PHS Gamebird Services

30/10/2025

19/12/2024

As the holiday season approaches, we want to take a moment to thank you for your continued support and partnership throughout the year. It’s been a pleasure working with you, and we are truly grateful for the trust you place in us.

From all of us at Poultry Health Services, we wish you a very Merry Christmas filled with joy, peace, and time well spent with loved ones. May the New Year bring you happiness, success, and prosperity.

We look forward to working together in 2025!

13/03/2024

Date For Your Diary - 15th - 16th May 2024

At a new location for 2024, NEC Birmingham will host two days of talking, sharing ideas, and planning for the year ahead. Come and see us at Stand 12, 721.

For more information and registration please visit

Registration will open soon for the 2021 Online Pig & Poultry Forums. To receive and alert about when registration opens and details about the programme, please enter your email address here:

11/03/2024

Visit our new laboratory website!

You can find all your laboratory submission forms, guides about how to sample and order your sampling kits online at the new laboratory website: www.newbridgescientific.com

You can also leave feedback on our services through the website or by scanning the QR code on this page.

08/03/2024

Product of the month: AgriCure Chick Gel

Under normal conditions chicks lose about 4 grams in weight for every 24 hours without feed and water. In hot climates this can be more, especially when the vehicles used have little or no environmental control or the time from hatchery to farm is long. Keeping chicks hydrated, providing them with a rapid available energy source and early gut protection against zoonotic pathogens (for instance, Salmonella) and gut wall development are of major importance. Getting the birds off to a good start and achieving a good 7 days bodyweight is critical. The major objective in the first few days of life is to get the chicks eating and drinking.

Agricure Chick Gel is a unique formula developed specially for day old chicks to provide quick hydration, energy and early gut protection and development. This product is exclusive to PHS and it has now been successfully used in hatcheries and day old chicks for years. Its formulation was updated 8 months ago to ensure that it was tailored to the ever changing needs of the modern day old chick.
Chick Gel is formulated as a dry stable water soluble powder and it is very easy to prepare.
For more information, please contact your local PHS poultry vet who will be able to explain its benefits in more detail.

06/03/2024

GAME SEASON 2024

Throughout February and March, PHS hosted several Game Roadshows across the country. During these events, there were talks by PHS Veterinarians, leading nutritionists, animal health experts, industry specialists and many more. Topics discussed included - ‘Why Drugs Don’t Work’, ‘Worming Control’ and ‘Water Quality Control’.

There was a great turnout for all events, with some informative discussion during a break where everyone enjoyed the refreshments provided at the venues. Many thanks to all our sponsors.

The next Game Roadshow is the Wales & West, held by our Herefordshire Branches
Thursday 21st March at The Falcon Hotel, High Street, Bromyard, Hereford HR7 4BT

Please arrive promptly at 7.15pm for the 7.30 pm start

FREE to attend with food and refreshments provided

You MUST book your space by contacting [email protected]

04/03/2024

Exciting News: Our North West Team has moved!

PHS North West has outgrown its current facilities at Manor Court Vets in Tarvin, Cheshire. This month we’re delighted to announce that the North West branch moved on the 1st March to a new site in Tarporley.
The new building has been fitted out to provide better post-mortem, laboratory and storage facilities, and improved staff facilities. The new location remains easily accessible for both current clients and prospective clients as it is only 6 miles from the current site in Tarvin and hosts a large accessible carpark.

The move is really positive for us and gives us a space for expansion within the North West as well as scope to broaden the range of services we offer, which is very important for the progressive industries that we serve.

Our phone line and email remain the same 01829 740639 and [email protected]

The new address is: PHS Tarporley, Springhill House, Tarporley Business Centre, Nantwich Road, Tarporley, CW6 9UT

04/03/2024

We enjoyed the game bird meeting last week with our colleagues at Sandhill vets in North Yorkshire. It was a very informative meeting with great speakers and delicious pies!

28/02/2024

PHS at Mount vets in Devon hosted their gamebird roadshow event last night at Cullompton rugby club.

Lead vet, Alistair, kick-started the evening with an update for the 2024 season with PHS followed by a presentation on using medication effectively.

A brief break for some lasagna and crumble prepared by the rugby club, before the remaining 4 talks.

Jeremy Marsh, from Elanco, discussed worming control.

Stuart Batchelor, from Pearce seeds, updated us all on subsidee changes for farmers.

Ciaran Cunningham flew over from Ireland to present on water quality control using IntraHydrocare.

And finally, Professor Joah Madden of Exeter University gave a fantastic talk about management strategies in the early phases of pheasant rearing which can improve the health of released birds later on.

Thank you to all our speakers, sponsors and attendees for a successful evening!

27/02/2024

On Friday 23rd February PHS hosted the second of our Game roadshow tour. During this event there were talks by Carol Lopez (Lead Vet Midlands) on ‘why drugs don’t work’ alongside Eloise Lawlor (Premier Nutrition) and Nick Bulter (Eco Animal Health) who talked about Mycoplasma. Pie and pea’s supper was enjoyed by all and huge thanks to our sponsors of the event.

22/02/2024

Will Ingham and Alistair Chilcott, two of our Gamebird vets recently attended the Trusted Game conference which was at Englefield House.
This two-day conference was very well attended with some excellent speakers from many industry representatives. We would thoroughly recommend attending next year for anyone interested.
PHS is an approved practice that delivers the Trusted Game Assurance scheme.
Please contact your local branch to discuss enrolment onto the scheme for your site.

22/02/2024