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The farm animal side of the practice aims to combine more traditional farm animal medicine and surgery with more modern-thinking preventative medicine work in order to secure the health, welfare and productivity of your stock. The practice has well over 100 years of production animal veterinary experience amongst the vets and we hope you'll find us a friendly approachable service.

Forums and Meetings
We routinely hold client meetings for our farmers to encourage discussion about important topics. Through iniatives such as the Red Meat Industry Forum and Duchy Herd Health Plans, and drug company support we are able to organise such meetings, either in our large meeting room at North Tawton, or out on farm. Recent discussion subjects include high cell count cows, lambings and lameness. In addition we are encouraging benchmarking schemes to compare the success of your enterprise against local and national production figures.

Equipment

We are able to loan pieces of equipment when needed at a minimal charge. We frequently lend out cow hoists, cow nets, dehorning irons and even have a cattle crush at the practice should you not possess one. Other equipment may be available upon request. We have a wealth of knowledge and resources at our fingertips and will work together to increase the health and productivity of your herd or flock.

Preventative Medicine and
Herd Health Planning
We are able and qualified to produce the British Cattle Veterinary Association and F.A.B.B.L. compatible herd health plans. For beef and sheep clients we can provide a lighter herd health plan through the "Good Health" Plan software.

Interherd

We possess the Interherd software program that allows us to analyse NMR milk recordings and thus monitor important information relating to productivity, allowing us to identify potential problems before they become disasters. We provide somatic cell count interpretations on a monthly basis for a number of our dairy clients, and are also able to interpret fertility data.

BCVA/FABBL/'Good Health' Health Plans We are able to produce the British Cattle Veterinary Association and F.A.B.B.L. compatible herd health plans. For beef and sheep clients we can provide a lighter herd health plan through the "Good Health" Plan software.

Routine Herd Health Visits
Routine fertility visits are a chance to identify cows that are not in calf, or not bulling, and ensure they don't drift out of the production cycle. We have four ultrasound scanners for fast and accurate routine fertility work. One of these is the "wire free" Easiscan portable scanner which has a self contained power supply, which allows us anywhere, including in a field!

Herd Health Problem Investigations

Whether it be a low lambing percentage, a drop in milk protein or an outbreak of calf pneumonia, we can give advice, perform appropriate investigations and provide solutions to any herd or flock health problems. Our broad range of interests and combined experience and training make us a valuable resource for animal health.

Farm Animal Links

The Royal College of
Veterinary Surgeons
The RCVS is the regulatory body for the UK veterinary profession.

DEFRA
DEFRA's site is an excellent source of info on all aspects of stock production and control of infectious disease (TB excluded).

British Cattle Movement Service
The Cattle Tracing Service allows you to register births, deaths, movements and check the stock registered to your premises.

National Farmers Union
The National Farmers' Union represents the farmers and growers of England and Wales.



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