Newsletters – Dairy
April 2024 – Seasonal reminders, Alistair’s Milestone Birthday, Research Project Results – Salmonella, High Cell Count Cows (Subclinical Mastitis), BVDV – What’s Your Herds Status?, BVDV Lab Samples, Crush – Modifications For Lame Cows – Click here
March 2024 – Seasonal reminders, New Genetic Disease : Early Onset Muscle Weakness Syndrome, Managing calves after difficult calvings, Phantom Cows – What are they?, Pregnancy loss in dairy cattle – Click here
January 2024 – Seasonal reminders, Pinkeye (Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)), Mastitis Culturing at the Practice, Digital Newsletter – Click here
December 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Pregnancy testing heifers, Eye cancer in cows, Eye cancer detection, Heat Stress – Click here
November 2023 – Seasonal reminders, When to treat non-cycling cows?, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips, Woody tongue – Click here
October 2023 – Seasonal reminders, New vet Sam B, Synchronising programs, Bull testing, Is BVDV widespread in the cattle herds in our area? – Click here
September 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Calf deaths after difficult calvings, Disbudding calves, Calf rearing tip, Put a halter on cows with a prolapsed uterus – Click here
August 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Keith’s Milestone Birthday, Vaccines at Lockington Shop, Uterine Pessaries, Metacam, Mastitis and Fertility, Hardware disease (Vagal indigestion), Claire and Frankie get Memberships – Click here
July 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Use Metricure early, Heifers with Udder Oedema, Antibiotic Residues in Milk, Mastitis and “Failure to Cure” – Click here
June 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Salmonella vaccine, Rotavec-Corona vaccine, Lame cows and treating lame cows – Click here
April 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Managing calves after difficult births, High cell count cows (subclinical mastitis), lame cow crush, Some lame cow facts, BVDV- What’s your herds status?, BVDV lab samples – Click here
December 2022- Seasonal reminders, Botulism, mouldy feed, and mixer wagons, Mouldy hay/silage, Other flood related cattle health issues, Eye cancer in cows, Eye cancer detection – Click here
October 2022- Seasonal reminders, Ultraclox 24, Synchronisation programs, Bull testing, Bulls and BVD, Other bull diseases, Lungworm, Theileriosis – Click here
August 2022 – Seasonal Reminders, Ash becomes Partner, Vaccines at Lockington shop, Uterine pessaries, Humane killing of calves, Metacam, mastitis and fertility – Click here
July 2022 – Seasonal reminders, use Meticures early, Bovine Digital Dermatitis (BDD) research, What is BDD? – Click here
June 2022 – Seasonal reminders, Rotavec corona vaccine, Salmonella vaccine, Lame cows, Treating lame cows – Click here
April- 2022- Seasonal reminders, Managing calves after difficult births, Lame cow crush, Vets running late, Some lame cow facts, Salmonella research – Click here
December 2021- Seasonal reminders, Botulism and mixer wagons, Dispose of batteries carefully, Eye cancer in cows, Eye cancer detection – Click here
November 2021- Seasonal reminders, When to treat non-cycling cows, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips, Beware heliotrope poisoning – Click here
September 2021- Seasonal reminders, New vet – Frankie, Uterine pessaries, Humane killing of calves, Lungworm in calves – Click here
July 2021- Seasonal reminders, Heifers with udder oedema (flag), Use metricure early, Mastitis in heifers, Pain relief in cows – Click here
April 2021 – Seasonal reminders, Oxytet is back, Special Formula is coming back, Farm Safety Rebate Scheme, Mycoplasma – Click here
January 2021- Seasonal reminders, Ash Phipps – a very fine fellow, Pregnancy testing heifers, When to pregnancy test, Early pregnancy testing, Water deprivation in heifers – Click here
December 2020- Seasonal reminders, Beware heliotrope poisoning, Coping with a wet summer, Eye cancer detection – Click here
November 2020- Seasonal reminders, Ceftiosan (Excenel), When to treat non-cycling cows, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips – Click here
October 2020 – Seasonal reminders, New vet Carly, Theileriosis, Synchronisation programs, Bull testing, Bulls and BVD, Other bull diseases – Click here
August 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Corona virus, Vaccines at Lockington shop, Uterine pessaries, Humane killing of calves, Metacam, mastitis and fertility – Click here
July 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Oleander poisoning, Heifers with udder oedema (flag), Use Metricure early, Potential problems this season, Milk fever – Click here
June 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Rotavec corona, Salmonella vaccine, Lame cows, Treating lame cows – Click here
April 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Covid 19, Mastitis culturing at RVP, Mastitis treatment, Mastitis and “failure to cure” – Click here
March 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Hardware disease, Prevention of hardware disease, Managing calves after difficult calvings, Antibiotic residues in milk – Click here
Jan 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Water deprivation in heifers, Eve’s foot-and-mouth disease adventure, Preg testing heifers, When to preg test, Early preg testing – Click here
Dec 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Dispose of batteries carefully, Heat stress, Eye cancer in cows, Eye cancer detection – Click here
Nov 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Organising reproductive programs, Trifecta drench kills young calves, When to treat noncycling cows, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips – Click here
Oct 2019 – Seasonal reminders, New vet Ella, Synchronisation programs, Bull testing, Bulls and BVD, Other bull diseases – Click here
Sep 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Disbudding calves, LDA’s, RDA’s, Ketosis/ Acetonaemia – Click here
Aug 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Vaccines at Lockington shop, Marshmallow can kill cows, Uterine pessaries, Humane killing of calves, Metacam, mastitis and fertility, Calf deaths after difficult births – Click here
Jul 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Farewell Debbie and Nancye, Heifers with udder oedema (flag), Use Metricure early, Potential problems this season – Click here
Jun 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Vaccination programs (Rotavec and Salmonella), Vetch seed poisoning, Lame cows – Click here
May 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Nitrate poisoning, Cepravin vs Juraclox dry cow, Mastitis in dry cows, While you’re here – Click here
Mar 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Ee Cheng’s new chapter, Heat stress affects unborn calves, New vet Nisa, Managing calves after difficult calvings, Antibiotic residues in milk – Click here
Jan 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Pregnancy testing heifers, When to pregnancy test, Early pregnancy testing, Heat Stress, Jejunal haemorrhagic syndrome (JHS) –Click here
Dec 2018 – Seasonal reminders, Eye Cancers, Eye cancer detection, Weighing heifers, Caecal dilatation and/or torsion – Click here
Nov 2018 – Seasonal reminders, When to treat non-cycling cows, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips, Excenel RTU – Click here
Sep 2018 – Seasonal reminders, Lungworm in calves, LDA’s and RDA’s (twisted stomach), Ketosis/ Acetonaemia – Click here
Aug 2018 – Seasonal reminders, Vaccines and dry cow at Lockington and Dingee , Calf rearing tip, Down cow management – Click here
April 2024 – Seasonal reminders – Click here
March 2024 – Seasonal reminders, – Click here
January 2024 – Seasonal reminders, Pinkeye (Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)), Mastitis Culturing at the Practice, Digital Newsletter – Click here
December 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Pregnancy testing heifers, Eye cancer in cows, Eye cancer detection, Heat Stress – Click here
November 2023 – Seasonal reminders, When to treat non-cycling cows?, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips, Woody tongue – Click here
October 2023 – Seasonal reminders, New vet Sam B, Synchronising programs, Bull testing, Is BVDV widespread in the cattle herds in our area? – Click here
September 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Calf deaths after difficult calvings, Disbudding calves, Calf rearing tip, Put a halter on cows with a prolapsed uterus – Click here
August 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Keith’s Milestone Birthday, Vaccines at Lockington Shop, Uterine Pessaries, Metacam, Mastitis and Fertility, Hardware disease (Vagal indigestion), Claire and Frankie get Memberships – Click here
July 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Use Metricure early, Heifers with Udder Oedema, Antibiotic Residues in Milk, Mastitis and “Failure to Cure” – Click here
June 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Salmonella vaccine, Rotavec-Corona vaccine, Lame cows and treating lame cows – Click here
April 2023 – Seasonal reminders, Managing calves after difficult births, High cell count cows (subclinical mastitis), lame cow crush, Some lame cow facts, BVDV- What’s your herds status?, BVDV lab samples – Click here
December 2022- Seasonal reminders, Botulism, mouldy feed, and mixer wagons, Mouldy hay/silage, Other flood related cattle health issues, Eye cancer in cows, Eye cancer detection – Click here
October 2022- Seasonal reminders, Ultraclox 24, Synchronisation programs, Bull testing, Bulls and BVD, Other bull diseases, Lungworm, Theileriosis – Click here
August 2022 – Seasonal Reminders, Ash becomes Partner, Vaccines at Lockington shop, Uterine pessaries, Humane killing of calves, Metacam, mastitis and fertility – Click here
July 2022 – Seasonal reminders, use Meticures early, Bovine Digital Dermatitis (BDD) research, What is BDD? – Click here
June 2022 – Seasonal reminders, Rotavec corona vaccine, Salmonella vaccine, Lame cows, Treating lame cows – Click here
April- 2022- Seasonal reminders, Managing calves after difficult births, Lame cow crush, Vets running late, Some lame cow facts, Salmonella research – Click here
December 2021- Seasonal reminders, Botulism and mixer wagons, Dispose of batteries carefully, Eye cancer in cows, Eye cancer detection – Click here
November 2021- Seasonal reminders, When to treat non-cycling cows, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips, Beware heliotrope poisoning – Click here
September 2021- Seasonal reminders, New vet – Frankie, Uterine pessaries, Humane killing of calves, Lungworm in calves – Click here
July 2021- Seasonal reminders, Heifers with udder oedema (flag), Use metricure early, Mastitis in heifers, Pain relief in cows – Click here
April 2021 – Seasonal reminders, Oxytet is back, Special Formula is coming back, Farm Safety Rebate Scheme, Mycoplasma – Click here
January 2021- Seasonal reminders, Ash Phipps – a very fine fellow, Pregnancy testing heifers, When to pregnancy test, Early pregnancy testing, Water deprivation in heifers – Click here
December 2020- Seasonal reminders, Beware heliotrope poisoning, Coping with a wet summer, Eye cancer detection – Click here
November 2020- Seasonal reminders, Ceftiosan (Excenel), When to treat non-cycling cows, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips – Click here
October 2020 – Seasonal reminders, New vet Carly, Theileriosis, Synchronisation programs, Bull testing, Bulls and BVD, Other bull diseases – Click here
August 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Corona virus, Vaccines at Lockington shop, Uterine pessaries, Humane killing of calves, Metacam, mastitis and fertility – Click here
July 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Oleander poisoning, Heifers with udder oedema (flag), Use Metricure early, Potential problems this season, Milk fever – Click here
June 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Rotavec corona, Salmonella vaccine, Lame cows, Treating lame cows – Click here
April 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Covid 19, Mastitis culturing at RVP, Mastitis treatment, Mastitis and “failure to cure” – Click here
March 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Hardware disease, Prevention of hardware disease, Managing calves after difficult calvings, Antibiotic residues in milk – Click here
Jan 2020 – Seasonal reminders, Water deprivation in heifers, Eve’s foot-and-mouth disease adventure, Preg testing heifers, When to preg test, Early preg testing – Click here
Dec 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Dispose of batteries carefully, Heat stress, Eye cancer in cows, Eye cancer detection – Click here
Nov 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Organising reproductive programs, Trifecta drench kills young calves, When to treat noncycling cows, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips – Click here
Oct 2019 – Seasonal reminders, New vet Ella, Synchronisation programs, Bull testing, Bulls and BVD, Other bull diseases – Click here
Sep 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Disbudding calves, LDA’s, RDA’s, Ketosis/ Acetonaemia – Click here
Aug 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Vaccines at Lockington shop, Marshmallow can kill cows, Uterine pessaries, Humane killing of calves, Metacam, mastitis and fertility, Calf deaths after difficult births – Click here
Jul 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Farewell Debbie and Nancye, Heifers with udder oedema (flag), Use Metricure early, Potential problems this season – Click here
Jun 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Vaccination programs (Rotavec and Salmonella), Vetch seed poisoning, Lame cows – Click here
May 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Nitrate poisoning, Cepravin vs Juraclox dry cow, Mastitis in dry cows, While you’re here – Click here
Mar 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Ee Cheng’s new chapter, Heat stress affects unborn calves, New vet Nisa, Managing calves after difficult calvings, Antibiotic residues in milk – Click here
Jan 2019 – Seasonal reminders, Pregnancy testing heifers, When to pregnancy test, Early pregnancy testing, Heat Stress, Jejunal haemorrhagic syndrome (JHS) –Click here
Dec 2018 – Seasonal reminders, Eye Cancers, Eye cancer detection, Weighing heifers, Caecal dilatation and/or torsion – Click here
Nov 2018 – Seasonal reminders, When to treat non-cycling cows, How many bulls do I need?, Other bull tips, Excenel RTU – Click here
Sep 2018 – Seasonal reminders, Lungworm in calves, LDA’s and RDA’s (twisted stomach), Ketosis/ Acetonaemia – Click here
Aug 2018 – Seasonal reminders, Vaccines and dry cow at Lockington and Dingee , Calf rearing tip, Down cow management – Click here