Glenshane Vets & Fairhill Vets Large Animal Services

15/07/2025

‼️‼️‼️BLOWFLY ALERT:‼️‼️‼️PREVENTION: SHEARING AND USING FLY INSECTICIDE POUR ON-> Phone Glenshane Vets for advice

Blowfly strike is a serious condition in sheep caused by blowflies laying eggs on the animal's body, particularly in areas with soiled wool or wounds. The hatched maggots then feed on the sheep's flesh, causing intense irritation, skin damage, and potentially leading to severe illness or death.
Preventative measures are important:
Shearing: Shearing can help reduce the risk by removing soiled wool and making it harder for flies to lay eggs.
Chemical treatments: Pour-on insecticides, like can provide protection for several weeks.
Breeding: Breeding for sheep with better fleece characteristics and resistance to strike is also an option.

15/07/2025

Meet Lucy, she is also a member of Glenshane Vets Fairhill Kilrea's Pet Health Club. She regularly comes in for nurse consults. She prefers cuddles and slobbery kisses 😘 in the consult room to getting her weight checked 😅.

15/07/2025

Meet the newest addition to Glenshane Vets Fairhill Kilrea's Pet Health Club & Little Paws Family: one super 🤩 cutie 💓 pup called Casper. He was a bit shy at the start, but when vet Melanie brought the treats out, he showed quickly his "Bossy" nature 😅
What picture is the best? We couldn't make a choice!

27/04/2025

‼️Worm🪱, Coccidiosis and Fluke‼️Bring in a faecal sample to Glenshane Vets Maghera. Results within 24h and advice as to what products best to use.‼️It's a Waste of Time to use the wrong product ‼️AND Resistancy against some Worm/Flukers is not just an Old Wives Tale‼️

16/04/2025

22/03/2025

❗️New Nobacz Navel Spray/Dip❗️

❗️OUR NEW BESTSELLER❗️

Nobacz Navel Spray/Dip is a product available for Lambs & Calves.

Product Info
📌Includes a bitter ingredient to prevent licking
📌500ml bottle (100 applications)
📌Rapid drying time

Clinic feedback
📌 Our clients have found it reduces the risk of joint/navel ill
📌Our vets are now using Nobacz Navel Spray over Iodine!
📌Clients are returning for more after first purchase!

All of our Branches are now stocking Nobacz Navel Spray/Dip

For more information please contact the practice:
Maghera: 02879642279
Kilrea: 02829540249
Dungiven: 02877742563

20/03/2025

We are looking for a dedicated RVN 🩺 with prior experience, or an enthusiastic ANA/SVN with a strong passion for 🐕🐇🩺🐀animal welfare🐦🐢🐈‍⬛ to join our fantastic nursing team ❤️. All the details are in the link below🙃 ⏬️⏬️⏬️
Please apply through the link 😊, and do not send application letters and CV to the surgery or by email.
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fivcevidensia.co.uk%2Fcurrent-vacancies%2FPrimary-Care-Vet-Nurse%2F8756fa24-2467-4628-b689-7437ad2b8cbd&data=05%7C02%7Cmelanie.spahn%40glenshanevets.co.uk%7Cee8e9da65125481dc1be08dd63232c09%7C8a6cf78fef5b41d5b3d3f2f952598362%7C0%7C0%7C638775724895072382%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Xi31QXX3N4vJ5KLBev%2FhrUw49GkZo2mg03PAEpllloQ%3D&reserved=0

18/03/2025

The Rural Communities Cancer Project

Research shows people in rural communities often have more advanced cancer when they are diagnosed and are 5% less likely to survive than people in urban areas.

Farmers often won’t get checked until the last minute and migrant / seasonal workers can face extra barriers in accessing care.



Show your support by downloading The Farming Community Network (FCN) flyer and share it with your clients in your practice or online via your social media channels.
https://vetni.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Macmillan-FCN-flyer-generic.pdf

For more information on this project go to: https://fcn.org.uk/cancersupport/

Macmillan in Northern Ireland
The Farming Community Network
FarmWell

24/01/2025

‼️‼️‼️Dear clients ‼️‼️‼️
the hazardous weather conditions we have no electric in Maghera and Kilrea branches. Please be advised that all Glenshane Vet Clinics branches will stay closed today as besides electric outage, a lot of the roads leading to the clinics are blocked by trees and debris. All appointment are cancelled. We will ring the affected clients to rebook hopefully tomorrow. Though the wind is settling a bit now, please make sure that you and your animals stay safe!
Please Share as due to no electric we have limited means of contacting clients personally!
O2 is also down in some areas, so if you can't get through to us regarding an emergency, please keep trying and leave a message with clear spoken mobile number!

23/01/2025

‼️ We are planning for significant disruption to our services on Friday 24 January between 7am and 2pm due to the Met Office’s red weather warning in relation to Storm Éowyn ‼️

🏥 Our focus will be on maintaining safe services for only strictly emergencies, both for companion and farm animals. Try to keep your animals safe by keeping them indoors or in good sturdy shelter. Tie doors, windows if necessary to keep wind out of shelter buildings. If sheep, cows, horses are outside, a big field away from buildings and movable objects is safer.

✖️ Our message to clients is that they should assume any scheduled appointments and planned procedures between 7am and 2pm are cancelled unless contacted by the clinic to advise otherwise.

☎️ Given the advisory not to travel, we would encourage people to use our Out of Hours phone service for strictly emergencies only. We have dedicated farm and companion vets answering.

💻 Please keep an eye on our website and social media for updates. We will let you know if and when we are ready to resume normal business.

🫶🏼 Take care of yourselves and your animals and stay safe.

05/12/2024

We are collecting this year again for Maghera Foodbank.Any donations of any of the items below would be greatly received in any of our 3 branches.Thank you