The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, signs the statutory document for compulsory dog microchipping watched by Buster and Joseph O'Donnell of Glenina Vet Clinic.
The dog microchipping programme will be rolled out on a phased basis, beginning with pups in September 2015 and will be expanded to all dogs in March 2016.
Minister Coveney said “...
This week we got to catch up with XLVet Members Padraig Duggan, Brian Murphy and staff in Killenaule Vets, Killenaule, Co. Tipperary. Fantastic state of the art facilities and wonderful staff. Thanks to Anna for the pancakes. Also got the opportuinity to catch up with Tommy Heffernan and his team in Avondale, Arklow, Wicklow. Mairead was busy scanning. It is all go in the vet world.
As vets we are often asked for advice on the use of vaccines for the control of infectious diseases in food producing animals and also in pets.
Basically, vaccination is a means of enhancing the immunity of an animal (or indeed a person) to an infectious disease by exposing that animal to an infectious agent in a safe manner so that an immune response is generated and an acquired...
A very successful launch event for XLVets Skillnet DairyCheck and SucklerCheck programmes took place at the Horse & Jockey Hotel on Tuesday 4 March.
Donal Murphy of Sliabh Luachra Veterinary and Chairman of the XLVets Large Animal Committee highlighted the potential for XLVet practices to use these programmes to create new value creating opportunities on dairy and suckler farms....
Over 120 farm vets from Ireland, UK and Denmark congregated in Cork on October 10 and 11 to review the role of veterinary in the context of the Food Harvest 2020 strategy for the expansion of farming in Ireland. Split between fantastic presentations from Teagasc (Pat Dillon, Stephen Butler and John Mee) and from UCD (Michael Doherty, Finbar Mulligan and Luke O'Grady); delegates also took...
XLVets announce that Moy Veterinary Clinic in Ballina, Co. Mayo have become the 26th practice to join the network. Moy Vets have been offering services to farmers and pet owners...
