Our services
Our experienced team provides a range of services to help keep your farm animals healthy and productive
Our services
We take a proactive, whole herd approach to dairy herd health that focuses on disease management and prevention in order to maximise cow health, welfare and profitability.
We appreciate that every dairy farm is different, and as such create a tailored and bespoke level of veterinary intervention that best suits you and your herd.
We also provide a 24-hour farm service for any emergency calls.
Our dairy services include:
- Herd fertility services. Weekly, fortnightly or monthly routine visits with your own dedicated Vet. Every vet carries portable scanners. Veterinary teams are an integral part of fertility management on dairy farms. We can support with problem breeders, synchronisations, data analysis, semen evaluation and much more. We leave no stone unturned when it comes to your herd’s fertility performance, as poor fertility this year = no milk next year!
- We run regular DIY-AI training courses. To register your interest for the next course please email [email protected]
- Mastitis investigations. Clinical mastitis and cell count analysis using Uniform-agri, Quarter-PRO, Herd Companion and CIS. Clinical Director Eoghan heads up our mastitis work. Eoghan holds an RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice in Cattle and has been trained on the implementation of the AHDB Mastitis Control Plan.
- Lameness. We offer ROMS accredited mobility scoring with our vet techs, advanced functional foot-trimming including the Dutch 5 Step method and full farm lesion analysis and risk assessments as part of our holistic approach to mobility.
- We also hold regular foot-trimming courses. You can register your interest in this course by emailing [email protected]
- Nutritional advice. Clinical Director David Taylor holds a diploma in ruminant nutrition and has expertise in ration formulation using Diet Check as well as practical feeding on farm.
- David also runs our Grazing Discussion Group.
- Infectious Disease Control using quarterly Bulk Tank testing for BVD, IBR, Lepto, Salmonella and Fluke. We work with you to create effective control plans and strategies including vaccination programmes to enhance your farm’s biosecurity and disease control. All of our vets are Action Johne’s and BVCA BVD accredited advisors. All our Vets are Action Johne’s and BVD accredited advisors.
- Youngstock management. Our vets and vet techs work collaboratively to look after the future of your dairy herd. This collaboration between our team and your farm means we can cover every part of the rearing process from appraising colostrum management, milk replacers and pre-ruminant nutrition to controlling the infectious diseases that challenge your calves.
- Herd health planning compliant with Red Tractor. Experience ensuring farm compliance with aligned milk contracts.
- TB testing and advice with free TBAS consultancy visits (TB advisory Service) from our TBAS registered BATVA trained Vets.
For more information, please contact our team.
We offer a range of services that can be tailored to your beef farm, regardless of whether you run a suckler herd or rearing and finishing units. We also have vast experience with organic herds.
Our aim is to ensure optimal herd health and fertility in order to maximise the health, welfare and productivity of your herd.
We provide a variety of beef services, including:
- Bull fertility testing as part of a Bull Breeding Soundness Exam (BBSE) using Electro-ejaculator and Minitube Semen evaluation.
- Breeding advice with EBV assessment of Bulls and Pelvic Measuring of replacement heifers. Calving pattern analysis to ensure your cows calve in a tight block to minimise infectious disease and maximise profit through ease of management.
- Biosecurity and Disease testing including CHECS Accreditation.
- Grazing advice and ration formulation from Clinical Director David Taylor who holds the Diploma in Ruminant Nutrition (Dip RN).
- Sustainability practices.
- Herd health planning compliant with Red Tractor.
- Youngstock management including “Knock-down/Stress-free” disbudding.
- TB testing and advice with free TBAS consultancy visits (TB advisory Service) from our TBAS registered BATVA trained Vets.
Get in touch to learn more about how we can help.
We offer a comprehensive, flexible and individual approach to your flock health. Our main focus is on improving the health and production of your animals, reducing your production costs and minimising medicine usage. No flock is too large or too small.
We also produce bespoke flock health plans that meet the minimum Red Tractor requirements.
- Flock health plans.
- Parasite monitoring.
- Ram fertility testing.
- Pre-breeding ewe assessment.
- Controlled breeding programmes.
Contact our team to find out more.
To complement our veterinary team, we also have a team of vet techs who are on hand to provide a wide variety of cost-effective services to our farmers. The services our vet techs can provide include:
- ROMS accredited mobility scoring
- Calf growth checks
- Herd data collection
- Body condition scoring
- Faecal sampling
- Teat scoring
- …and lots more.
For more information on our vet tech services, please contact a member of our team.
We have many years of experience in completing product inspection and export certification for a vast variety of products.
We have several vets trained with the relevant OV panels and able to complete Export Health Certificates both within and outside of Europe, and have helped guide companies through the ever-dynamic world of exporting – no consignment is too big or small.
If you think we could help or have any questions regarding product exports, please contact the practice.
We understand that the needs of a smallholding differ to that of a larger unit, and aim to provide an individual and personalised high level service to every animal.
We cover a wide range of species, from pigs, goats and camelids to rare breed sheep and cattle.
We are happy to provide as much support and training as you need – please keep an eye out for any relevant farmer courses on our website and social media.
If you are interested in joining us please give the practice a call.
Some of our services include:
- Vaccination programmes.
- Individual sick animal treatment.
- Faecal egg count testing and worming protocols.
- External parasite control.
- Farmer training.
- Health planning.
Our discussion groups
- The FVSW Dairy Grazing Group meets on-farm once a month from March to November with each member taking a turn to host. At each meeting we discuss relevant issues around grazing and have a farm walk led by the hosting farmer. It is informal with a lot of chat about successes and failures and a good mix of new entrants and “old-hands”. Above all, the group is welcoming and supportive, especially of those who are starting out on improving grazing management. The group contains members with a range of calving patterns and milk yields and all who aim to improve grazing management are welcome.
- Group members all measure grass covers with a plate meter and operate rotation grazing systems with grass measurements figures entered onto a programme called Agrinet. The group is run by one of our vets, David Taylor, and he would be more than keen to chat with any client or non-client that is interested in knowing more. The aim of the group is simple, to maximise milk from grass in a drive to reduce costs whilst maintaining herd production and health.
- Our commercial flock club is a tailored discussion group aimed improving the health and production efficiency of their flocks. We host quarterly meetings on seasonally relevant topics and create benchmarks within the group aimed at reducing production costs from matters such as ewe nutrition, reproductive diseases, worm management, lameness, iceberg diseases and trace elements.
- Our member receive discounts on parasite monitoring and up to date worm advice as well as discounted routine vet time for health plans and required paperwork including VANs and Red Tractor.
- Our small flock club provides a discussion group and practical training courses for sheep and goat smallholders. We host quarterly meetings on farm and cover a wide range of topics catered specifically to smaller flocks, including our practical lambing course. We have a dedicated messaging group facilitated by our vets that answers common questions and allows our members to support each other in looking after their flocks.
- The health and welfare of every sized flock is important to us and our small flock club membership includes discounts on parasite monitoring as well as bespoke annual flock health planning.