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.    

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Resources for Vets to use at their Flock Health Clubs 

We help sheep vets prepare to run an effective meeting with their farmers in significantly less time by:

• Producing finished presentations that explain best practice to farmers
• Briefing vets on how to prepare for the meeting and deliver the material

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

To access the AHDB supported meeting resources then please contact them at brp@ahdb.org.uk

To find out more about these meeting resources, all available on a pay as you go basis, and order a pack, please complete a booking form or contact office@flockhealth.co.uk
To watch one of the meeting briefings on the WVA website, please CLICK HERE

Testimonials about Flock Health Clubs -

 
"Just wanted to say having locumed round the country, the penetration of Flock Health Clubs is massive!  Everyone has heard of it and most vets seemed to be signed up and using it.  Credit to you guys!" Email from Jenny Hull, veterinary surgeon & BCVA Board member

“I’m amazed at how much we have learnt tonight. I had no idea there was so much that I didn’t know” Shropshire sheep farmer

"When I attended my first Flock Health CPD event a year ago I thought we would never get Yorkshire farmers to pay to be part of a Flock Health Club but I’ve been proved wrong – we have been amazed at how popular our Flock Health Club is” Neil Roberts, Dalehead Veterinary Group, Settle

“The best thing from our Flock Health Club has been to see sheep farmers working together comparing their basic flock data and highlighting areas for improvement” Will Barker, Castle Veterinary Surgeons

“We’ve not had this many farmers to a dairy meeting before!” Charlie Lambert, LLM Farm Vets

“The enthusiasm of our sheep clients for a Flock Health Club was really inspiring to see. At the end of the year the members were unanimous in their wish to keep the group going” Dan Stevenson, LLM Farm Vets

Articles relating to the concept and implementation of Flock Health Clubs in veterinary and farming media -

• 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

With thanks to these organisations for their support of the 2016 and 2017 events: