We offer routine health monitoring and regular health visits for your sheep or goats. We can assist you in drawing up your Flock Health Plan to ensure their health is maintained and maximum productivity achieved.

We recommend that all flocks should have a Flock Health Plan, outlining the management, preventative measures, and treatments to be used to control the health and welfare of the sheep.

We will visit your flock and discuss all health matters, covering issues such as:

• Worming strategies
• Vaccination policy
• External parasite control
• Nutrition

At the end of the visit, we will produce a health plan that gives protocols for all areas of importance to your flock, for instance; lamb care, lameness, biosecurity, and medicine use.

The Flock Health Plan will also include a flock calendar for your farm and a certificate of compliance for all of the current farm assurance schemes, including that of the Soil Association for organic flocks (if required).

Our experienced vets can help you achieve your Red Tractor Standards.

One of our veterinary surgeons, JP Crilly, MA VetMB CertAVP DipECSRHM MRCVS, is a particularly interested in sheep & goats and is a European Specialist in Small Ruminant Health Management, and a member of the Sheep Veterinary Society (committee member) and Goat Veterinary Society.

In addition to producing the basic flock health-plan, we can also offer whole flock advice on all veterinary and management matters. Common areas that we are asked to cover include:

• Examination of rams prior to tupping, with semen evaluation.
• Blood testing of ewes in mid-pregnancy, to avoid conditions such as ‘sway back’, ‘white muscle disease’ and pregnancy toxaemia.
• Investigation of abortions or infertility problems.
• Lambing management and prevention of neonatal diseases in lambs.
• Faecal egg counts to monitor worm burdens and inform worming policy.
• Anthelmintic resistance and the correct choice of wormer.
• Foot rot control and reducing lameness in the flock.
• Our Flock Health Club and Smallholders Club offer networking, discounts on services and regular member only updates.

Join our Flock Health Club to receive key membership benefits – learn more.