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- Schmallenberg Virus
21/02/2012
Important please see our information ... - Red Mites talk
14/02/2012
Our Podcast with specialist Poultry Vet David Spackman NDP BVSc MRCVS and Agricultural Consultant Andy Marshall BSc (Hons) Agric FBIAC is now available on our website... - Westpoint support Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute (RABI)
30/01/2012
Jules Dare presented Bill Westnedge and Sally Field from the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute (RABI) with a cheque for £500 at Warnham last week... - Youngstock management
04/01/2012
Tim Potter from The National Youngstock Association ... - Pneumonia Don’t under estimate the costs!
28/12/2011
With the changeable weather the last few months we have been seeing an increasing number of cases of pneumonia in housed cattle ... - Mycotoxins - Are you ready for this winter's challenge
24/12/2011
Westpoint Vet Rob Drysdale and Alltech UK's Ruminant sales manager Graeme Smith advise how to identify, treat and better avoid mycotoxicosis... - BVD Will it affect my herd?
08/11/2011
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is as the name suggests, a viral disease often seen to cause diarrhoea ... - Winter is only just around the corner!
07/11/2011
In this copy of Sheep Newes we will be looking at issues that could affect your flock over the coming autumn and winter months... - From the vet's practice to Helmand Province
02/11/2011
An interview with Westpoint Vet Paul Horwood ... - A new approach pays off
02/11/2011
With milking cow numbers increasing by three-fold over the last decade Colin and Yvonne Dent along with son Mark found cell counts rising out of control... - Planning For Efficient Suckler Cow Feed Management This Winter?
02/11/2011
As housing looms and with winter also rapidly approaching our attention is drawn to efficiency of feeding management to maximise productivity and profitability of the suckler herd... - Welcome to the first issue of Swine Times
27/10/2011
Welcome to Westpoint Veterinary Group's new Pig newsletter ... - Westpoint serving you
23/09/2011
Introducing our new practices! ... - Mastitis detection with “Real Time” PCR technology
22/09/2011
In dairy herds throughout the UK mastitis continues to be the most common disease... - Westpoint SW dairy farmer wins national competition at this years Dairy Event
14/09/2011
Dairy Event 2011: James Willcocks takes the DFF 2011 winner's trophy Dairy Event 2011 ... - Pregnancy rates best indicator of fertility
14/09/2011
Producers need to stop focusing on calving interval as an indicator of fertility performance and instead look at pregnancy rates... - Dairy Event 2011: Rumen bolus
09/09/2011
A new rumen bolus being trialled for the first time in the UK could help prevent problems such as lameness and poor fertility ... - Mastikit - Mastitis Detection Technology
07/09/2011
Do you get frustrated by "no growths" on milk samples you send to the lab? ... - You say goodbye, we say hello
01/09/2011
After a busy lambing and calving season and a dry spring it appears that just as everyone has been preparing for the straw and silage season it started raining! ... - New Westpoint Farm Veterinary Practice opens!
11/08/2011
We look forward to welcoming ALL new clients to our Dumfries practice, both now and in the future... - Mastitis: Control, treatment, antibiotic residues and milk quality implications
05/08/2011
Our very own Vet Matt Dobbs spoke at the 2nd International Symposium held in China in May ... - Research - Comparison of oestrus detection methods in dairy cattle
04/08/2011
Westpoint Vet Amy Holman has contributed to a paper on Comparison of oestrus detection methods in dairy cattle ... - Summer sun, something’s begun, but what?
14/07/2011
The spring heatwave is over - Wimbledon’s just finished and my beehives have finally stopped trying to swarm - Most clients with laying flocks report another good year for eggs and hatchability ... - Southern Practice Newsletter - Summer 2011
22/06/2011
One of the reasons I moved to the Southeast 4 years ago was for the sunshine and dry weather ... - Game, Set and Match - maybe not!
21/06/2011
By the time you read this play at Wimbledon will hopefully have finished - That is unless rain stops play as normal and they use the following week - Murray, Federer and their tennis playing chums will have sweated their way around SW19 serving up all manner of aces but what about your cows being served? ... - Calving Difficulties
14/06/2011
Calving is one of the most critical times of a cow’s life - A smooth calving is the first step towards a successful and profitable lactation as well as providing the best possible start for the newborn calf... - Practical Poultry Vet!
21/04/2011
Practical Poultry Magazine have teamed up with Westpoint Veterinary Group to produce an education based website ... - A day in the life of a vet
20/04/2011
Come along to a dairy farm in Hampshire with vet Matt Dobbs to find out what it takes to look after cows to the highest standard... - "High Health” is key to production!
18/04/2011
For Angus Stovold, Lydling Farm having a high health status has always been top of his priority list... - BVD is a well recognised problem in adult cattle
10/04/2011
Recently I was called in to investigate an outbreak of pneumonia in a group of calves that did not respond as well as expected to treatment... - Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD)
21/03/2011
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is as the name suggests a virus that infects cattle... - Lungworm
09/03/2011
Thinking about turning out young calves is probably not at the top of the agenda just yet for most people but if you want to use the best known form of lungworm control then you do need to be thinking now... - Parlour Decisions: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish - Look to the future
25/02/2011
With dairy input costs having risen by an extra 1... - High performing, healthy, profitable cows
07/02/2011
WillsBro Holsteins is one of the most well known names in the UK dairy industry... - Controlling and Eradicating BVD - Should this be a priority for Jersey Producers?
17/01/2011
As we enter 2011 it is clear that the rate of change in the dairy industry will continue at a great pace... - Adding Value not costs
12/01/2011
Food scares the rise of the television foodie tightening supermarket standards and pressure on the Government to raise standards of animal welfare have all helped to redefine the role of veterinarians on farm in the past decade ... - Feed ‘em right this year
10/12/2010
As the evenings draw in most ewes will have gone to the tup now and we’re starting to think in terms of getting ready for lambing time... - Preparation for Lambing
20/11/2010
Careful preparation for lambing is paramount to maintain high levels of welfare for pregnant and lambing ewes as well as their newborn lambs... - South West Healthy Livestock Initiative (SWHLI)
18/11/2010
Coming to a farm near you an exciting series of talks on many subjects to promote the benefits of rearing youngstock as healthily and profitably as possible... - Environmental mastitis
17/11/2010
Environmental mastitis is recognised as the major challenge to improving milk hygiene and quality ... - Fertility Focus
15/11/2010
Reproductive efficiency is directly linked to the profitability of dairy and beef farms, as it affects milk production and the number of calves born per year... - Vet Matthew Dobbs wins Nuffield's Bullock Award
10/11/2010
Vet and Nuffield scholar Matthew Dobbs has won the 2010 Steven and Gill Bullock Award for excellence in using the learning from his scholarship to grow a £7-5m animal health business, to innovate and to contribute to the industry... - Coccidiosis in Game birds
05/11/2010
Coccidiosis is a major problem in young birds, and can be seen in birds as young as 7 days old - The infection causes enteritis, which can result in poor growth rates, thin birds, and in extreme cases, sudden death - Partridges are notoriously susceptible to coccidiosis... - Practice makes cakes for charity
29/10/2010
... - Farmer of the year 2010
21/10/2010
... - Adding value not costs
01/10/2010
... - New Kent Unit’s start-up challenges!
01/10/2010
Phillip Boyd of Wissenden Lodge Farm, Ashford in Kent currently farms 100 head of mixed continental and British beef cattle on a single suckle system, calving in a tight spring block and he writes... - Has your herd got a foot hold on fertility?
21/09/2010
Approximately one in 4 cows in the national herd is lame - a fact which raises serious welfare concerns within the industry - Poor mobility within the national herd costs the UK dairy industry thousands of pounds per year in lost milk production, higher cull rates and poor reproductive function... - Plan now for winter housing
01/09/2010
Another summer is slowly coming to an end, and as winter approaches and the evenings draw in, thoughts have to turn once again to planning for housing and the winter period... - Westpoint Vet wins Young Consultant of the Year
01/06/2010
Alex Walters from Westpoint’s Ashford Practice has won The British Institute of Agricultural Consultants (BIAC) YOUNG CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR 2010... - Westpoint - Celebrating 10 years of growth
01/06/2010
... - Face up to foot rot!
01/05/2010
Foot rot remains a big issue in many Westpoint flocks - The highest risk is to open flocks even if you are bringing in only rams or some store lambs, but even closed flocks can have foot rot problems... - On-farm mastitis investigation
21/03/2010
Mastitis vet Keith Baxter takes you through his approach to a farm with milk quality issues, “Each farm has its own set of problems so a methodical technique helps detect where a particular problem lies... - Beef ‘PIP’ is a Real Grower!
21/03/2010
The Westpoint Prime Beef Team have been working hard with beef producers across the South to ensure that their ‘Beef Profit Improvement Plans’ are up and running in early 2010... - Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
13/11/2009
Westpoint Veterinary Group has donated £1000 to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) as an early Christmas present... - Focus on Teat Hygiene
21/09/2009
Teat cleanliness is a vital area of milk quality control... - Happy Christmas and Happy New Year
18/09/2009
End of one year – start of the next - Drying a cow off is not the end but the start of the next lactation - 2010 will see Westpoint in its tenth year and recognised as the biggest farm practice in the UK... - Fertility a key driver for milk production.
21/06/2009
As conception rates continue to fall, submission rates need to increase - Ultimately this means heat detection must improve probably by learning to use heat detection systems and aids, and to use secondary signs of heat as we once used the standing cow... - Happy new year
21/03/2009
As of January 1st 2009, there are significant changes to the fallen stock regulations - primarily the abolition of the free collection scheme...