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Caledonia Farm Vets is the leading farm only veterinary service in the north of Scotland

31/10/2026

Happy Halloween to all our clients and their families 👻🎃

28/10/2026

🍂 AUTUMN HOUSING OFFER IS HERE! 🍂

Take the stress out of housing this autumn with our special FerAppease offer.

✅ Buy 4 bottles for the price of 3
✅ FREE cool bag & application gun
✅ Ideal for helping reduce stress around housing, handling and management changes

Available while stocks last. Speak to the team at Caledonia Farm Vets to find out more or place your order today!

📞 Contact the practice for details on 01771637219

23/10/2026

We’re delighted to be supporting the Royal Northern Spring Show for another year in 2027 🐄 🐑

⭐️ 2027 MAIN SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT! ⭐️

🐑 SHEEP SECTION SPONSOR 🐑

We’re delighted to welcome back Caledonia Farm Vets as our Sheep Section Sponsor for the 2027 Royal Northern Spring Show 🙌

🐮🐑 🐴 As one of the North of Scotland’s leading dedicated farm veterinary practices, Caledonia Farm Vets has a fantastic team of enthusiastic and progressive vets who are passionate about supporting Scottish agriculture and livestock production.

🩺 From routine veterinary care for beef, sheep and dairy enterprises to specialist breeding services and production consultancy, their experienced team offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise.

With a 24/7, 365-day emergency service, they are always on hand when farmers need them most 💪

👏 A huge thank you to Caledonia Farm Vets for their continued support of the Royal Northern Spring Show Sheep Section 🐑

📲 Get in touch with the team:
☎️ 01771 637219
📧 [email protected]

21/10/2026

Don't forget to let us know if you are coming 😀🐑

19/10/2026

16/10/2026

🐑 Sheep farmers, you’re invited! 🐑

We’d love you to join us for our upcoming Sheep Farmers Meeting at Caledonia Farm Vets. We’ve got an interesting evening lined up, with plenty of practical flock health advice, ideas to help improve productivity, and the chance to find out more about our FlockAdvance Club.

Come along, have a cuppa, catch up with fellow farmers and see what we’ve got planned! 🐑☕👀

15/10/2026

🐑 Got thin ewes that just aren’t picking up?

If thinner ewes have been given good-quality grazing after weaning but are still struggling to regain condition, it may be worth investigating why.

Persistently thin ewes can be useful indicators of underlying flock health problems, including OPA, Maedi Visna, Johne’s disease and chronic parasitic damage. SRUC advises that post-mortem examination of a small number of suitable thin ewes can be a cost-effective way of screening for these conditions.

🔎 Don’t just cull and forget. Those poorer ewes could provide valuable information about the health of the rest of your flock.

If you have thin ewes that aren't responding to improved nutrition, speak to the Caledonia Farm Vets team about investigation and screening through SRUC.

29/09/2026

📣 Reminder: Our Winter Housing Farmers Meeting is TONIGHT!

Come along for an evening of practical advice, discussion, and refreshments.

🕖 7.00pm start
📍 Caledonia Farm Vets, Strichen

📞 Last-minute bookings? Call 01771 637219.

27/09/2026

🚜 Not long to go now!
Our Winter Housing Farmers Meeting is coming up on 29th September, and we'd love to see you there. Join us for an evening of practical discussion, seasonal advice, and a tasty pie and coffee.

If you haven't booked your place yet, now's the time!

📞 Call 01771 637219 to reserve your seat.

24/09/2026

Calf weaning & stress management 🐮

As autumn approaches it will soon be time for the suckler calves to be weaned. This can be a cause of stress to the calves and can also coincide with changes in environment and feeding. These stressors can make them more susceptible to diseases such as pneumonia.
Management considerations to reduce the stress of weaning: Fence line weaning can be utilised to allow the calf to still see their dam but unable to access them. Or another option is the use of nose flaps to prevent feeding of milk from the mother to help promote independence from the dam before separation. Introduction of the post weaning ration for several weeks before separation from the dam will minimise nutritional changes.
Preventative treatment strategies: Ensure vaccination programmes e.g. for pneumonia prevention have been implemented so immunity is in place before the stress of weaning. At weaning trace element requirements are higher and this requirement can be met by administering trace elements e.g. Multimin approximately 3 weeks before weaning. Trace elements are essential for the maintenance of good immune function and when used in conjunction with a vaccination programme will help achieve better antibody levels in response to the vaccine.
We now have an additional option to minimise the expected stress response and this is a product called FerAppease. This is best applied prior to the stressful situation and can help to reduce the stress experienced from events such as weaning.

Kathy Hume BVM BVS,MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon

Address

19-21 High Street
Strichen
AB436SQ

Telephone

+447350409862

Website

http://www.calefarmvets.co.uk/, https://www.calefarmvets.co.uk/shop/

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