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Liver Fluke

The NADIS Liver Fluke forecast uses veterinary surveillance combined with weather reports to predict the risk of disease over the coming months. ‘There was an increase in diagnoses of liver fluke disease at the start of this year and the risk of acute fluke is forecast to be high in some parts of North West […]

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Sheep Scanning

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Oakhill Farm Vets Clitheroe

Oakhill Farm Vets Clitheroe: Improved farm productivity is one of the hot topics in British agriculture following last year’s Brexit referendum. Although the specific details are yet to be ironed out, there are a huge number of potential export markets for British produce. To realise this potential, Lancashire farmers need to boost farm output whilst […]

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Bovine Ischaemic Teat Necrosis

This is a disease that has emerged in the UK over the last 5 years affecting the skin around the base teat but often extending down the teat and onto the udder. The lesions tend to be irritable causing the cow to lick the affected teats and in severe cases remove them. Currently very little […]

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EVENT: Keeping The High Yielder Healthy: Part 1

Venue: J & D E Mitchell & Son, Snapewood Farm, Snapewood Lane, Garstang, PR3 0JP Consultant Dairy Vet and Johnes enthusiast  Peter Orpin (Park Vet Group, Leicester) talks innovative control strategies and common pitfalls of infectious disease control. Workshops to include the latest in Johnes and IBR control, becoming BVD free and, if the weather […]

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Red Tractor Standards Changes

There has been an update in the Red Tractor Assurance Standards coming into effect from October 2017. A full list of changes is available on the Red Tractor website, the main changes affecting your herd health plan are listed below. Dairy: · Documented medicine records – all antibiotics used must be collated, and an annual […]

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