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VetAssist - Practice Development Consultancy - Melanie O Donoghue RVN, Dip DM, Dip LM, Dip HRM, Cert Fear Free Practitioner. Is your practice fit for purpose? given its own dedicated space which can also safely facilitate that doesn’t mean that a current layout can not be improved and dental X-ray. Careful consideration should also be given to the facilitate more daily cases. I have worked with all types of premises size of these individual rooms for example the prep room is a busy from residential houses, business units even more recently multifunctional hub quite often it is used to treat inpatients, prep converting bank branches, pubs and shops into veterinary clinics patients for surgery and other procedures while also housing the and hospitals. If you are looking to move premises don’t rule any clinical lab and majority of consumables and supplies. If this room out, look at all development possibilities within suitable areas. As long as they are of sufficient size, have easy access and parking is not of appropriate size, it can create congestion and limit the for clients and are in the right development area (residential throughput of procedures, thus reducing productivity. Wall space properties have become very difficult) you can consider a change can also be utilized for storage, especially between surgery and of use of premises. prep. An integrated pac- pass can be created in the walled space to store consumables and kits for surgery while cutting down on the Lastly the interior fit out and design needs to be both practical amount of traffic in and out of the surgery. and have appropriate finishes such as good non-slip medical grade Overall planning the practice layout is key to its productivity but flooring, suitable for the wear and tear it will receive, while also ensuring that the colour will stand the test of time due to the abuse it will receive from staining reagents and products used in veterinary. There is nothing worse than seeing a new light coloured floor with pevidine iodine or diff quick chemical stains on them! Wall colour is important too, much as you may be tempted, white is not the most appropriate colour to use no matter how clean and clinical it is. Cats in particular hate white as there is strong evidence to support that they are dichromatic and white creates a “snow blindness” effect on them. To summarise every practice should take the opportunity to look at the flow of cases through their doors. What is the client’s journey and the patients journey like? Are there areas where you could improve your layout to create a better client, patient and veterinary team experience. I recommend getting the teams collective opinion as they are a great source of information, as those working within different areas of the practice may have different working experiences and starting from there is how improvements can be made, along with chatting to some key clients to find out how they feel their journey could possibly improve. Do a self-assessment audit on the practice annually if you can or else use the PAS self- assessment accreditation renewal opportunity to see what can be done to improve the practice for everyone. If you would like more information about anything covered in this article please visit Vetassist.ie and fill in a contact request or contact me on 086 1731030. 51 | It’s Your Field - Spring 23

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Keep those questions flowing... Question of season How can improved management reduce Q2. What are iceberg diseases in Q4. What advise should a farmer the incidence of lameness on dairy farms? sheep? be given when administering Iceberg diseases are diseases colostrum by stomach There are many interacting risk factors that contribute to a which result in sick sheep tube to a new born lamb? lameness problem in a dairy herd. Veterinary practitioners (clinical disease) or perhaps The colostrum should be given can help their farmer client improve animal welfare and more frequently sub-clinical as soon as possible using a clean improve production output by adopting the following: disease, where the only visible stomach tube. Lubricate the tube 1. Ensure adequate space and cubicle numbers for cows signs are poor performance or for ease of passage. Once the tube 2. Avoid excess BCS loss post calving ill-thrift. The five main iceberg has entered the lamb’s stomach (thinner cows pose a higher risk of lameness) diseases are Maedi-Visna (MVV), only then should the full syringe of 3. Avoid aggressive or rushing the herd on roadways. Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA), colostrum be attached to the tube Cows will when given an opportunity, walk with their Border Disease (BD), Ovine and the contents slowly ejected. head lowered carefully checking the ground surface Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma/ Severe hypothermic lambs should before placing their front feet. The corresponding Jaagsiekte (OPA) and Johne’s never be stomach tubed. Patience hind foot will be placed on exactly the same spot Disease (JD). It is believed the is required when stomach tubing a 4. Create and maintain “cow friendly” walking surfaces incidence of these diseases new born lamb. If there is any sign (road and yards) is low but farmers with these of discomfort or resistance stop and diseases in their flocks frequently withdraw the tube. Q1. The most common mastitis pathogens in Ireland describe disappointment in the are Staphylococcus Aureus, Streptococcus Uberis and performance of their flock despite Q5. What can sheep farmers Escherichia Coli, If I end up culturing any of these good husbandry, good nutrition use now that Spectam on my farm can I vaccinate to help prevent these? “ and breeding. Scour Halt is discontinued? The answer is Yes. HIPRA manufacture two mastitis vaccines There are excellent reports back called Startvac (Staphylococcus Aureus, Escherichia Coli & Q3. What are the main infectious from sheep farmers who have used CNS) and Ubac (Streptococcus Uberis). The concept mastitis SpectoPro from Coyle Veterinary vaccination is based around is stimulating the immune agents that can cause scour in Distributors. SpectoPro aids in system in every cow in the herd so that the cow produces the establishment of beneficial her own antibodies against the most common mastitis calvers and at what age are they bacteria in the digestive tract of causing pathogens in the mammary gland. It is best advised the new born calf, lamb or piglet. to discuss the possibilities of mastitis vaccination with most likely to show clinical signs? SpectoPro contains beneficial your vet who is best positioned to provide you with the bacteria which competitively appropriate professional advice on dealing with mastitis Calf scours have a major impact exclude and reduce the harmful issues. on the economic viability of cattle effects of less desirable pathogenic production operations due to both bacteria. SpectoPro also contains a the direct costs of calf losses, high level of energy to “kickstart” veterinary costs but often what is the lamb or calf “into life”. The overlooked is the long-term effects secret is to get the SpectoPro into on animal performance over its the sterile gut or digestive tract lifetime. More often than not there before the less desirable pathogens is more than one infectious agent take up residence (causing disease). involved. Causes of calf Age of which clinical scour signs most like to appear Viruses Rotavirus 1-3 weeks of age Bacteria Coronavirus 1-3 weeks of age Salmonella 2-6 weeks of age E. coli Calves < 5 days of age Parasites Cryptosporidia First week of life Coccidia 3-6 weeks of age We welcome all questions from our readers, We will try to ultimate objective of providing good advice to the producers/ answer them as best as we can and if we are unable to answer farmers, thus ensuring better livestock production and SAFER your question to your satisifaction we can point you to experts FOOD. on the topic raised. Remember, the questions asked and the answers given are for the benefit of all our readers, with the So Keep them flowing... Send your questions to: It’s your Field, Unit 5, Kilkerrin Park, Liosbaun Industrial Estate, Taum Road, Galway or email: [email protected] 52 | It’s Your Field - Spring 23

PEOPLE MOVE ON Marie Mcglynn April Higgins Niall Claffey Marie McGlynn joins Chanelle as Key account manager for the Elanco team expands with two new appointments North East. Marie holds an honours Agricultural Science Degree Leading animal health provider, Elanco, has welcomed two new from University College Dublin and a Masters in Education from team members to support growth in the Irish ruminant and pet University of Limerick. Originally from a dairy farming background industries. in Co. Offaly, she now lives in Cavan on a sheep and beef farm. Niall Claffey and April Higgins bring a wealth of experience to the company, and since starting out their careers in practical farming, Marie brings a wealth of on farm practical experience having and graduating from university, the pair have held a variety of worked with Teagasc for the past 10 years as an Agricultural different industry roles. Development officer, lecturing on both Teagasc certificate and Having worked in management, technical and sales positions in Dundalk Institute of Technology Agricultural Science degree a start-up livestock trade business as well as in the agricultural programs. While working with Teagasc Marie was responsible for media - all while running a dairy herd at home - Mr Claffey holds an leading a diverse team in the development and implementation of excellent knowledge of the ruminant sector. sustainable farm production targets across all College enterprises. In his new role as territory business manager, Mr Claffey will be Marie Looks forward to this new and exciting role with Chanelle working with vets and the trade to help provide solutions for Pharma. farmers and pet owners in the east of the country. “Agriculture is a changing industry, with a large focus on Ross King environmental sustainability,” says Mr Claffey “And as animal health plays a key part in reducing livestock-related Ross King, Chanelle Key Account Manager, South West of Ireland. emissions, I wanted to be able to play a part in providing solutions to help achieve this. That’s why I jumped at the chance for working I qualified from UCD with an Animal and Crop production degree as part of the Elanco team.” in 2015 and went on to complete a masters in Food Business Meanwhile, April Higgins has taken on the role of key account strategy from Smurfit college in 2016. I joined Glanbia on a manager, supporting buying groups in the south of Ireland. graduate programme straight from college and moved into a full- With previous experience of account management in a time business manager soon after where I stayed for 5 years, until pharmaceutical company and more than six years’ experience I moved to Duggan Veterinary supplies in November 2022 as a Key working in the livestock feed sector, Miss Higgins says she is Account Manager in the South East of Ireland. After a year, I moved looking forward to developing relationships with customers all into my current Key Account Manager role in the South West of while running a sheep and beef farm at home. Ireland with Chanelle. She says: “Taking on this new role has allowed me to realign my focus and I’m excited to be taking the next step in my career with In my spare time, I farm in partnership with my father John, a beef such a progressive, innovative company.” enterprise and I’m also interested in and involved in sports. Rona Campbell, Elanco Irish sales manager, says the appointment of Mr Claffey and Miss Higgins will strengthen the company and help to grow the Irish side of the business. She adds: “These new appointments will be valuable assets to help bolster our existing team, as they support our customers and the wider farming and pet industries.” To contact Mr Claffey please email [email protected] , or Miss Higgins please email [email protected]. Luis Gomez This year Zoetis celebrates its 10th year anniversary and 2023 promises to be another exciting year for Zoetis in Ireland. First, we are delighted to announce Luis Gomez as the new Irish General Manager. New to the animal health industry, Luis promises to bring a fresh perspective to the team by drawing on a wealth of experience from marketing, sales and general management roles in human consumer healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Originally from Venezuela, Luis and his family have settled in Ireland with the addition of their rescue dog from Tipperary, Coco. Luis speaks about his delight at joining the team “It’s inspiring to join a team full of successful and passionate professionals and exciting to look on what we can achieve together in the future. Zoetis is one the fastest growing Animal Health companies in Ireland and the World and we are planning to accelerate that pace as part of our 10th year anniversary” Additionally, in recognition of our growing product and services portfolio we are currently in the process of recruiting for 4 new roles in the companion animal marketing, technical and diagnostic teams. These additional team members join the current team to enhance customer experience and product support as we continue our aim to become industry partners of choice. 53 | It’s Your Field - Spring 23

PRODUCT FOCUS MSD Animal Health remains at the forefront for I/M administration in cattle and is a popular premedication for of preventative medicines, with the use in cattle sedation and brief surgical procedures. It has zero milk announcement of “day of birth” administration withdrawal and short one day meat withdrawal and sedation occurs in for Bovilis INtranasal RSP Live cattle within two minutes I/V and five to 10 minutes I/M. Sedaxylan 20 mg/ml joins Dechra’s Nerfasin® vet 100 mg/ml solution MSD Animal Health are in the company’s extensive anaesthesia and sedation range. delighted to announce For information visit www.dechra.co.uk. that Bovilis INtranasal RSP Live vaccine can now be Nrperotorudbrurnoctotsok. sistocdkeloigfhttwedo tmoucahn-naonutnicciepattehde administered to newborn calves from the day of birth. Levacide LV contains 7.5 w/v Bovilis® INtranasal RSPTM levamisole hydrochloride for the Live is licensed for the active treatment and control of lungworms immunisation of calves from and gastro-intestinal worms in cattle the day of birth to reduce the and sheep. Levacide LV is now back clinical signs of respiratory in stock and available in 1l and 2.5l disease and viral shedding presentations direct from Norbrook from infection with Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and and other major wholesalers. Parainfluenza-3 (PI3). Launched to Irish vets and farmers in 2019, Bovilis INtranasal RSP Iverpraz Oral Paste for Horses Live brought new innovative technology such as offering the earliest contains 18.7mg/g ivermectin and 140mg/g praziquantel in an easy- administration available (from 7 days of age) and the fastest onset of to-use, dial-a-dose syringe. Iverpraz is effective against adult and immunity against RSV and PI3 viruses (7 days post administration). immature roundworms, lungworms, bots and tapeworms and is suitable Now this intranasal vaccine offers farmers the earliest administration for use in horses over 2 weeks of age. available on the market, from the day of birth. As a once-off intranasal application, it will provide full protective immunity in 6 days against For more information about any of the Norbrook product range, contact RSV and 7 days against PI3; providing the fastest protection on the your Territory Manager or call Customer Services on (047) 81655. market against RSV and PI3. “Bovine respiratory disease is a significant threat to calf health and Pharvet Pro Max Gold welfare that can cause pneumonia and permanent lung damage. As a major cause of morbidity in cattle populations around the world, it Pro Max Gold is a calf milk that can be provided directly results in significant economic loss in the dairy and beef industries,” after colostrum to reduce the incidence of bacterial said Geert Vertenten, Global Technical Director, Ruminant Biologicals, and viral disease. It contains immunoglobulins, MSD Animal Health. vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Pro Max “Unlike other vaccination methods, intranasal vaccination is still Gold ensures safe and phased digestion helping to effective in the presence of maternal antibodies found in colostrum, maximise calf FCE and growth. allowing it to be effective when administered to a newborn calf. Bovilis Pro Max Gold contains 100% dairy protein INtranasal RSP Live is the only vaccine that can be administered from ingredients and CYLACTIN which is a probiotic feed the day of birth, offering young calves the earliest protection against additive to enhance calf immunity and gut health. BRD*.” Specific Immunoglobulins support the young calf’s Bovilis® INtranasal RSPTM Live will be used to protect against BRD* natural defences. The high concentration of skimmed from the earliest possible age, with the fastest onset of immunity. This milk boosts energy for maximum growth. Pro Max vaccine will be available to farmers from their veterinary practitioner Gold offers premium quality without compromise, and sits alongside the other stalwart BRD* vaccines in the MSD Animal resulting in maximum growth. Health portfolio namely, Bovilis Bovipast® RSP and Bovilis® IBR Marker Live. For more information, please speak to your local veterinary ○ Product information: practitioner or visit www.bovilis.ie/. *BRD - Bovine respiratory disease caused by BRS and PI3 viruses Crude Protein: 25% Crude Fat: 19% Crude Fibre: 0% Crude Ash: 6.6% Dechra relaunches Sedaxylan® 20mg/ml Lactose: 43% Vitamin A: 25.000 IE solution Vitamin D3: 7.500 IE Vitamin E: 300 mg Calcium: 1% Phosphorus: 0.7% Dechra is relaunching Sedaxylan® 20 Probiotics:  Skimmed milk:  mg/ml solution for the sedation and premedication prior to general anaesthesia of dogs, cats, horses and cattle. Sedaxylan 20 mg/ml contains the short acting alpha-2 agonist xylazine and is licensed for I/V administration. Providing flexible dosing options, it is also licensed 54 | It’s Your Field - Spring 23

Take the next step with Mastitis Vaccination Visit mastitisvaccination.com 1O4th,8e%rs 30,4% 1,8% Staphylococcus aureus Trueperella pyogenes 2,5% Bacillus spp. 5,7% Streptococcus dysgalactiae 23% 21,8% Streptococcus uberis Escherichia coli Froehlick-Kelly., R. 2020. Bovine mastitis. All-Island Animal Disease Surveillance, p.31. STARTVAC® Inactivated vaccine, Bovine mastitis, in injectable emulsion. COMPOSITION PER DOSE (2 ML): Inactivated Escherichia coli (J5) 50 RED60*; Inactivated Staphylococcus aureus (CP8) SP 140strain expressing SAAC** 50 RED80***. Adjuvant. * RED60: Rabbit effective dose in 60% of the animals (serology). **SAAC: Slime Associated Antigenic Complex. ***RED80: Rabbit effective dose in 80% of the animals (serology). INDICATIONS: Cows and Heifers: To prevent Mastitis. For herd immunisation of healthy cows and heifers, in dairy cattle herds with recurring mastitis problems, to reduce the incidence of sub-clinical mastitis and the incidence and the severity of the clinical signs of clinical mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, coliforms and coagulasenegative staphylococci.The full immunisation scheme induces immunity from aproximately day 13 after the first injection until approximately day 78 after the third injection (equivalent to 130 days post-parturition). Further information available from the SPC or on www.hipra.com. For more information about side-effects, precautions, warnings and contra-indications please refer to the SPC, the packaging or product leaflet. LEGAL CATEGORY: POM - Veterinary medicinal product under veterinary prescription. MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDER: Laboratorios Hipra, S.A. la Selva, 135, 17170-AMER (Girona) SPAIN. MARKETING AUTHORISATION NUMBERS: EU/2/08/092/003-6. Use Medicines Responsibly. UBAC®, emulsion for injection for cattle. COMPOSITION PER DOSE: Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) from Biofilm Adhesion Component (BAC) of Streptococcus uberis, strain 5616 ≥ 1 RPU. Montanide ISA 907.1 mg. Monophosphoryl Lipid A (MPLA). INDICATIONS: For active immunisation of healthy cows and heifers to reduce the incidence of clinical intramammary infections caused by Streptococcus uberis, to reduce the somatic cell count in Streptococcus uberis positive quarter milk samples and to reduce milk production losses caused by Streptococcus uberis intramammary infections. Further information available from the SPC or on www.hipra.com. For more information about side-effects, precautions, warnings and contra-indications please refer to the SPC, the packaging or product leaflet. LEGAL CATEGORY: POM - Veterinary medicinal product under veterinary prescription. MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDER: LABORATORIOS HIPRA S.A. Avda. la Selva 135. 17170 Amer (Girona) Spain. MARKETING AUTHORISATION NUMBERS: EU/2/18/227/001-004. Use Medicines Responsibly. These products are not licensed for concurrent use. A decision to use either of these vaccines before or after any other veterinary medicinal product therefore needs to be made on a case-by-case basis. 55 | It’s Your Field - Spring 23 HIPRA UK and IRELAND Foxhall Business Centre, Foxhall Lodge, Foxhall Road, Nottingham, NG7 6LH. United Kingdom Tel.: (+44) 0115 845 6486 · [email protected] · www.hipra.com

PVNAECUCMINOENIA BEFIRST BEFAST ONLY Bovilis INtranasal RSP™ Live allows you to vaccinate your calves from the DAY OF BIRTH TALK TO YOUR MSD ANIMAL HEALTH TERRITORY MANAGER ABOUT INtranasal RSPTM Live IE-BOV-230100005 JAN 2023 Bovilis INtranasal RSP™ Live: contains live, bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV), strain Jencine-2013, live bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (PI3), strain INT2-2013. MSD Animal Health Ireland - Cattle & Sheep Withdrawal periods: Zero days. Legal Categories: ROI POM(E) NI POM-V MSD Animal Health Ireland @msd_ah Use medicines responsibly For further information see SPC, contact prescriber or MSD Animal Health, Red Oak North, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Tel: +353(0)1 2970220. E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.msd-animal-health.ie 56 | It’s Your Field - Spring 23 MSD-BINL A4 IYF 1-23.indd 1 20/01/2023 16:54