February 2021

Enzootic abortion of ewes: a review

Kate Hovers runs through details of infection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention for a signifi-cant cause of abortion in UK sheep.

27 mins
Milk hygiene and udder health: practical advice on best practice

Phil Elkins offers practical advice for fellow vets to help implement best practice on client farms.

27 mins
Pre and postcalving considerations: most vital ones for vets and farmers

Paddy Gordon runs through some of the many considerations for vets and farmers, including around the early dry period and close-up transition period, and regarding controlling ketosis and milk fever.

34 mins
Bovine respiratory disease: causes, prevention and treatment options

Tim Potter looks at key considerations, including BRD causes and strategies for treating it – and preventing it from becoming an issue in the first place.

23 mins
Focus on feet in cattle and sheep

Sara Pedersen discusses why lameness can be a challenge, before looking at existing and new industry measures to tackle its impact.

Mastitis control and prevention – including new initiative’s launch

Mastitis control has become increasingly important because of the rising concern regarding antimicrobial use on farms. Rebecca Nelson looks at control and prevention, including a new initiative to tackle it.

22 mins
Cattle vaccination: what, why and how to offer its benefits to farmers

Vaccination of cattle can provide immunity against many diseases that affect the animals during various stages of their lives. Here, Tony Andrews discusses how to raise its benefits with farming clients.

30 mins

January 2021

Improving parturition outcomes

Jonathan Hobbs discusses ways of “getting it right” to reduce perinatal mortality, and improve cattle health and welfare.

33 mins

December 2020

Innovations in udder health

Phil Elkins discusses this key area of disease prevention, as well as updates in treatments and preventive strategies.

31 mins
Significant event auditing part 6

RCVS Knowledge is back with another QI Vets quality improvement case example – this time concerning bulk tank failure.

6 mins

November 2020

Interesting farm animal cases from the laboratory: October 2020

Respiratory and reproductive disease in late summer 2020 is the focus of Axiom Veterinary Laboratories’ latest update.

October 2020

Helminth control in cattle

Neil Sargison discusses how vets can work with farmers to maintain responsible anthelmintic use and ensure herd health.

42 mins
New kids on the dairy block

Roger Evans offers an overview of more topics from the farming world.

22 mins

September 2020

Addressing lameness in a farmer-accessible format

Nick Bell MA, VetMB, PhD, PGCert Vet Ed, FHEA, DipECAWBM(AWSEL), MRCVS, Owen Atkinson BVSc, DCHP, MRCVS and Sara Pedersen BSc(Hons), BVetMed, CertCHP, DBR, MRCVS discuss the benefits of two structured programmes dealing with lame dairy cows that vets can use with clients.

23 mins
Pig health – nutrition, husbandry, vaccination and treatment protocols

John Carr BVSc, PhD, DPM, DipECPHM, MRCVS and Mark Howells MA, VetMB, DBR(Dist), MRCVS discuss opportunities available to vets to have a positive impact on the health and profitability of their clients’ herds.

28 mins
Don’t worry about what you can’t control

Roger Evans returns with thoughts on the pandemic and TB, in his latest Dairy Diary.

19 mins
Interesting farm animal cases from the laboratory: August 2020

Axiom Veterinary Laboratories‘ latest update looks at cases of gastrointestinal and nutritional diseases from early summer 2020.

79 mins

August 2020

Interesting farm animal cases from the laboratory: July 2020

Cases of reproductive and respiratory disease from spring and early summer 2020 are the topic of Axiom Veterinary Laboratories’ latest update.

43 mins

July 2020

New approach to calf rearing advice: effect on antibiotic use

Lara Robinson discusses the measures implemented in a calf health club and the resulting health improvements in youngstock.

5 mins

June 2020

Cattle vaccination: health and financial implications

Phil Elkins BVM&S, CertAVP(Cattle), MRCVS discusses the practical support vets can provide their clients to help them decide whether to vaccinate their herds.

32 mins