Fosse Way Farm Vets

31/03/2025

🌟🌟PHOTO COMPETITION
WINNER🌟🌟
Congratulations to our March photo competition winner!!
April applications are now open!!
Send us your farm photos to be in with the chance of
winning and getting your photo in our 2026 calendar!!

28/03/2025

🌟🌟PHOTO COMPETITION
WINNER🌟🌟
Here is our February winner of our photo competition!
Send us your farm photos to be in with the chance of
winning and getting your photo in our 2026 calendar!!

26/03/2025

🌟🌟PHOTO COMPETITION WINNER🌟🌟
Here is our January winner of our photo competition!
Send us your farm photos to be in with the chance of winning and getting your photo in our 2026 calendar!!

25/03/2025

Join us at our next meeting alongside MSD!

Call into the office on 01455 241080 to book your place!

19/03/2025

NEW BLUETONGUE TOOL: interactive calculators to help estimate the cost of vaccinating sheep and cattle, and how much it could save, e.g. through improved productivity, fertility and mortality.

Webinar to find out more@ Wed 26 March 5-6pm. https://bit.ly/4hEGeF1

18/03/2025

BULL FERTILITY TESTING

This is the second part of our pre-breeding assessment posts now thinking about the bull fertility

What is it?

This is where a vet will catch a sample of ej*****te from the bull. They will then examine the s***m under the microscope immediately to assess motility. They will then make a stained sample to take away and assess the morphology of the s***m in more detail and determine the quality of the s***m.

The vet will also perform a full clinical exam to ensure the bull is in best health to perform during breeding.

When to perform the fertility test?

It is best to preform 6-10 weeks before breeding. This is due to s***m taking 60 days to mature, therefore any treatments of management changes that may need to be performed can be actioned and s***m allowed to mature before breeding.

What are the benefits of a pre-breeding fertility assessment?

This reduces the risk in subfertility before the breeding season rather than after when it is too late. A sub fertile bull that gives a 40% conception rate compared to a well performing bull at 60% conception over a 9 week block will result in 78% of cows being in-calf, rather than 98% of cows in calf.

This can also be performed pre-purchase, to assess or increase bull longevity. This is critical as most bulls will need to be fit and fertile for at least 6 years before you see a return on them.

14/03/2025

Join us at our next on farm meeting!

11/03/2025

HEIFER PELVIC SCORING

This is the first of two posts we are doing on pre-breeding assessments with the breeding season fast approaching for the spring block calving herds.

What is pelvic scoring?

This is where the Vet will take measurements of the vertical and horizontal axes of the pelvic canal to assess the cross sectional area. This can then be used to predict the size of calf that would be able to be delivered though the pelvic canal.

When should pelvic scoring be carried out?

In bulling heifers from 13 months of age. It would ideally be carried out annually so an average pelvic score for the herd can be calculated.

What are the benefits of pelvic scoring?

Pelvic scores can be useful in informing bull choices including complementary EBV for bulls, growth monitoring of heifers, reduce risk of assisted calvings, increased survivability of calf and dam at calving and also promoting genetic gain in more developed heifers as this is a highly inheritable trait.

06/02/2025

Don’t forget to get involved in this years photo competition!

05/02/2025

Get yourself to dairy tech today! A great day ahead. Some of the Fosse Way team will be taking a look themselves so keep your eyes peeled!

🎉 Get Ready for Dairy-Tech 2025! 🐄✨

Don’t forget to grab your tickets for one of the most anticipated events in the dairy industry! Join us as we unlock the future of dairy technology and innovation.

🗓 Date:Wednesday 5th February
🕗 Doors Open: 8 AM

This is your chance to connect with industry leaders, explore cutting-edge technologies, and gain insights that will shape the future of dairy farming. Whether you're a farmer, a tech enthusiast, or simply curious about the advancements in the dairy sector, Dairy-Tech 2025 has something for everyone!

👉 Secure your spot now! Tickets are selling fast, and you don’t want to miss out on this incredible opportunity.

Let’s innovate together and make Dairy-Tech 2025 an unforgettable experience! 🌟

Get your tickets here: https://loom.ly/SxTfVB4

31/01/2025

Great turnout for our talk on TB with Melton Mowbray Young Farmers! And Rearsby Young Farmers Club on Tuesday! Hopefully, everyone learned something valuable about TB and had a fantastic evening. A big shout-out to Mike Weavers for sharing his experience, and to the NFU for their support!

28/01/2025

Some changes to be made aware of. We entered the seasonally vector low period (SVLP) on January 21st. The following changes for people in the restricted zone are explained in the post.

Important to be aware that some restrictions do still remain in place:
- Pre-movement testing in the restriction zone is still a requirement
- Livestock keepers must still have a licence to move animals or germinal products out of the restriction zone
- Any post movement testing requirements set out in the license of restriction notice if animals were moved out of the restricted zone on or before 20 January 2025 must still be complied with.
- A license is still required to freeze germinal products in the restriction zone.

Any questions pick up the phone to the team and we can help!

Bluetongue update: Due to lower temperatures and reduced midge activity the risk of new infection and onward transmission due to vector activity is now very low.

As a result of the reduction in risk, certain restrictions are being eased from today (Tuesday 21 January) including removing the following:
• The requirement for post-movement testing of animals
• The use of insecticide on vehicles
• The requirement to send animals from the Restricted Zone to designated abattoirs.

Restrictions will be revised when vector activity increases again with warmer temperatures, which tends to be in March/April.

Please check the collection page on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bluetongue-information-and-guidance-for-livestock-keepers and the press release: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/seasonally-vector-low-period-for-bluetongue-begins for more info.

26/01/2025

Great insight into our recent beef benchmarking by Baldy’s Farm! Thanks to the hosts and to everyone that contributed to discussions. If you would like to get involved in the future get in contact with the office at 01455 241080.

The one where we head over to our annual beef benchmarking group meeting. We visit another farm that has a very different farming system to us. It makes for ...

25/01/2025

A great new product on the market for treating twin lamb disease! Make sure you get hold of some before lambing!

🐑 With lambing well underway, do you have SELEKT Re-EWE-venate in your kit?
✔️More glycerol and propylene glycol than other drenches, for rapid and sustained energy replenishment to help ewes recover from twin-lamb disease.
✔️ Calcium propionate and potassium for reduction in the risk of hypocalcaemia and hypokalaemia.
✔️Biotin and vitamin B12 to support the rumen flora.

Contact your Vet to find out more today!

16/01/2025

A great online webinar next Thursday run by NADIS and ELANCO on ‘How to prepare and control liver fluke on your farm this year’!

Join Dr John Graham Brown (University of Liverpool), Phillipa Page (NADIS) and Matt Colston (ELANCO) for a discussion around liver fluke control in sheep. Dr Graham Brown works with NADIS and SCOPS to calculate and predict the parasite and fluke forecast for the year ahead. He will discuss the risks...

12/12/2024

A big thank you to all those who attended our sheep Key Performance Indicator benchmarking meeting last week! It was great to see everyone getting involved and sharing ideas.

And a very big thank you to the Astill’s for hosting!

19/11/2024

HIRING NOW

Good afternoon, we are recruiting for an ATT/ TB tester!

Please see the job advert here and spread the word to anyone you think may be interested in the role https://jobs.eu.lever.co/ivcevidensia/c3b05013-39a4-461b-8933-c952caa60a1e

Permanent, full time position (part time options will be considered) with fully funded on-the-job training.

Please contact the office on 01455 241080 if you would like to discuss the position further.

We are looking for a new person to join our growing practice as an ATT. We are a growing practice that opened in November 2022 and currently have five farm vets, three office staff and a vet tech. We have a friendly and experienced team priding ourselves on delivering a high standard of care with pr...

29/10/2024

It has been almost 1 years since the VAN was implemented, which means you are likely due for a renewal!

A Veterinary Attestation Number (VAN) is needed in order to comply with export requirements, to verify the absence of notifiable disease and discuss farm biosecurity.

Please call the office on 01455241080 to get your visit booked in!