Our Farm Animal Services
We live and work in the heart of the Welsh countryside with livestock production all around us. At Downes Vets we are proud to support our local Welsh farmers as they work tirelessly to produce excellent, high welfare and sustainable food.Within the practice there is a wealth of experience across all production animal species including but not limited to cattle, sheep, goats, alpacas, llamas, pigs, poultry and waterfowl.
We offer a full range of farm services and are always available to help in any way we can, one of our vets is available and on call 24/7. Whether you just need a bit of advice or you have an emergency please don’t hesitate to call us. We understand the pressures that many farmers are under especially at crucial times of the year, we also know that in an emergency, when you need us you really need us!
If you are not already registered but are interested in using our services, please call the practice to arrange a free visit and annual health review. We will discuss with you your requirements and go from there.
- Preventative Health
- Herd/ Flock Health Plans
– FAWL Compliant
– Parasite Control Planning
– Vaccination Planning
- Ultrasound Scanning
– Pregnancy Diagnosis
– Reproductive management
– Diagnostics
- Faecal Egg Counts
- Blood Testing – in our in-house lab and externally
- TB testing
– Both Government testing and Pre-movement testing
- All routine and emergency surgery and treatment
- Farmer Meetings & Training
- Data Analysis & Disease Investigation
– Mastitis Investigation
– Lameness Management & Control
Disease Surveillance & Health Schemes
Health certification can add significant value to your stock, especially when selling breeding stock. There are many schemes available which are managed by specialist veterinary laboratories to certify your flock or herd disease status. These schemes generally involve regular blood sampling of your livestock at set intervals. Please contact us or click on one of the links below if you wish to know more.
BVD
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is viral disease in cattle that causes immunosuppression and reproductive failure. The disease can reduce fertility, cause abortions and increase general disease such a pneumonia in affected stock. It is a very costly disease and causes unseen production losses.
Gwaredu BVD is a screening programme testing for BVD. Testing happens alongside the farm’s annual TB test and requires just five animals between 9 and 18months old to be blood sampled. Samples are tested for BVD antibodies which gives an indication of whether there is BVD on the farm. If you get a positive result, we would contact you straight away to discuss further testing.
If you wish to know more about Gwaredu BVD please click here or on the picture.
