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Clostridial disease protection
Vaccinating ewes with Heptavac P Plus 4-6 weeks pre-lambing is the best way to protect them and their lambs against the 7 most common clostridial diseases: lamb dysentery, pulpy kidney, struck, tetanus, braxy, blackleg, black disease, and clostridial metritis.
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Cattle lameness: White Line Disease
White line disease is a non-infectious claw horn disease of cattle. The white line is the area of the sole of the hoof where the wall horn meets the sole horn. The horn along this junction is prone to damage, particularly from shearing (sideways) forces. Sole thinning as a result of increased wear can also cause the sole to flex more with resultant damage to the white line structure.
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Bovine Iritis – ‘Silage eye’
Bovine iritis, also known as ‘silage eye’, appears as a bluish-white cloudiness in the eye, with a red angry rim at the junction of the sclera and cornea (where the white and black parts of the eye meet). Silage eye is extremely painful as demonstrated by excessive tearing and closing of the eyelids.
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Calf pneumonia – knowing your enemy and successfully fighting it!
Pneumonia accounts for 22.5% of all deaths in pre-weaned calves, second only to scours as the leading cause of mortality. Now is the time to critically appraise your buildings and management policies.
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Bovine respiratory disease
Pneumonia accounts for 22.5% of all deaths in pre-weaned calves, second only to scours as the leading cause of mortality. Now is the time to critically appraise your buildings and management policies.
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Controlling lameness for a more productive flock
It is estimated that the UK flock contains over 3 million lame sheep. Staggeringly over 60% of the total amount of antibiotic used in flocks is used to treat lameness.
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