February continued where January left off with much routine work filling our days. The last few weeks however have seen a sudden increase in the number of calvings, caesars and prolapses - the spring work [...]

Whilst artificial insemination is nothing new in the world of cattle breeding, something that is new for us as a practice, is our all-in-one synchronisation and AI service.  We have developed this service to allow [...]

January has seen the continuation of much routine work out and about - still catching up with a few TB tests and health scheme blood samples. Calving has started for some with the accompanying calvings [...]

December has been a very busy month for us still wrapping up the last of the routine PDing and Johne's blood testing. PD results have tended to be pretty good with the odd disappointment. This [...]

  September continued where August left off with an abundance of wet grass, associated staggers risk and an abundance of parasitic challenges! Lungworm continues to bubble up and cause disease, even where there is no [...]

At the time of writing we are looking at the first decent week of weather in some time, which will no doubt come with some relief - getting on with anything has been tricky. We [...]

Thrums Flock Health Club is changing, find out how below. At Thrums we have run a Flock Health Club successfully for over five years, and hopefully we have achieved what we set out to do - bringing like minded [...]

We are well into the allergy season when we  see an increase in the number of pets presenting with itchy skin. Seasonal allergies can cause discomfort and frustration for both pets and their owners. Also [...]

The good weather throughout much of the first part of June has meant that most folk are well up to date with silage and field work. For us that meant it has been a somewhat [...]

Whilst we would normally expect to see lungworm problems in cattle in the late summer and autumn, now is the time to start thinking about a prevention strategy to ensure it doesn’t affect your stock [...]