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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

You will be delighted to hear that the farm department at Thrums Vets has finally entered the age of email and going forward, over the next few months we will be phasing out the old [...]

At long last spring seems to have arrived and the weather is turning warmer. With it the grass is finally growing but also the risk to lambs from various parasites is increasing rapidly. In this [...]