Milfeddygon Dolgellau Veterinary Surgery

12/06/2025

🐕🐈‍⬛Nodyn bach i’ch atgoffa am bwysigrwydd o frechu yn flynyddol. Mae’n gamsyniad cyffredin os yw eich ci neu gath wedi cael y cwrs cyntaf o frechiadau pan yn ifanc, eu bod wedi eu hamddiffyn am oes. NID yw hyn yn wir! Mi ddylai’r anifail gael brechiad bob blwyddyn i gadw’r system imiwnedd yn barod i ymladd haint.

🐕🐈‍⬛ A little reminder on the importance of keeping up to date with vaccines! It is a common misconception that if a dog or cat has had its first course of vaccines as a youngster that they are then protected for life. This is NOT the case! Boosters should be completed yearly to help keep the immune system primed to fight infection.

Leptospirosis can be spread in the urine of dogs, but also rats and cattle. It can also be picked up through infected water sources. There is no ongoing protection from an initial vaccine course for leptospirosis and so yearly boosters are essential. Animals infected with leptospirosis are also a risk to humans as we too can be infected.

Mae pobl yn aml yn meddwl os nad yw eu cŵn yn cymysgu gyda chŵn eraill, eu bod mewn llai o berygl, ond mewn gwirionedd mae risg yn o afiechydon megis Leptospirosis (Weil’s disease). Gall Leptospirosis ledaenu drwy pi pi cŵn, ond hefyd drwy lygod mawr a gwartheg. Mi ellir hefyd ei godi drwy ffynonellau dŵr heintiedig. Nid oes unrhyw amddiffyniad parhaus o gwrs brechu cychwynnol ar gyfer Leptospirosis ac felly mae brechu blynyddol yn hanfodol. Mae anifeiliaid sydd wedi’u heintio gyda Leptospirosis yn beryg i bobl, gan y gallwn ni hefyd cael ein heintio.

Mae brechiadau cathod yn cynnig amddiffyniad yn erbyn ffliw a’r firws ‘Feline Leukaemia’. Unwaith eto, mae cathod angen brechiad blynyddol i gynnal amddiffyniad blynyddol. Cathod gwryw sydd heb eu sbaddu sy’n fwyaf tebygol o ddal heintiau firaol gan eu bod yn tueddu i grwydo ymhellach ac ymladdd gyda cathod eraill.

Cat vaccinations offer protection against cat flu and also the feline leukaemia virus. Again, these require yearly boosters to maintain immune protection. Uncastrated males are the most likely to pick up viral infections as they stray further and fight with other cats.

02/06/2025

🐑🐮Cofiwch ffonio i drefnu i gael eich Rhif VAN newydd- mae angen i’r Vet ddod allan bob blwyddyn i chi gael rhif newydd er mwyn gwerthu.

🐑🐮 Remember to call us to arrange to get your VAN updated before it expires! You need a new number every year to sell.

🚨RHANNWCH/SHARE

02/06/2025

🐑🐄🤠

🌟𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗚𝗖 𝗩𝗘𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🌟

Nominations 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 for the 2025 Arwain DGC Vet & Farmer Awards – accolades that recognise positive action to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in livestock and the environment in Wales.

This year, there are three award categories:
✨Livestock Vet,
✨Livestock Farmer,
✨𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗬 - Livestock Veterinary Practice.

👀 To find out more and to nominate
👉 https://tinyurl.com/4phumuh9

23/05/2025

🐈‍⬛Relax like Willow over the weekend!!

A fun fact for Friday afternoon some mammals including cat have a third eyelid, called a nictitating membrane, which protects their eyes and helps to keep them moist. This membrane can be seen if the cat winks 😉 or if their eye is injured.

🚨Mwynhewch penwythnos gwyl y banc a cofiwch ein bod yma i’ch helpu gyda argyfwng. Ni fydd ein staff swyddfa yn gweithio. Staff argyfwng yn unig hyd bore dydd Mawrth.
🚨Enjoy the bank holiday weekend, we are here to help in any emergency. There wont be any office staff in, emergency only until Tuesday.

16/05/2025

HAPPY FRIDAY✌️ DYDD GWENER HAPUS✌️

Mwynhewch y tywydd braf ond byddwch yn ofalus o’ch anifeiliaid anwes🐶🐈‍⬛
Enjoy the good weather but be mindful of the effects of the heat on your pets🐶🐈‍⬛

15/05/2025

🩺Anrhydedd yw mentora y genhedlaeth nesaf o Filfeddygon.
🩺It’s a privilege to mentor our next generation of Vets. We work closely with students from Veterinary Science course at Aberystwyth University.

🤗Mae pawb yn hoffi gweld y cwn bach!
🤗Every like to see and cuddle the puppies!

13/05/2025

🐴We tend to see more movement within the equine industry in the coming months, enjoying the weather and out competing at different disciplines.
🧨Please take extra care with biosecurity for high health of your animals.
📞Ffoniwch ni ar 01341 422 212 am fwy o gyngor.

09/05/2025

National Microchip Month in June is all about pets — and ensuring they are safely implanted with a little chip so they can be traced if they go missing.

30/04/2025

Its great to see it☀️ but its a shock to the system (we’re used to ☔️)

A quick visit to the shops can be too long for your dogs in the car. Please be mindful.

As the weather heats up this week, remember if it's too hot for you, it's also too hot for your pet! ☀️

Keep pet's cool with plenty of fresh, clean water and shady areas. Also, don't leave your pet in a hot car! ⛱️

25/04/2025

Dydd Gwener Hapus😁
Car newydd🤘 New car for our ATT

☀️Joiwch y penwythnos☀️Enjoy the weekend

17/04/2025

Coccidiosis – are your lambs at risk?
Lambs that are approaching 3 to 4 weeks old may be at risk of coccidiosis infection on your farm. Please read on for more information.

Coccidiosis facts

Coccidiosis is caused by microscopic, protozoal parasites that infect and multiply within the gut wall. There are many species of coccidia.

There is NO cross infection between cattle and sheep
Only TWO strains are pathogenic and cause disease in lambs
Eimeria ovinoidalis and Eimeria crandallis can lead to severe disease including severe gut damage and death in some cases
A high oocyst FEC does not necessarily indicate disease – speak with your vet to speciate the eggs.
Immunity develops as they get older, disease occurs when the challenge is HIGH before immunity is established.
At risk animals are lambs aged 3-8 weeks old.
At risk animals are lambs where immunity is suppressed, not developed, nutrition is poor, other parasites are present (i.e. nematodirus) and weather conditions are wet/muddy/cold

What does coccidiosis look like?

Lambs appear ‘tucked up’ and depressed
Poor fleece
Weight loss and poor growth
Diarrhoea – grey, dark, blood stained
Straining to pass faeces
Death following deterioration or sudden death where challenge is high
Gut damage can affect the lambs for a long time and reduce future growth potential

How does the infection occur?

Lambs ingest infective “oocysts” in the environment which have been passed in the faeces of already infected animals such as older lambs
Adult ewes can also act as infected carrier animals.
Oocysts can develop and survive in housed and indoor environments and on pastures. They may also survive for long periods, including over winter, being very resistant to drying out, freezing, heat and several disinfectants.
High levels of challenge occur – around wet muddy areas i.e. creep feeders, shelter in fields, in high stocking density sheds where a build up has occurred and in paddocks where many young lambs pass through (i.e. near the buildings).

How to manage coccidiosis

Lambs need to be infected and EXPOSED to develop immunity, whilst not being affected and succumbing to disease
Lambs need to be 3 weeks old and have been exposed to infection before treatment.
Susceptible lambs are lambs that have had limited exposure and are turned onto highly infective pastures.
HYGIENE is crucial – water troughs, feed troughs, equipment, gates etc need cleaning OFTEN.
TREATMENT can be problematic and timing is crucial – discuss with your vet for the optimum time to treat.
Treatments may need repeating if the timing is out OR if the AGE GROUP spread of lambs is wide.

Treatment

Speak with your vet for advice on speciation to check for pathogenic species and the treatment approach.

Lambs treated with antiprotazoals shed fewer oocysts, have less or no diarrhoea and grow faster than untreated lambs.
The aim is to reduce the contamination of pasture and lower the challenge facing the current and future batches of lambs.
Diclazuril has no residual activity and it is rarely appropriate to be used on the day of turn-out. When susceptible lambs are moved onto contaminated land, it is recommended that the product is given 10-14 days later.
Toltrazuril has a longer duration of action, making a single dose sufficient in most instances. The timing of dosing is also less critical, although one week after turn out onto contaminated land or a week before expected clinical disease is usually suggested.
Decoquinate is an in-feed medication added to commercial creep feeds via a vet prescription. Each 10kg lamb must ingest a minimum of 100g of creep a day to maintain adequate levels of decoquinate medication. It is only active in the small intestine. Infected lambs may therefore continue to shed oocysts due to infection in the large intestine despite showing no signs of disease.
Once the pathogenic species are on a farm, the lambs will be at risk each year. Plan ahead with your vet in your flock health plan to reduce the incidence of disease and damage to future growth rates.

15/04/2025

🐣 PASG HAPUS 🐣🐣
🐣🐣HAPPY EASTER 🐣🐣

Oriau agor/ Opening hours
We will be operating an Emergency Service Only on the 18th, 19th,20th and 21st April.

☎️01341 422 212