Cattle Practice October 2022

Cattle
Practice

OCTOBER 2022

Volume 30 Part 1

CONTENTS

Thursday 20th October Learning to fish: The value of Action Learning Sets as a sustainable

What can we change to improve fertility? Evidence synthesis to source of support for vets

inform on-farm decisions Bailey S 23

Hudson C 1

Using a Flock Health Checklist to start or reinvigorate your

Periparturient rumination and eating times as a predictor for practice’s sheep consultancy service and the benefits of farmer

early lactation ketosis and fertility disorders engagement in flock health

Fryars L 2 Baxter-Smith K 24

Associations between Johne’s Disease and fertility in United “It’s all going tits up” - differences between sheep and cattle

Kingdom dairy herds mastitis

Reynolds J 3 Crilly J P 25

Veterinary involvement in badger vaccination projects 4 Listeria – reason for hysteria? 27
Heasman L Otter A

Achieving farmer (and veterinary) engagement for TB biosecurity The practicalities of dealing with pre-weaned calf diets
on farm
through the TB Advisory Service (TBAS) Sherwin G 28

Tomlinson S 5

Finding eggs in bovine faeces – is it a fluke? 6 Johne’s Tracker Clinic – Case studies on different Johne’s
Reigate C scenarios in dairy herds and options for control
Orpin P
29

Mastitis testing - data sharing and collaborations 8 Bovine reproductive ultrasound
Swinson V May P

30

Field caesarean section in cattle: an observational study on Workshop to discuss the control and eradication of bovine

approaches, procedures and outcome measures tuberculosis from endemically infected herds

Totir S 10

Sibley R J 31

Nutritional interventions to support hydration and recovery of Improving the interpretation of Johne’s disease milk ELISA

diarrheic calves tests using farm and cow specific information in an automated

Wilms J N 11

algorithm

Fine tuning calf health sustainability Guitain J 33
Aplin K
13
Associations between TUS scores and mortality and productivity

Development of a health-related quality of life tool for calves outcomes on Scottish dairy farms

with BRD Baxter-Smith K 34

Bell D 14

Bulk milk prevalence of Mycoplasma bovis in Scottish dairy

A preliminary assessment of the prevalence of failure of passive herds

transfer and further relationships in 2000 calves in the North Ireland-Hughes J 36

West and Midlands of England Tales from the dark side; improving value for money from

Henderson A 16

histopathology

E coli septicaemia and meningitis in 3-6 month old dairy-bred Waine K 37

calves The thymus – an underused indicator of nutrition, chronic disease

Mason C 17

and BVD exposure

Calf house ventilation design – is it all about air speed? Henderson K 38
Hart K
18
An ongoing outbreak of eosinophilic myositis caused by

Utilising data to support sustainable profitable beef Sarcocystis cruzi in a high-health beef suckler-finisher herd;
production
Porteus L implications on carcass value, farm profitability and the food

19 chain

Newsome R 40

Selection tools and considerations to make the best pre-breeding A review of the causes of pre-weaning beef calf mortality

heifer decisions Henderson K 41

Miller A E J 20

A review of results from 757 bull breeding soundness

Friday 21st October examinations (BBSE) performed by one farm animal veterinarian

What are the day one skill requirements for future farm vets? in South East Scotland between 2018 to 2020

Wood S 21 McCormick I 42

Lessons from Lactation Curve Modelling in the UK 43 Part 2: UK approach to Johne’s Disease control -Utilising
Russell S web-based tools to enhance farmer engagement
Orpin P
64

Medicine Hub for vets: putting data in and getting useful Part 3: UK approach to Johne’s Disease control -Top tips for
metrics out
Hayton R 44 effective control

Orpin P 65

Practical discussion with examples on the justification of EMA

Category C antibiotics on farm Part 4: Developing a novel Johne’s Progress Tracker to support

Roberts J 45 the UK National Johne’s Management Plan for Dairy herds

Orpin P 66

Teaching and training skills for farm vets 46 Achieving 93% uptake with UK National Johne’s Management
Remnant J

Plan using commercial drivers and industry support

Orpin P 67

Saturday 22nd October Impact of milk prices on infertility costs
Rowland K
Productive Day Efficiency: A new technical efficiency metric 68

for the UK cattle herd that quantifies unnecessary methane

emissions and financial losses at farm sector and national level Global progress on antimicrobial stewardship: Updates from the

Geraghty T 47 European Union

The economics and efficiencies of heifer rearing Simjee S 69
Sherwin G
48

Coaching clients for effective change Other Papers
Shepherd Z
50 Effects of farmer-assisted parturition and postpartum NSAID

treatment on subsequent lactation performance

A modern approach to the dairy herd fertility visit Gladden N 70
Smith R
51

‘Ideal’ versus ‘Real-World’: application of vignettes to investigate

Top ten tips when faced with a goat consult! Antibiotic prescribing decisions by farm vets
Harwood D
52 Golding S E 71

Delivering a successful health and performance review for the The use of analgesics by veterinary surgeons and farmers for the

beef herd and sheep flock castration of calves

Oliver L-A 55 Hayward H 82

Action plans to improve dairy herd health: examples and Strategic trace mineral supplementation to overcome oxidative
discussion
Roberts J stress in the bovine

56 O’Rourke D 83

Introduction to data science for cattle vets 57 Adding value to rearers and finishers 84
Russell S Potter T

The successes and challenges of implementing sustainable

parasite control on three Welsh dairy farms

Thomas E 58

BCVA Congress 2022 Posters 59

Bovine respiratory disease: prevalence of main pathogens

in the UK

Couper A

Use of lungworm vaccination (Bovilis® Huskvac) reduced routine

worming procedures

Cresswell L 60

Reproductive performance and economic analysis of a

prostaglandin or a modified ovsynch protocol in autumn calving

dairy herds

Lindley G 61

The role of strategic trace mineral supplementation in reducing

disease incidence and antibiotic usage in a UK dairy herd

O’Neill P F 62

Part 1: UK approach to JD control -Farmer Engagement using low

cost surveillance, risk assessment and prevalence prediction

Orpin P 63

When intramammary penicillin
is the treatment of choice

IS YOUR WAY FORWARD

- Once-daily dosing
- The flexibility of 3 to 5

days of treatment
- No need for refrigeration
- Optimised composition

for excellent distribution

Ubropen is a convenient and e ective choice
for penicillin-sensitive Gram-positive mastitis.

Ubropen® 600 mg intramammary suspension for lactating cows contains Benzylpenicillin procaine monohydrate.
POM-V. Further information available in the SPC or from Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd., RG12 8YS, UK.
Tel: 01344 746960 (sales) or 01344 746957 (technical). Email:[email protected].
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