January 2025
Lamb Disease prevention and control Webinar
We are hosting a webinar on lamb disease prevention and control, with a special guest from Forte Healthcare to talk about the new watery mouth product Arkguard. In this webinar we will talk about problems experienced with ewes and lambs at lambing time, how to recognise them and how to prevent them. To sign up to our free webinar on the 13th of January at 7pm please go to our website and fill in the sign up form on the educational events page. https://www.marchesfarmvets.co.uk/meetings-and-more
TB Advisory Service
The TB advisory service offers free visits to discuss TB risk on farm, and offers four simple cost effective, practical recommendations based on the risks identified.
The TB Advisory Service has been running for 4 years, funded by the rural development program for England (RDPE) 98% of Farmers that had a free farm visit said the recommendations at the end were useful and 90% rated the service as excellent.
Defra is now funding the TB Advisory Service for the whole of England, previously it was only available for farmers in the high risk and edge areas. This new funding also allows those farming other TB susceptible species (camelids, deer, goats, pigs and sheep) to have visits not just cattle keepers.
The top 5 recommendations from previous visits include using badger proof water and feed troughs, fencing off badger setts from cattle, using the website www.ibTB.co.uk to look up a sellers TB history prior to purchase and putting up wildlife cameras to identify what badger activity is in the farm yard and where to prioritise badger proofing measures.
If you would like to access the service either call the practice 01568701920 or contact TBAS directly on 01306 779410.
The team here at Marches Farm Vets would like to wish our lovely clients a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all your support and keeping us busy through out the year. Here’s to another year of Marches Farm vets!
