Flock Health Clubs

Flock Health Clubs are being established across the country by sheep vets. These vet-facilitated sheep farmer business groups offer many benefits:

• Improved relationship between the vet and their sheep farmers
• Greater involvement of the vet with those flocks
• Farmers receive cost-effective veterinary advice
• Monthly club subscriptions provide a steady income

There’s no need to run a Flock Health Club alone. There’s no need to spend hours preparing to run a flock health club meeting.

Our sheep vets at Flock Health Ltd are here to help!

Stay abreast of practice in flock health management and be equipped to run your Flock Health Club by subscribing to our free Newsletter and attending our CPD events that summarise the latest research on topical issues (e.g. antimicobrial usage) and share practical tips on how to run a cost-effective club.

Research back in 2013 identified sheep farmer opinions of the current role of vets in flock health management on sheep farms and stated the following in its outcomes -  ‘After discussion there was agreement that small flocks could work together with a veterinarian and that they all could benefit financially.’

As a result of this research finding, the concept of Flock Health Clubs developed and a pilot started in two practices in the north of England in 2014.  Following the success of the pilots, CPD and training developed for practitioners and Flock Health Clubs have been rolled out across the UK.

• Article in Sheep Farmer Aug-Sep 2019
• Article in ‘Farmers Weekly’ Dec 2017 pp 55-56
• Article in Sheep & Beef Producer Autumn 2017
• Article in The Veterinary Record’ June 2016 pp 645
• Article in 'The Veterinary Record' 176 June 2015 pp 644-647.
  
  • Article in 'Sheep Farmer' Aug/Sept 2015 pp 30-31.
  • Article in 'Veterinary Practice' October 2015 page 36.
  • BELLET, C., WOODNUTT, J., GREEN, L. E. and KALER, J., 2015. Preventative services offered by veterinarians on sheep farms in England and Wales: Opinions and drivers for proactive flock health planning: Prev Vet Med Prev Vet Med. 122(4), 381-8
  • KALER J and GREEN LE, 2013. Sheep farmer opinions on the current and future role of veterinarians in flock health management on sheep farms: a qualitative study. Preventive veterinary medicine. 112(3-4), 370-7

Use our meeting packs and watch our webinars to run your Flock Health Club meeting.

Meeting Packs available now:

1. Introducing farmers to the concept of a Flock Health Club
2. Getting lambs to grow - #grass-growth, #worm-control
3. Can you afford to have lame sheep? – Causes, Control and Costs of lameness
4. Are your rams up to the job? - #getting-ready-for-tupping
5. Coccidiosis - Risk Assessment and Targeted Control
6. Reducing Lamb Losses - #every-lamb-counts
7. Getting lambs off to the best start - Essentials of a six-week handling event
8. Lambing Time - focus on colostrum quality & watery mouth prevention
9. Lambing Success - responsible use of antibiotics at lambing time   - You can access this webinar free of charge with many thanks to AHDB Beef & Lamb. *
10. Protect your flock - Effective use of vaccines - You can access this webinar free of charge with many thanks to AHDB Beef & Lamb. *
11. Reducing lameness - while considering responsible antibiotic use - You can access this webinar free of charge with many thanks to AHDB Beef & Lamb *

Meeting Resources are availabe as Pay as You Go basis or, in some cases, free of charge thanks to the ADHB Beef and Lamb.

* Free Resources