Youngstock Management & Advice

Simple Changes to Improve Calf Health

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Simple Changes to Improve Calf Health

Joel and Emma Redfern have built up a 200 head flying dairy herd near Yarlet in Staffordshire after taking on the farm in 2017. We caught up with them after doing some investigatory work into some calf respiratory problems. It’s prime time of year for respiratory issues, so we hope […]

LLM Farm Vets2020-11-16T09:23:06+00:00November 16th, 2020|Youngstock|

Keeping one step ahead of Salmonella this Autumn…

Beef, Dairy, Infectious Diseases, Youngstock

Keeping one step ahead of Salmonella this Autumn…

Around the Autumn Equinox we often see an increase in Salmonella cases with greater inclement weather and closer cow contact. Vicky goes through why and how best to keep on top of it in the coming weeks.

The main cost of Salmonella infection comes from decreased milk yield in subclinically […]

LLM Farm Vets2020-10-15T14:25:24+00:00October 15th, 2020|Beef, Dairy, Infectious Diseases, Youngstock|

Pneumonia – LLM’s Disease Dictionary

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Pneumonia – LLM’s Disease Dictionary

With the colder, wetter months of “pneumonia season” just around the corner this seems like the opportune time to discuss calf health and the economics of calf disease.

It’s easy to dismiss the odd pneumonia or scour case amongst the rest of the week’s events, but do we know the […]

LLM Farm Vets2020-09-16T14:45:53+00:00September 16th, 2020|Youngstock|

Coccidiosis in Calves and Lambs

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Coccidiosis in Calves and Lambs

Have you ever thought coccidiosis could be making your youngstock calves and lambs not achieve there daily live weight gain potential? Steph from our VetTech team gives a few tips to help manage calves and lambs to reduce the impact that cocci has on your stock.

LLM Farm Vets2020-04-15T11:12:19+00:00April 15th, 2020|Youngstock|

BVD Day – a new initiative

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BVD Day – a new initiative

We want to introduce a new initiative, which we think will help make the BVD vaccination process easier. Introducing BVD Day!

In the past couple of years, there have been many BVD initiatives brought to the industry to try and reduce the presence […]

LLM Farm Vets2019-11-18T16:17:54+00:00November 18th, 2019|Beef, Dairy, Infectious Diseases, Youngstock|

Clarifide – to test or not to test…

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Clarifide – to test or not to test…

The Clarifide genomic test has been spoken about a lot recently, so we wanted to give you our overview:

What is the difference between Clarifide and Clarifide Plus?

Both are in-depth genomic tests that can give an indication on genomic […]

LLM Farm Vets2019-10-08T10:56:47+00:00October 7th, 2019|Dairy, Management, Youngstock|

Emily’s Calf Quiz – How many points can you get?

This month’s tails come from Emily who is a bit of a calf whizz…

I quite often get asked whilst out on-farm what can be done to help maintain growth throughout the cold winter period. So I thought I’d put together a bit of […]

LLM Farm Vets2019-10-07T13:52:11+00:00October 7th, 2019|Youngstock|

Managing calf scours

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Managing calf scours

10 minutes is all you need!

Once a cow has calved the next big challenge is to get the calf through the first few weeks without scouring. We have some rapid scour kits available for free and Bertie gives us the low down.

LLM Farm Vets2019-07-12T15:58:50+00:00July 12th, 2019|Beef, Dairy, Youngstock|

The use of faecal worm egg counts to reduce worm resistance.

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The use of faecal worm egg counts to reduce worm resistance.

With summer nearly here and the weather warming up, it is important to worm your fat lambs effectively. If you have already wormed your lambs, are you sure your wormer has worked effectively? With increasing resistance to wormers reported across the industry, Steph is here to tell […]

LLM Farm Vets2019-06-14T11:11:13+00:00June 14th, 2019|Sheep, Youngstock|

How can carcase trait Estimated Breeding Values help commercial beef farmers boost profits?

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How can carcase trait Estimated Breeding Values help commercial beef farmers boost profits?

A recent project, funded by AHDB and Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales, has developed new Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs). These are linked to the traits commercial farmers get paid for, such as carcase quality and speed of finishing. The new carcase trait EBVs are:

LLM Farm Vets2019-04-04T14:37:13+00:00April 4th, 2019|Beef, Youngstock|

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What is the difference between Clarifide and Clarifide Plus?

10 minutes is all you need!

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