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Farmers Weekly - 5th March 2010 An article discussing the benefits of vaccination for leptospirosis, featuring Helen Worth, Wright & Morten

Farmers Weekly - 26th February 2010 An article looking at the control of BVD, with advice from Keith Cutler, Endell Veterinary Group

Farmers Weekly - 19th February 2010 Jennie Batt, Larkmead Veterinary Group discusses pushing sows to avoid lactational oestrus

Farmers Weekly - 19th February 2010 Ben Pedley, Willows Veterinary Group comments on testing and vaccination for IBR

Farm Business - 19th February 2010 An overview of lungworm in cattle with Stuart Gough, Calweton Veterinary Group

Farm Business - 19th February 2010 Jonathan Stockton from Kingsway Vets discusses how a change in regime significantly reduced calf mortality on one of their farms

British Dairying - February 2010 Counting the cost of LDA's with Sara Pederson, Lambert, Leonard & May

Farmers Weekly - 5th February 2010

Preparing spring calvers early for calving could prevent costly implications. Advice from Keith Cutler, Endell Veterinary Group


Farmers Weekly - 5th February 2010

Keith Cutler, Endell Vet Group features in an article on biosecurity


Cow Management  - January/February 2010

An article from Debby Brown, Castle Vets highlighting the cost of calf pneumonia and some pointers on prevention


Cow Management - January/February 2010

Jonathan Statham from Bishopton looks at how important choosing the appropriate maize variety is


Farm Business - 5th February 2010 An article looking at the prevention of infectious diseases on-farm, featuring Bill May of Lambert, Leonard and May

British Farmer & Grower - February 2010 Owen Atkinson of Lambert, Leonard and May discusses the future of the dairy vet

Farmers Weekly - 29th January 2010 An overview of the Semex Conference held 17th-19th January, including comment from David Black, Paragon Veterinary Group who spoke at the conference

Farmers Weekly - 29th January 2010 In this lambing special, Neil Laing of Clyde Veterinary Group discusses the management of triplets and recommends removal of the strongest lamb for the best success

NSA Lambing Focus - January 2010 Dave Armstrong of Cain Vets provides advice on how to stem neonatal lamb losses

British Dairying - January 2010 Ian Cure of Lambert, Leonard and May looks at problems caused by IBR in dairy herds

Farmers Weekly - 15th January 2010

Adele Issacs of Larkmead Veterinary Group discusses why it is crucial to maximise calf care in winter

Farmers Weekly - 8th January 2010 Economic loss from calf rearing is huge, say Nathan Back and Paddy Gordon from Shepton Vet Group

Farmers Weekly - 8th January 2010 Keith Cutler of Endell Veterinary Group discusses Johne's disease

Cow Management - October/November 2009 Look out for Liver Fluke. By Debby Brown, Castle Veterinary Surgeons

British Mastitis Conference - October 2009 A poster from James Allcock and Bill May presented at BMC; The use of Micotil at drying off high cell count cows

 
Farmers Weekly - 9th October 2009 Don't let cysts hinder cow fertility, by Steve Glanville of Hook Norton Veterinary Surgeons

British Dairying - October 2009 Owen Atkinson from Lambert, Leonard and May discusses how routine preventative measures can help reduce the incidence and cost of Lameness.

Farmers Weekly - 2nd October 2009 Kat Bazeley of Kingfisher Vets discusses how routine heifer monitoring can help keep producers on target.

Dairy Farmer - October 2009 How to prime your cows for the coming lactation - an article which includes advice from Alastair Hayton from Kingfisher Vets and provides details of forthcoming on-farm meetings, with speakers from XLVets

Cow Management - September 2009 Steve Borsberry from 608 Vet Group shares some tips on left displaced abomasums (LDAs)

Vet Times - September 2009 David Black, Managing Director XLVets discusses his thoughts on CVO reports

Farmers Weekly - August 2009 Lucy Gill from Friars Moor Vets, is featured in this article looking at the new DairyCo Mastitis Plan

           
British Dairying - July 2009 Diet management can help to reduce DA's - an article featuring Bill May from XLVets Lambert, Leonard & May

Farmers Weekly - June 2009 The lead article from the Farmers Weekly Livestock section on Beef Fertility, including comments from Steve Borsberry, from 608 and David Black, from Paragon

Dairy Farmer - June 2009 An article about how Richard Knight of Westmorland Veterinary Group has worked with his client Frank Philipson to utuilise ai 24Heatime collars from Semex

 
Dairy Vet - June 2009 Managing my herd - An article about Michael Atkinson, a dairy client of Westmorland Veterinary Group citing Richard Knight as having helped improve herd management

 
Farmers Weekly - 29th May 2009 Sotirios Karvountzis from Shepton Vet Group describes how milk records can be effectively used as an early warning system

Farmers Weekly - 29th May 2009 A report from the Beef Expo describes how Andrew Curwen, CEO of XLVets uses "coloured" cows to explain disease dynamics

 
Aberdeen Press and Journal 16th May 2009

Mervyn Drever and Lesley MacDonald of Ardene House ask is your horse fit for puropse?


Farm 'N Equine April 2009 The role of vets in optimising dairy herd fertility - an article by Kath Aplin of Paragon Veterinary Group

Scottish & Northern Equestrian
April 2009

Artificial Insemination in horses - a what you need to know guide by Liz Jackson, Paragon Veterinary Group.

Farmers Weekly - March 2009 A "Farmers Weekly Academy" article on IBR by Ben Pedley of the Willows Veterinary Group

Farmers Weekly - March 2009 An article looking at the benefits of the team approach to on farm health, including a contribution from Mark Burnell of Synergy Farm Health

Dairy Vet
March 2009

David Black of Paragon Veterinary Group discusses Heifer Mastitis - Is it becoming a bigger problem?

 

Semex Bulletin
February 2009

Bruce Richards, Paragon Veterinary Group discusses improving fertility through better heat detection

Aberdeen Press & Journal
14th March 2009

Graham Hunter of Ardene House discusses laminitis in horses.

Aberdeen Press & Journal

14th February 2009

Mervyn Drever of Ardene House offers advice on equine breeding.

Scottish Farmer

17th January 2009

Neil Laing, Clyde Veterinary Group discusses rearing systems for surplus lambs

Farmers Guardian

Friday 2nd January 2009

Will Barker discusses which lambs to remove from ewes with triplets and the options for rearing surplus lambs.


Aberdeen Press & Journal

6th December 2008

Mervyn Drever, of Ardene House offers advice on the problems which can beset the ageing equine and what owners can do to avoid them

NWF Agriculture News December 2008

David Black talks about the benefits of health planning and of working with nutritionists and other advisers as part of the "farm team"


Cow Management October/November 2008

Sara Pederson from Lambert Leonard and May is featured in this article talking about coccidiosis. This feature was looking at youngstock diseases


Aberdeen Press & Journal

15th November 2008

Mervyn Drever of Ardene House discusses the causes of winter skin diseases in horses


Stock Matters Issue 16 Autumn 2008

An article reporting on the findings of a blood sampling study of unvaccinated suckler herds in England, Wales and Scotland. This was carried out by XLVets on behalf of Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health. Paul Rodgers features!


British Dairying October 2008

An article following on from our presence at The Dairy Event - and features our survey on the use of Health Plans, with comments from an interview with Richard Knight


Farmers Weekly (Dairy Supplement) October 2008

An article on the use of Buserilin (Receptal) on farm to help with poor heat expression - Bill May of Lambert Leonard and May explains the rationale behind the approach


Scottish Farmer - October 2008

DairyCo is launching its new Feeding+ programme, utilising XLVets in many of their meetings - this article was based on the Carlisle launch meeting at which David Black was speaking.


Farmers Weekly - October 2008

Synergy Farm Health - a new initiative between the Kingfisher and Southfield practices was launched at the Dairy Show - and focussed on a heifer rearing and monitoring service - Kat Bazeley and Alan King feature!


Farmers Weekly Awards - September 2008

This year, another XLVet member has been nominated as "Livestock Adviser of The Year" - Jonathan Statham from Bishopton Veterinary Group. This category was won last year by Keith Cutler, with David Black as runner-up.


Farmers Weekly - August 2008

After a very suceesful and busy stand at The Sheep Event, Andrew Curwen was interviewed in The Farmers Weekly about Farm Health Planning


Farmers Guardian June 2008 - Calf Nutrition and Milk Replacer

An article by Bill May of Lambert Leonard and May explaining a 5-point plan for feeding milk replacer


Veterinary Times May 2008 - Equine Health

A two page article by Lesley Barwise-Munro setting the scene for Equine Health Planning - to deliver a "win-win situation"


Veterinary Times May 2008 - "BTV8 vaccination campaign is underway"

An article about the start of Bluetongue vaccination with a photograph of Steve Trickey, Chapelfield and XLVets starting the vaccinations


The Farmers Weekly - Farm Health Planning Article 3 - April 2008

The third three page article on health planning in The Farmers Weekly Dairy Update, this time focussing mainly on the FHP projects undertaken in Shropsire and Cumbria

The Farmers Weekly - Farm Health Planning Article 2 - March 2008

The second three page article on health planning in The Farmers Weekly, this time focussing mainly on the FHP projects undertaken by the Calweton and Millcroft Veterinary Practices.

The Farmers Weekly - Front Page

The Farmers Weekly - Farm Health Planning Article 1 - March 2008

A three page article on health planning in The Farmers Weekly featuring Andrew Curwen and several XLVets practices and initiatives. This feature was also the main headline on the front cover this week.

The Farmers Weekly - Academy Series - Clostridia - 29th February 2008
A double page article in The Farmers Weekly by Charlie Lambert, LLM, under the Academy series of articles exploring Clostridial disease in cattle

The Farmers Weekly - 8th February 2008
A double page article in The Farmers Weekly looking at Lamb Survival written by Jon Carter, Minster Vets

The Farmers Weekly - 25th January 2008
A double page article in The Farmers Weekly focussing on a 608/XLVets Farm Health Planning initiative

The Journal- NEBusiness Farming - December 2007
A full page article that appeared in the Newcastle press about the XLVet Dairy North FHP Project

Cumberland News - FHP - December 2007
A short report which appeared in The Cumberland News about Paragon's Advocate Farm on the XLVets FHP Initiative

Farmers Guardian November 2007

Herd Health Planning Improves Profits

There is no excuse for not keeping quality data on dairy farms

Putting a plan into action and monitoring its progress

Three articles which appeared in The farmers Guardian on 9th November 2007, written by Rod Welford of Millcroft Veterinary Group and Bruce Richards of Paragon Veterinary Group

Veterinary Review - December 2007
A piece in The Veterinary Review from December 2007 mentioning Keith Cutler and XLVets under the heading "Best livestock adviser"

Welsh Lamb and Beef Producers Newsletter
Paul Rodgers of Allen and Partners has contributed to this very good WLBP Newsletter - Paul discusses calf pneumonia in some depth

Farmers Weekly - November 2007
In the Farmers Weekly Awards, the "Livestock Adviser of the Year" category is won by Keith Cutler.

Farmers Weekly - October 2007
In the Farmers Weekly Awards, two of the three finalists in the "Livestock Adviser of the Year" category are XLVets members - Keith Cutler and David Black

NFU Countryside - Sept 2007
An article in NFU Countryside magazine entitled "Improving The Herd" and featuring a "day in the life" of Jonathan Statham of Bishopton Vets in Ripon.

Veterinary Times - Sept 2007
An article in Veterinary Times about FarmDisease.co.uk, a disease-monitoring website that is supported by XLVets. Southfiled and Stock1st are quoted.

Veterinary Review
An interview with David Black titled "How group is progressing - two years on". This is a well-blanaced article seeking to dispel any rumours or misconceptions about XLVets

Veterinary Times July 2007
A light hearted look at the XLVets AGM - and the Royal Marine Assault course on Woodbury Common!

Dairy Farmer - June 2007
An article about a service for testing parlours by Lambert Leonard and May - high profile branding of XLvets included!

Farmers Weekly - March 2007
A Farmers Weekly "Talking Point" article by Mark Burnell of Southfield Vet Centre looking at lameness.

Farmers Weekly - Jan 2007
An article by David Black starting off a new "Academy Series" of Health Planning articles

A couple of on-line articles about XLVets. Stackyard is an online Agricultural Jurnal and resource while Jennifer McKenzie is a well respected agricultural journalist

An article in the The Furrow - a John Deere sponsored journal - looking at various innovations in farming - XLVets, Merial Cow Signals (with XLVets) and the Dugdale M3 rationing concept.

An article in the The Journal business/farming section. This a paper in the Northe East who had picked up the information from a journalist in Cumbria I suspect

An article in the The Cumberland News about XLVets. Note the blatent presence of a logo and a laptop in a pen of sheep!!

An article in the The Cumberland News attributed to John Cook - about calf scours!

An article in the The Veterinary Review focussing on the positive aspects of The Royal Show - featuring XLVets and our sponsored bike ride for RABI

An article in the "Farming in The North" magazine about David Black and Paragon, but particularly XLVets and our committment to the future

XLVets Sponsored Bike Ride in aid of RABI - ending at The Royal Show in July 2006 . 132 members of staff from 27 practices completed over 6000 miles to raise over £20,000

Minster featured training for
"XLVets Go To The Royal"
For other photos, see "Whats On"


Article about the future of rural practice in the Business Section of the Cumberland News - and acknowledging the role of XLVets in Paragon's vision!

Minster acknowledged as "bucking the trend" and promoting farm practice - XLVets mentioned as part of this optimism


Adverts placed this month for a Commercial manager for XLVets

Farmers Weekly - February 2006

Farmers Weekly recognises the potential future shortage of rural vets. Article features Rob Drysdale

Cumberland News - January 2006

An example of an XLVets article in a local Newspaper


An example of an XLVets article in a local Newspaper

A short note from the editor following discussions with XLVets. We had hoped for a more robust and balanced piece correcting some of Mr Nelson's errors

A letter from The Directors of XLVets

A letter from The Directors of XLVets in response to the VR July article