Following the outbreak of TB in 2 herds in the practice we have almost finished testing all cattle within 3km of these farms and to date there has been no more confirmed cases We are however waiting for repeat tests on a number of animals that were inconclusive at the herd test; these will be […]
A vaccine (Bovilis SBV) to protect sheep and cattle against Schmallenberg virus has just been released onto the market which is licensed for sheep and cattle to reduce infection in the animal and thereby the number of abnormal offspring being born. In our practice we are aware of 6 ewes and 5 cows having given […]
By the time you are reading this we hope the weather will have improved and the first signs of spring will be here—livestock, and sheep in particular, are in desperate need of some grass after a hard winter following a bad summer last year. Losses of sheep in some areas of the practice have been […]
Our first newsletter of 2013 gives us an opportunity to inform you all of the extension of the business following the decision of Churchwalk Veterinary Centre to cease all farm work. We would like to welcome the new clients from Ulverston who have transferred their work to us, and assure our existing clients that we […]
After 44 years Lynne Dixon has decided to retire at the end of December and take a well earned rest! She has seen the practice change and develop from the days of Hargreaves, Fox And Rushton, where the majority of work was with farm animals and everything was done manually, through the increasing load of […]
In line with most other businesses we are planning to introduce a credit charge on any account which is outstanding for 60 days. This will be implemented from 1st January 2013, which will allow those of you with an outstanding balance 3 months to settle the overdue fees before the charge is applied. This will […]