call 01962 779593 and speak to Sally.

Thank you for your understanding!

14/11/2025

Have you ordered your Bluetongue Vaccines and Boosters? Bluetongue is still present in the UK so it's important to remain vigilant and to consider vaccination to protect your stock from BTV3.

Please give us a call if you would like to discuss or order vaccines.

12/11/2025

Speak to us soon about choosing the right product and testing regime!

10/11/2025

We have recently seen a high number of cases of urolithiasis, a painful condition, usually affecting males (but there are exceptions!), which can have fatal consequences if left untreated. At a time of year where you may be increasing feed due to poor grass availability, it's important that we work together to keep body condition of your animals at an acceptable level to reduce their risk of obstruction.

09/11/2025

We will remember them

07/11/2025

Successful Caesarean for Douglas yesterday — both mum and calf are happy and healthy! A great outcome all round. 🐮💛

06/11/2025

Don't forget your BTV vaccines or boosters!

Those who vaccinated around this time last year will need to administer boosters to maintain protection from BTV.

If you are interested in vaccinating your susceptible stock for the first time, please do get in touch.

06/11/2025

Alice, one of our new vets, enjoying a morning of PDs at a local dairy client 🐄💚

Great to see her getting stuck in and settling into the team!

05/11/2025

Emma, Alice and one of our current students enjoying some well-deserved buffalo scratches after a busy morning carrying out PDs and TB testing! 🐃💚

Always great to see our team (and the buffalo!) happy after a productive session on farm.

04/11/2025

Rules for housing of birds are CHANGING in light of increasing Avian Influenza cases. Please stay up to speed by using the Gov.uk website and the interactive maps:

https://www.gov.uk/animal-disease-cases-england/bird-flu-regional-avian-influenza-prevention-zone-east-of-england -measures-from-6-november-2025

https://defra.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8cb1883eda5547c6b91b5d5e6aeba90d

We are on hand to support if you have any queries.

04/11/2025

🐂 On-Farm Beef Meeting – Thank You! 🐂

We had a fantastic turnout at last week’s on-farm beef meeting – a huge thank you to everyone who came along!

A special thanks to Robert and Sophie Whitcombe for hosting us at their beautiful farm and for an excellent farm walk and talk on the Hawkley Herd including management and breeding programme. It was great to see and hear about their approach to herd development and breeding strategies in action.

We also covered some really valuable information on youngstock pneumonia – including recognising outbreaks, prevention and treatment options, and how to access available testing and funding.

A big thank you as well to Bimeda for supporting the event and for their insightful talk on bolusing in cattle.

It was great to see so many beef producers come together to share ideas, knowledge, and experiences. 🐂

27/10/2025

Our friend James is currently trooping his way up Ben Nevis in very tough conditions. James is raising money for The Farming Community Network - a charity close to our hearts, and likely yours too.

Well done James - we are rooting for you!

https://www.justgiving.com/page/james-ben-nevis-challenge?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&fbclid=IwY2xjawNQnjhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsjTFSDHrLX6VyEUxZvoqjoGXA6fpoSmnYuJoBMgRvZXphU388LfMAJVP_AN_aem_FZwazCHEogR1sbhPtlBHfw

24/10/2025

🐮 Coughing calves this winter? Don’t wait for trouble.

Bovine Respiratory Disease costs UK farmers millions each year, but prevention is possible.

Discover the three pillars to protect your herd this winter in our Proactive BRD Blueprint with Dr Ami Sawran of Westpoint Farm Vets.

📍 Page 49, October issue
👉Read more in print or online. Link in bio.

23/10/2025

⭐️There is still time to book onto this On-Farm Beef Meeting⭐️

Please contact the office on 01962 779593 or email [email protected] to book on!

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻-𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! 🐂

Come and hear about The Hawkley Herd, discuss pneumonia in youngstock and the benefits of boluses.

Thursday 30th October, 11am-3pm (lunch provided)

Spaces are limited so please RSVP to the office by the 24th October.

By kind permission of Robert and Sophie Whitcombe, and kindly supported by Bimeda IE.

23/10/2025

17/10/2025

make sure to keep your christmas card designs coming! Our clinical directors are waiting to choose their favourite design!

It's that time again! We are looking for a young person connected with farming to design our 2025 Christmas Card - the theme is 🐂🎄Festive Farm Animals! 🐑🎁

Please hand your designs in (in person or digitally) to your local practice before the 1st November 2025 for your chance to have your design printed on our cards (and a little sweet treat to say thank you).

17/10/2025

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻-𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! 🐂

Come and hear about The Hawkley Herd, discuss pneumonia in youngstock and the benefits of boluses.

Thursday 30th October, 11am-3pm (lunch provided)

Spaces are limited so please RSVP to the office by the 24th October.

By kind permission of Robert and Sophie Whitcombe, and kindly supported by Bimeda IE.

14/10/2025

🍁OCTOBER OFFER🍁
PROTECT YOUR CALVES FROM PNEUMONIA

Pneumonia season is here and we are offering significantly discounted intranasal pneumonia vaccine for your youngstock. One dose given up the nose provides 12 weeks of protection against the two major viruses PI3 and RSV. The vaccine can be given from birth so protects the calf over the most crucial weeks of life.

🐮One-off dose for effective protection
🐮Reduces treatment costs
🐮Boosts long-term productivity

Subsidised diagnostic testing for respiratory disease is also available.

☎️Please contact the practice on 01962 779593 to discuss further and get your discount today!

10/10/2025

Today is World Mental Health Day - a reminder that it’s okay not to be okay. Farming is rewarding, but it can also be stressful, lonely and overwhelming.

On this World Mental Health Day, here are some organisations you can reach out to if you’re struggling:
🐮RABI - 0800 188 4444
🐷 Farming Community Network - 03000 111 999
🐑 Samaritans - 116 123
🐓 Vetlife - 0303 040 255

03/10/2025

It's that time again! We are looking for a young person connected with farming to design our 2025 Christmas Card - the theme is 🐂🎄Festive Farm Animals! 🐑🎁

Please hand your designs in (in person or digitally) to your local practice before the 1st November 2025 for your chance to have your design printed on our cards (and a little sweet treat to say thank you).

02/10/2025

We are offering significant savings on bovine intranasal vaccines this october. Contact your practice directly for more information and to order your doses now!

01/10/2025

🌾 Dairy Discussion Group Success! 🐄

A big thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our latest dairy farm walk hosted by the Woodhorn Group. It was a fantastic day of of knowledge-sharing and we couldn’t have asked for better weather for our BBQ🍔

Special thanks to Ottis and the team for welcoming us onto their farm and giving everyone a behind-the-scenes look at their operation. 👏

Our clients enjoyed a tractor-trailer ride to see the heifers out at grass and visit the farm vending machine as well as a full tour of the dairy, cubicle sheds and newest calf arrivals. The Lely Juno feed pusher was also in action!

It’s great to see the commitment of local farmers coming together to support one another and grow stronger as a community 💪

Stay tuned for details on our next meeting – we’re already looking forward to it!