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Day: August 16, 2023

Export Services

Mount Vets Limited is a leading UK provider of export certification and advice to companies involved in the export of POAO (Products of Animal Origin) abroad, including dairy and meat based foods.

If you would like to find out more about the services that we offer, then please click the link:  https://www.mountvets.com/export-services/ 

Backyard Poultry

We have many years of experience dealing with non-commercial, backyard poultry of many species, including, chickens, ducks, peafowl, geese and quail.

We offer a friendly and personable service for your feathered friends; with either an initial face to face or telephone consultation, as well as a range of diagnostics, routine preventative care, health supplements and courses to help you learn more about the care of your pets.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01404 841011

Smallholdings and Pet Farm Animals

‘All creatures great and small’. At Mount Vets we welcome all sizes of flocks and herds, from the single pet cow, pair of potbellied pigs, to the well-loved gang of retired sheep. If you love your animals and want to learn more about them, then we’re the vets for you.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Dairy Goats and Camelids

Goats, Alpacas and Llamas make up a significant part of the landscape in the South West. At Mount Vets, we ensure that they receive the right level of experienced veterinary care.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Embryo Transfer

Mount Vets offers a domestic embryo flushing (MOET technique), implanting and storage service. We are excited to aid our clients in the genetic progression of their herd.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Milk Sample Culture and other Laboratory Testing

The practice has been proudly culturing its own mastitis milk samples for over a decade. Our own laboratory services allow us to produce results quickly with a high level of quality control.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Cattle and Sheep Parasitology

We work closely with our clients to ensure effective parasite control with the minimum use of chemical wormers.

A full parasite identification service is available through the practice.

In addition, we now offer training to clients to teach them to perform their own worm egg counts from home.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Beef & Sheep Group

The Beef Health Group is a collection of progressive farmers who meet regularly and champion vet involvement and knowledge sharing between farmers in their enterprises.

If you’re interested in the Beef Health Group please contact us or call 01823 662286

Mount Vets Training

The practice prides itself on a long history of providing training courses, with members of the team receiving awards and external recognition for their teaching. The breadth of courses is vast and growing.

Check out our Courses and Events below:

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Youngstock Health and Rearing

A good start to life is the key to success. The practice offers guidance on all aspects of youngstock rearing, from disease control to nutrition. We are also proud to support a thriving youngstock focus group for our farmers.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Lameness

Lameness in cattle and small ruminants is a huge welfare and production concern. Mount Vets work collaboratively with farmers and foot-trimmers to tackle this challenge. Regular courses and continued support is available to farmers looking to take on their own foot trimming, or just sharpen their skills.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Mastitis Management and Dynamic Parlour Testing

Our vets use a combination of team discussion, milk sampling, statistical analysis and dynamic parlour testing to address mastitis challenges. We work closely with our farmers on this and many other topics. Best results are achieved as a team. Ask us about our dynamic parlour testing, its amazing what you might learn about your own parlour!

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Cow, Bull and Ram Fertility

We run extensive investigations into dairy cow, suckler, bull, ram and ewe fertility. Services range from semen assessment, to cow/ewe reproductive health and in-depth data analysis. The combination of statistics, lab samples, client discussion and preventative medicine allows us to make huge inroads into our clients’ fertility challenges.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Herd and Flock Health Planning

Proactive health and production management is our aim. We are heavily involved in all aspects of herd and flock management, comprising regular fertility visits, preventative medicine planning, detailed computer analysis, Red Tractor and many other farm assurance schemes. Our range of services exist to suit individual needs.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01823 662286

Vaccination Programmes

One of our primary aims is to provide a preventative health care package to suit your business. With the use of antibiotics under scrutiny we must look at alternatives in order to improve birds health. Part of this strategy is to use vaccines carefully and effectively in order to reduce the impact of disease.

We provide detailed comprehensive programmes to commercial pullet rearers right down to an occasional vaccine at the back yard level. Accurate diagnosis of diseases is an important part of this strategy and having the wider picture of diseases that are prevalent in a particular geographical location also helps to formulate a preventative vaccination program.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01404 841011

Post Mortems and Laboratory Services

Our detailed post mortems are mainly carried out at the Colliton Barton branch but we can arrange for birds to be dropped at any of our premises where they will be transported to us. If you are not within easy travelling distance then our office will also organise our courier to collect your birds from your farm and deliver them to us on a next day delivery basis as long as they are packaged correctly. (see below).

By special arrangement with our Colliton office, we can also carry out post mortems at our main surgery at Wellington. We have an onsite laboratory working 7 days a week where we carry out various diagnostic tests such as bacteriology, parasitology etc. This speeds up our process of providing accurate treatments and preventative advice. We also organise salmonella testing for the National Control programmes for all species.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01404 841011

Please enclose a letter sealed in a grip tight plastic bag with a submission form (that can be downloaded from this web site) giving a detailed history of the problem including number of deaths over the last week, feed and water consumption, any weight information or production data including egg quality for layers.

  1. Wrap the birds several times in newspaper or paper towel so that any discharges from the birds will be absorbed.
  2. Place the dead birds into a strong plastic bag.The birds should either be frozen or fresh dead with a cool pack next to them. Seal with tape or cable tie.
  3. Place this plastic bag in another strong plastic bag. Seal as before.
  4. Place the birds and bags into a strong cardboard box packed with paper surrounding them.
  5. Seal the cardboard box well in all directions with packaging tape.
  6. Write on the box with a permanent marker our address in capital letters.
  7. Also write ‘PATHOLOGICAL SAMPLES – HANDLE WITH CARE’ with the permanent marker

Medicines & Alternatives

We have a comprehensive pharmacy that stocks all your poultry and game bird needs that is open 7 days per week during office hours. If you need any products or medicines urgently out of hours then we can arrange for you to collect from a locked cupboard with a combination lock which is situated outside the Colliton branch surgery.

We also produce nosodes that are made up for specific site issues and are compliant with organic standards. Antibiotics usage has to be reduced moving forward and hence we stock alternatives to try to support the health of the birds such as probiotics, prebiotics, multi vitamins, acids to improve gut health, water sanitisers to improve water quality.

We also stock a comprehensive range of treatments for supporting the health of our backyard patients.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01404 841011

Flock Health Plans

Flock health plans are an important part of our preventative health care approach. They are also a necessity for you to comply with the standards set by many of the supermarket/ packer and processor companies.

During our annual visits, we will concentrate on the farm’s performance for the previous 12 months and look at any diseases that have been diagnosed in that period.

Our health plans will then be amended to provide a preventative health care plan for the next 12 months. This will involve a detailed appraisal of your biosecurity. We provide recommendations for tightening this important part of your business with our detailed knowledge of products such as disinfectants, detergents, and rodent, fly and mite control, etc.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01404 841011

Health Visits

We provide a 24/7 service which means we are able to attend your farm or home at any time. We take strict biosecurity precautions when visiting any of our clients to prevent the spread of diseases. The visit will trigger a report sent to you via email or post and follow up calls or visits as necessary. These are all stored on file for you to access in case you misplace them and need them for audit purposes

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01404 841011

Annual Visits

For your birds at a commercial farm level to be under our care we must attend your site once per year for an annual visit. This entitles us to sign prescriptions and provide medication when we have that working knowledge of your premises and business. We are then compliant with our professional standards set out by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. This visit also ensures that you comply with the common schemes such as Freedom foods BEIC, Red Tractor etc. The visit provides a comprehensive review of your birds’ production and disease which then enables us to produce a health plan together for the next 12 months.

If you’re interested in this service please contact us or call 01404 841011