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Independently owned Farm Vets providing a personal, cost-effective service putting farmers first

03/11/2026

❗️❗️🪱🪱We are seeing some very high worm egg counts in youngstock currently; also some lungworm. 🪱🪱❗️❗️
Are your stock achieving target weight gains? Reduction in weight gain is often the first symptom seen when worm burdens start to rise. Scour is seen commonly with gut worms and coughing can be a sign of lungworm in grazing cattle.

02/11/2026

2 cases of Shamonda virus have been diagnosed in Shropshire and Powys. The virus, spread by midges, has been moving across Europe.

Clinical signs include lethargy, fever, milk drop, scour, reproductive effects and nervous symptoms. Foetal abnormalities have also been reported, similar to Schmallenberg. It can affect ruminants and horses.

Early supportive treatment with non steroidals and fluids appears effective at limiting the effects of the disease.

Shamonda virus is transmitted by biting midges and affects cattle and other animal species, including sheep, goats, horses and alpacas.

29/10/2026

Information bTB (ibTB) is a free-to-access, online interactive mapping tool set up to help cattle farmers and their vets understand the level of bovine TB in their area and manage the risks when purchasing cattle. The tool was jointly developed by the Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) and the Environmental Research Group Oxford (ERGO) and launched in 2015.

In 2025, an enhancement was made to additionally display animal-level TB risk data for animals in herds in England. Users can enter an ear tag number into the existing search box and this will zoom to the location of the herd in which the animal currently is and details are displayed using a new display box. In addition to details about the animal, users can also view details of the current herd and previous herd.

https://ibtb.co.uk/

24/10/2026

23/10/2026

❗️❗️❗️ Late opening today ❗️❗️❗️
Due to the storm, some of the team are working from home this morning. Please ring the office number as normal to get in touch. Please ring ahead if you are planning on popping into the office. We will ring you if this impacts any planned visits.

22/10/2026

The Cornwall TB Eradication Group are looking to get more information about the risks posed by deer in the spread of Bovine TB.
Anyone who shoots deer can train to take blood samples to help with this project. Please see training dates below.

19/10/2026

Our next Bluetongue webinar takes place on 21 October, with a focus on animal fertility and the current bluetongue virus situation.

Join our expert industry speakers as they share the latest updates and answer questions from farmers and the wider livestock sector.

⏰ Set a reminder to join us at 5pm on 21 October for the latest Bluetongue update ➡️ https://bit.ly/3TCX0i8

Catch up on past webinars here 👉 https://bit.ly/4giMGEq

12/10/2026

***LAST VACCINE SHARE DAY 2026 TOMORROW for Bluetongue 3 vaccine***
We have a few doses available for sheep only tomorrow 🐑. Please phone/whatsapp the office or send us an email if you need any.

07/10/2026

Free pump service for Selekt pumps. Let us know if you would like yours looking at.
Tel/whatsapp: 01209 697750 or email: [email protected]

05/10/2026

***Tomorrow evening***
Please let us know if you would like to attend for catering purposes 🥐

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Focus Farm Vets, Nancegollan
Helston
TR130BH

Website

http://www.focusfarmvets.co.uk/

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