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 […]
Most of you would have heard of MilkSure over the past year, but you might be unaware of what it is, so here is a quick explanation.
MilkSure is a training initiative brought about by Dairy […]
Jo Brown is the author of this month’s Tails. What are we going to worm with and most importantly – do we need to worm them?
As much as we don’t want to admit it, Autumn is creeping in quickly. Last cuts of silage […]
Worming your dairy cows can be a complex issue as there is a need to consider the responsible use of anthelmintics and the environment whilst ensuring efficiency for milk production.
It is important that the use of anthelmintics is done responsibly to prevent the emergence […]
Vet Partners have recently acquired the ‘Grassroots Herdcheck’ software for Cell Check and Feed Check reports, which have been very popular at LLM over the past twelve years. The platform is being hosted at our Whitchurch branch has been renamed ‘Dairy Monitor’ Cell Check, so look out for […]
Ruminants require cobalt in their diet as rumen microbes use this trace element to synthesise Vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is essential for energy metabolism and deficiency can result in sub-optimal growth rates in lambs. Andy Henderson explains […]
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.
July should be a fairly quiet time in the flock calendar and hopefully, many lambs are close to finishing or already away. It’s now time to figure out why we had marked certain ewes for culling back at lambing time and also select or source whatever replacements are […]
Did you know that Sheep Scab can infect up to 60% of your flock before any clinical signs are seen? So it’s a pretty important condition to control. Dan Stevenson gets us up to speed…
Sheep Scab, also called Psoroptic Mange, is caused by […]
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