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04/08/2020

A good news story to end the weekend, Brandy the spaniel which was stolen recently in Trim was found in Ballyfermot this evening. It's hard to put into words how his 85yr old owner Sean felt when they were reunited. Thank you everyone for your vigilance and help in getting him back.

24/12/2018

It’s Christmas Eve and all the staff at Farrellys Vets would like to thank all our clients for their support throughout the year.

We wish all of our clients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

28/09/2018

Heifer with IBR -breathtaking difficulty
Around 70% of Irish cattle farms have been exposed to the virus. IBR spreads by close contact between animals although airborne spread of virus may occur over distances of up to 5 metres and it can also be spread by using contaminated semen, equipment and by people.

Following infection, all animals develop an immune response but the virus is not completely eliminated and the virus lies dormant in their bodies. During this time the animal will not shed virus but episodes of stress (mixing in marts, calving, transport etc) can lead to reactivation and spreading of the virus. and re-excretion. These animals are key for the introduction and maintenance of infection in farms.

Affected animals have a fever, do not eat, are very depressed, are slow to rise, and stand with the head held lowered. There is a purulent discharge from the eyes and nostrils. This may be accompanied by a decrease in milk yields.

IBR can be present in your farm subclinically where it dosent mainfest itself in outbreaks of pneumonia but can be silently reducing the productivity of the herd by reducing milk yields

19/09/2018

Milk Fever: A Good Recovery

Thankfully this cow responded well to intravenous calcium treatment together with a calcium bolus and other supplements. The focus should really be on prevention for autumn calving as the grass at this time of the year tends to be low in magnesium and high in calcium. Subclinical mastitis can be very common and the cows may have poor rumen contraction, poor muscle tone at the teat end sphincter increasing mastitis risk, and uterine contraction to clean out the co-post calving
1- The dry cow is better prepared if she is on a low calcium diet so that she can mobilise her own bone and intestinal calcium during and after calving.It’s best to limit the intake of grass and substitute with forages.
2-Pre-calving high magnesium dry cow minerals are essential for autumn calvers. Magnesium supplementation for 3 to 4 weeks before calving should be at 10 to 15 g per cow per day
3-High potassium (K) Also impairs the absorption of dietary magnesium so be careful that the Paddocks being grazed by dry cows has not got a lot of slurry or fertiliser. On the same note it’s better to use silage that also is low in potassium (likely made from longer grass from unfertilized ground).
4-Some farmers like to give a calcium bolus or even a bottle of calcium subcut to high yielding high risk cows. Note this may not prevent the effects of subclinical mastitis in the herd in general.

19/09/2018

Milk Fever:

This early morning call is to a cow down with milk fever. She had been staggering but now is unable to stand and has a kink in her neck due to lack of muscle tone.The danger is she could lie out on her side and become bloated. This would be very serious.
Milk fever is caused by a drain of calcium which goes into the milk or colostrum production in a newly card cow. It tends to happen in older cows,fourth lactation onwards. Jersey cows are also high risk.
The freshly calved cow cannot replace the calcium quick enough from her intestine or indeed from her bone. High yielders are also more susceptible.

Endocarditis affecting heart valves in the cow
13/09/2018

Endocarditis affecting heart valves in the cow

13/09/2018

Heart failure
Have a look at this cows jugular vein and you can clearly see a positive jugular pulse going all the way up her neck. This is not normal. the heart is not functioning properly so the blood is damning back up her jugular vein eventually she will develop swelling under her jaw.
With the stethoscope we can hear a murmur. She had a bad metritis or womb infection about a month ago and in its likely that she developed a bacteraemia or infection circulating in her bloodstream. Some of these bacteria Attached to her heart valves giving rise to the Murmur.
She may respond to intensive medication,But the key message is to make sure all chronic infections especially of the womb are dealt with or better still prevented altogether.

This heifer was one of a number with very pasty diarrhea. She was dribbling slightly from the mouth and her food intake ...
08/09/2018

This heifer was one of a number with very pasty diarrhea. She was dribbling slightly from the mouth and her food intake was down. Others in the group were affected in a similar manner. She and her comrades were on a finishing diet including whole crop wheat and other rapidly fermentable carbohydrates.
Rumen acidosis is a metabolic disease of cattle. For every animal that shows clinical signs, there will be several more which are affected sub-clinically.
Acidosis is said to occur when the pH of the rumen falls to less than 5.5 (normal is 6.5 to 7.0). In many cases the pH can fall even lower. The fall in pH has two effects. Firstly,rumen contractions slow or stop. This depresses appetite and production.
Secondly, the change in acidity changes the rumen flora, with acid-producing bacteria taking over. They produce more acid, making the acidosis worse. The increased acid is then absorbed through the rumen wall, causing metabolic acidosis, which in severe cases can lead to shock and death.
For these animals the nutritionist advised some dietary changes including long-fiber straw in the diet which reduces the risk of subacute ruminal acidosis by encouraging saliva production (high In bicarbonate)during chewing and by increasing rumination after feeding.
Yeast products and acid based balancer was also used to counteract the rumen acidity.
These animals recovered well after the dietary change and the food intakes and performance improved once again

07/09/2018

Live Fluke video
Despite the dry summer we are starting to see evidence of liver fluke in both sheep and cattle. The interesting aspect of this video is that we can see immature fluke in the bile ducts, and plenty of them.This means that a faecal test from this animal may be negative for fluke as it takes 10 to 12 weeks for the fluke to mature into adults in the liver and lay eggs which end up in the bile and in the faeces.
The second important point is that an anthelmintic that kills only adult liver fluke will have no effect against these immature fluke in the video. Therefore an antonym take that kills immature fluke is required here.
For the Beef farmer of the ‘Beef health check’ is a good way of monitoring fluke from animals that go to the factory. In addition for dairy farmers bulk milk testing may indicate if there is a fluke in the herd. Finally faecal egg counts is also of benefit especially in the autumn as housing is on the horizon

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07/09/2018

**** Competition Winner ****
The winner of our competition for the vaccine fridge is.....

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Our winner was randomly selected being pulled from a hat!

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