Large Animal Services

Beef Services

Herd fertility visits - routine visit to reach target for efficiency of production

Heifer Pelvic measuring - using the pelvimeter, heifer measurements can be extrapolated to ensure heifers have adequate pelvic size for calving. Ultrasound maturity scoring

Bull Breeding Soundness Exam & Lameness plans

TB Testing- Both whole herd, pre & post movement testing

Infectious Diseases -CHECS accreditation schemes ,BVD, Lepto, IBR, Johnes & TB

Herd Health Planning - including working alongside VetImpress & WLBA to help future management with antibiotic awareness & monitoring. Developing vaccination protocols

Diagnostics - Blood sampling, worm egg counts & bulk milk samples

We offer Beef, Dairy & Sheep young stock management plans. Our plans cover colostrum intake monitoring by blood analysis, weight gain monitoring, disease prevention program, and heifer fertility monitoring. You will have a designated vet assigned to work with you.

For more information on Young Stock Management plans, please call the surgery on 01341 422212

Our dedicated team of vets offer a range of routine and non routine procedures.

Sheep Services

Sheep Flock Health Club led by our in house vet Claire Jones; M,R,C,V,S.,

Pregnant ewes & lambing time- metabolic profiling (pregnant ewes), housing & feeding assessments & lambing mortality

Parasite control- faecal worm egg counts, fluke egg counts, parasite control plans (inc, worms, fluke, sheep scab, fly-strike, lice etc) Testing for anthelmintic (wormer & flukicide) resistance.

Sheep reproduction -ram breeding soundness examinations, ram vasectomy, breeding season advancement & synchronisation, investigation of poor performance, abortion advice

Barren Ewe/ abortion investigations - investigations can help detect diseases such as Enzootic abortion or Toxoplasma. Vaccination plans can be recommended

Disease diagnosis & control ill-thrift/poor growth rate investigation, post-mortem,

Lameness - prevention plans

Dairy Services

Herd fertility visits - routine visit to reach target for efficiency of production

Bull Breeding Soundness Exam

Infectious Diseases -CHECS accreditation schemes ,BVD, Lepto, IBR, Johnes & TB

Dairy Data Analysis- Trends of disease such as mastitis, lameness & herd fertility issues

Heifer Pelvic measuring

Herd Health Planning - including working alongside VetImpress & WLBA to help future management with antibiotic awareness & monitoring Developing vaccination protocols