Craven Farm Vets Ltd

25/04/2025

⭐ Meet the team ⭐

Holly is our fabulous Vet Tech! She compliments our services by offering freeze branding, disbudding, ROMS mobility scoring and much more on a regular or ad hoc basis. She is also currently in the process of becoming an ATT (approved tuberculin tester).

In her spare time Holly and her Fiancé run a small beef and sheep farm with help from the dog team Kit and Bruce who you may see in the office.

Feel free to ring into the office to have a quick chat with our Hol, to see if there’s anything she can help with on farm! ☎️

24/04/2025

‼️Nematodirus‼️

We have started to make some early diagnosis’s of lamb deaths due to Nematodirus.

Nematodirus risk factors: 🪱
- Lambs at grass grazed by lambs the previous year
- Lambs 6-12 weeks old (that are starting to graze) most at risk but can be younger if ewe milk poor
- Nematodirus forecasts currently showing between moderate to very high risk (depending on location and altitude)

What else??
- Nematodirus causes high numbers of mortalities and stunted growth
- Treat with a white (BZ-1) drench ensuring a calibrated dosing gun, dosing to the heaviest weight
- It may be necessary to treat more than once

Lamb losses
- If you are experiencing any lamb losses we recommend bring them down to the surgery for post mortem examination. There are a number of factors that can cause lamb deaths, individual to a farm and management system. Ensuring a plan of action relevant to your system is key 🔑
- Ring in to discuss with our vets ☎️
- 01756 700940

10/04/2025

BTV-3 vaccine information

- Swipe through for BTV-3 risks and vaccine considerations
- Remember our vets are always happy to discuss vaccination relevant to your farm system, please ring in if you have any queries ☎️

08/03/2025

Today we’re taking a moment to appreciate the women at craven farm vets! What a bunch 😍

18/02/2025

Reminder for our sheep meeting tonight!

🐑 Next week we are hosting a sheep meeting 🐑

📅 Tuesday 18th February
⏰ 6:30pm for a 6:45pm start
📍 Skipton Rugby Club
🗣️ We’ll be discussing Blue tongue virus and bolusing sheep
🥧 Supper is included
☎️ Please ring the office to book a place

10/02/2025

🐑 Next week we are hosting a sheep meeting 🐑

📅 Tuesday 18th February
⏰ 6:30pm for a 6:45pm start
📍 Skipton Rugby Club
🗣️ We’ll be discussing Blue tongue virus and bolusing sheep
🥧 Supper is included
☎️ Please ring the office to book a place

05/02/2025

‼️ Pre lambing meeting ‼️
18th of February at Skipton Rugby club 6.30 for 6.45 start

Topics to include Blue Tongue, bolus supplements and NoBACZ

Supper included

Call the office to book your place
01756 700940

21/01/2025

❗️Liver Fluke❗️

- We are now seeing cases of fluke at post mortem
- We are recommending treating with a triclabendazole based product if they have not received one since mid December
- Flukicides have no residual action
- Please speak to a vet if you need further advice

14/01/2025

VAN numbers expire every 12 months so many farmers will soon be requiring a renewal. Be sure to check your expiry date and to speak to your vet when it’s time to renew. The annual health and welfare review is a way of getting a free vet visit which can help you qualify for the VAN. Once renewed, make sure to take your new VAN number to market with you.

06/01/2025

Join us and Massey Feeds for an On Farm prelambing meeting in Winterburn on Friday 17th January

10/12/2024

‼️ Fluke update ‼️

- We have not found any evidence of fluke so far this season
- We have been actively surveilling lambs for fluke antibody with help from norbrook. A positive results indicates exposure 2-4 weeks ago. All our testing so far has come back negative.
- We have not seen any cases of deaths as a result of fluke and SRUC have not found any evidence of acute fluke in sheep submitted for post mortem
- Flukicides have no residual action, it is important to treat when fluke is active
- If you suspect fluke to be the cause of losses on farm please bring them down for post mortem
- Our vets are happy to discuss management specific to your holding, give them a ring!

🐑 ☎️

04/12/2024

2 places left on our foot trimming course next week, ring to book in!

We are running a foot trimming course on 12th December:

- Morning theory based session running through all things lameness and foot trimming basics
- Afternoon practical training on foot trimming from Vet and Foot trimmer
- Includes a follow-up farm visit with vet when suits to revisit the training
- Course runs outside of milking times

Ring in for more information or to book
Limited to 6 places

15/11/2024

We are holding a MilkSure course next month:

- Thursday 5th December, 10:30am start
- Open to accredited farmers due their complete course renewal
- Open to anyone who wishes to become MilkSure accredited
- Includes lunch

For more information or to book, ring in to the practice

01756 700940 ☎️

Or visit: www.bcva.org.uk/content/milksure

07/11/2024

We are running a foot trimming course on 12th December:

- Morning theory based session running through all things lameness and foot trimming basics
- Afternoon practical training on foot trimming from Vet and Foot trimmer
- Includes a follow-up farm visit with vet when suits to revisit the training
- Course runs outside of milking times

Ring in for more information or to book
Limited to 6 places