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Cattle Practice
Ever since the ancestor of the first Gloucester cow stepped off a Viking longboat, Gloucestershire has had a strong cattle heritage and we are proud to have been involved in the story for a significant part of that time!
Wood Veterinary Group has always striven to remain at the cutting edge of modern practice, while maintaining a solid foundation in the provision of quality livestock services. We are happy to provide veterinary care to a wide variety of units spread across all sizes of beef and dairy enterprises, and offer first class “fire brigade” clinical services, as well as the skills to meet the strategic demands of maintaining healthy herds and thus farm finances.
Wood Veterinary Group has always striven to remain at the cutting edge of modern practice, while maintaining a solid foundation in the provision of quality livestock services. We are happy to provide veterinary care to a wide variety of units spread across all sizes of beef and dairy enterprises, and offer first class “fire brigade” clinical services, as well as the skills to meet the strategic demands of maintaining healthy herds and thus farm finances.
Pig practice
We are proud to offer a specialist service to our pig units, comprising over 20,000 pigs under our care. Much of our pig work is based on routine three monthly consultancy visits to comply with FAB/ABM certification; however we do have the specialist expertise to rapidly intervene and investigate disease outbreaks and reduced performance when the situation arises. With this number of pigs on our books, it also means that we are able to provide specialist advice on vaccination routines and preventive health measures, and at the same time have product in stock for treatments should health emergencies occur. We hold regular meetings for our pig clients at the meeting room in our Animal Hospital, and it is not uncommon for 20 to 30 clients and their staff members to attend. This assures a lively discussion and a useful interchange of ideas.
Sheep and Goat Practice
There are currently 20 sheep farms on our books, which means that we have around 3000 sheep under our care. Most of our sheep work is also advisory, and involves the discussion of vaccination routines and worm control. We also carry out routine procedures such as ram testing and surgical preparation of ‘teaser’ rams. Lameness in sheep is of course a major issue, and we consider that we have specialist knowledge in this area. One of our members (RB) has recently delivered presentations on sheep lameness to the series of EBLEX lameness meetings around the county. For more details see www.eblex.org.uk
Large goat units are of course less common, but we are pleased to be involved with a 700 milking goat unit as well as a number of other smaller units. This gives us a broad experience of the nature of problems that arise.
Large goat units are of course less common, but we are pleased to be involved with a 700 milking goat unit as well as a number of other smaller units. This gives us a broad experience of the nature of problems that arise.
