Farm Animals

Friars Moor is a long established farm veterinary practice, which aims to provide a quality and individually tailored service to all our clients. The large number of dairy cows in our area has led us to develop into a specialist dairy practice. However, our vets have the expertise to treat all classes of livestock, ranging from small ruminants such as sheep, goats and camelids to game birds and poultry.

Herd Fertility

• Our vets can provide regular routine visits for fertility management.
• Access to Interherd a Dairy Herd Management program is available to assist with fertility management. This computer software records calving’s, heats, services, PDs and fertility treatments, which helps in producing a variety of action lists, as well as a ‘vet list’ of animals to examine on the next routine visit.
• Controlled Breeding Programs can be arranged to synchronise oestrus in groups of heifers or cows.
• The clinic also offers DIY AI courses including both theory and practice training sessions, on farm and at the surgery.

Herd Health Planning

• We can provide a British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) Herd Health Plan. Health Planning is vital to maintain the productivity of your herd, and our vets are here to work with you, to discuss and advise on disease, parasite control, monitoring vaccinations and herd biosecurity.

Udder & Milk Quality Mastitis investigations. Advisory visits to ensure the quality of your milk production is at its best. Cell count trends can be monitored through the NMR Herd Companion website so that farmers will receive monthly reports identifying problem high cell count cows in need of attention. Teat Scoring. Evaluation of milking machine function. Housing and environment advice.

Lameness and Footcare

• Treatment of individual and herd lameness cases.
• Advise on routine care, such as: bathing and digital dermatitis control.
• Hire of mobile WOPA crush available to clients.
• Resident foot trimmers: John Maddocks & John Barnard – please call the surgery for more information.

Young Stock

• Advise on all aspects of rearing from general husbandry to the control of specific diseases and preventive medicine.
• Colostrum management, control of calf scours, parasite control, nutrition advice, body condition scoring and advice on housing environment are some of the services we offer.

Additional Services

• Meetings: We hold regular farmer/vet meetings on farm or at the practice. Past topics include: Johnes disease, calf rearing and beef bio security.
• DEFRA: We carry out professional work on behalf of DEFRA. This includes TB testing, blood and anthrax tests, export certification etc.

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