Meeting For All Dairy Farmers – Wednesday 8th March 2023
You are invited to our evening meeting for all Dairy farmers.
TB Farm Meeting February 2023
You are invited to an evening meeting Wednesday February 8th 2023 7.00pm (for a drink and a pastie, followed by meeting at 7.30) Thelbridge Cross InnEX17 4SH TB management and control Please RSVP to vets@westridgevets.co.uk or by phone to Witheridge 01884 860236 or Winkleigh01837 83240 so that we can organise drinks and pasties for all. […]
Newsletter December 2022
Happy Christmas TB Testing There are lies, damned lies and statistics. TB is not only difficult to manage, it is also very difficult to measure. From the official statistics, it seems things are not going too well in the TB world: of the 4493 registered cattle herds in Devon in June 2022, 470 were not […]
Newsletter January 2022
Watery mouth and Spectam Scourhalt We are plagued with supply problems for various medicines and other essentials. One of the current supply chain failures is for the widely used Spectam Scourhalt which we use for the control of watery mouth in lambs. There is no licensed alternative product, and so we are having to implement […]
Newsletter February 2021
Bovine TB Tb testing goes on relentlessly. We are still finding many reactors, and under the new policy, new herd breakdowns in the badger cull zones are now subjected to Gamma blood testing, APHA arrange this, and we have no involvement. Gamma testing uses a blood sample to collect white blood cells directly from the […]
Small Ruminants Talk 24th February
Farm Animal Brochure
Download Brochure (PDF) West Ridge Farm Vets provide a comprehensive service to farms throughout Mid Devon, and beyond. West Ridge Veterinary Practice Independent Stable staff, experienced vets, helpful support Local but with broad range of clients and expertise Caring but commercial West Ridge Veterinary Practice is an independent mixed practice with the farm department based […]
