Here you will find our most recent News posts relating to Livestock Health.
Please see also:
- the Friars Moor Monthly Farm Newsletter – please contact us to subscribe.
- the XL Vets farm newsletter Livestock Matters – you can read or download the latest issue and many back issues.
- (Note: for Courses & Events, see our calendar of forthcoming livestock health events)
- Avian Influenza (bird flu) – new rules in force from today December 14, 2020
From today (Dec 14) all poultry and captive birds must be kept indoors and strict biosecurity measures put in place, under rules issued recently by the Animal and Plant Health Agency. An increase in cases of Avian Influenza (bird flu) in both wild birds and commercial poultry flocks means that these additional rules have been ... - Order your flea & worm treatment online October 6, 2020
We now have an easy and efficient way of ordering your flea/tick and worm treatment, 24 hours a day!
Please follow these simple steps:
Click on the green repeat prescriptions link on the homepage
Complete the form in full
Select the branch you would like to go to (in BOLD)
Wait 24 hours and then go and collect your pet’s ... - Vet Viewpoint – diary housing September 15, 2020
Six key areas to improve your dairy housing environment.
An article by Alice Miller of Friars Moor Livestock Health, published in the XL Vets Farm newsletter (based on a previous article in Farmers Weekly):
Vet Viewpoint: Focus on these six key areas to improve your dairy housing environment, by Alice Miller
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Meet the team > Farm ... - Lameness in Beef Cattle September 9, 2020
Please have a read of this article on lameness in beef herds. Recent research shows that the prevalence of lameness on most UK beef herds is underestimated, with barriers to treatment including lack of suitable facilities. Contact our Vet Tech and Foot Trimming team via the office (01258 472314) to book in an appointment to ... - Blood sampling offer for ewes June 24, 2020
We hope you had a successful lambing period, however if you experienced problems with >2% of the flock barren or aborted, weak lambs or uneven size lambs born it is not too late to investigate.
MSD subsidised blood sampling of up to 8 ewes for Toxoplasmosis and Enzootic abortion is available until 30th June.
***** Call 01258 ...
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