Leahurst Farm Animal Practice

19/09/2025

📢 Calling all clients 📢

Were excited to announce that we will be hosting an evening talk on the 6th of October for our clients on the topic of internal parasite control, followed by a laboratory based demonstration 🪱🔬

Please call the practice if you would like to join so that we can cater accordingly

17/09/2025

17/09/2025

.... And this is Joseph now!! ⭐

Following surgery on his fractured Tarsus he is doing very well and is walking without a cast (video in the comments). We hope he'll continue to heal as exercise is gradually increased

Thank you to the owner for allowing permission to post about this interesting case 🐐

07/09/2025

Surgery on a Tarsus fracture 🦴

⚠️surgery photos ahead, viewer discretion advised ⚠️

Following radiographs, Joseph the goat kid underwent orthopedic surgery performed by our vets Niall and assisted by Kate

The fracture was reduced using a tension band wire, and then two K wires were placed followed by cerclage wire to hold everything in place to allow the bone to heal

Joseph then went to recover at home before with a bandage, and further imaging was scheduled to see how the healing progresses - keep your eyes peeled! 👀🩹

04/09/2025

Meet Joseph! 🐐 (1/3)

Joseph is a 4 month old British Toggenberg goat kid who broke his tarsus after getting caught up in a gate. X rays showed an avulsion fracture of the calcaneus bone, which was causing the calcaneus tendon to pull improperly

This type of fracture requires surgery - keep a lookout for theatre pics and updates on this case!

22/08/2025

The learning doesn't end after we get our degree!📚

Vets have to continuously enhance their knowledge and professional skills throughout their career, and all our vets keep up to date with new developments in veterinary medicine and further advance in their particular interests.

Our vet Niall has just completed a camelid veterinary course with Camelid Veterinary Services Limited 🦙

19/08/2025

Our vet Rosana recently published in the Journal of Dairy Science & JDS Communications on udder cleft dermatitis in cows, a skin condition that affects the area between the udder.

Liverpool University is one of the leaders in this area of research, making this paper a very interesting read! A link to the paper will be published in the comments

15/08/2025

A successful calving done by our vet Gabe last week in a very scenic spot!

Storeton Belted Galloways

15/08/2025

12/08/2025

Here we have our vet Kate using the aggers drench on a poorly bull (with an audience! 🐮)

This boy ate too much starchy feed and was suffering with a grain overload, which is when excessive grain is rapidly fermented and causes digestive upset, changes to the gut biome, and gas production 💨 This can be quite painful for the animal

Treatment can include surgery to remove the excess grain from the stomach, or medical management including pumping water and bicarb into the stomach to neutralize the acid

09/08/2025

We're seeing high numbers of flies this summer, which can spread disease and cause incidences of flystrike, when the flies hatch eggs on the coats of animals that cause damage and infection

We're now selling fly trap buckets by Bestico UK at reception which has clearly been working very well here at the farm hospital!

28/07/2025

Here we have our vet Rosana identifying the 'sows ear', which is the omental tag, a flap of omentum (stomach chamber) close to the pylorus (true stomach) in an adult cow

This is an important stage of performing a LDA surgery. A Left Displaced Abomasum is when the abomasum (yet another stomach chamber, there are 4!) gets displaced and floats around to the left side of the abdomen, where it gets trapped and causes vague signs of disease such as a drop in mild production. This can happen shortly after calving.

The surgery is performed under local anesthesia and involves deflating the abomasum before pulling it close to the incision and suturing it into the correct place

The cow is back on farm and doing well after her operation!