Milverton-Wellesley Veterinary Services

We are soon going to be getting into beef calving season, and with the extra cold temperatures we have been experiencing this winter, it may be harder to get calves active after birth. Here are a few tips to keep in mind this season – including a surprising boost you can get at the gas station!

Milking routine is something that is tried and true on most farms. There may be small things that are making a larger impact on your milk quality as cows produce more milk and the system become more stressed.

Now there is an exciting new combination product called Bovilis Nasalgen 3 PMH. This product combines both the viral components of Inforce 3, and the bacterial components in Once PMH, into one convenient product.

Vaccines play a key role in preventing costly diseases like pneumonia. However, vaccines must be used, handled, and stored correctly to ensure their effectiveness.

...with damp weather and fluctuating temperatures calves and cows have been struggling so an overview of the available drugs and vaccines seems prudent.

Milk quality has been a hot topic lately. Learn more about the five main points of mastitis control.

As many of you have experienced over the years, fluctuating cool temperatures brings on an increase in stress level and disease in young calves.  Pneumonia cases in particular are common this time of year...

Each cow in your herd that freshens, experiences numerous physiological changes in her body. Having a plan for managing these changes are important for your bottom line because they can impact your cow’s risk of developing certain diseases such as ketosis, metritis, mastitis and LDA.

Two of the most common and challenging health issues faced by young calves are pneumonia and scours (diarrhea). As we turn the page into 2026 and winter has finally seemed to arrive, we are starting to see more scours and pneumonia in our herds, both in calves, but also some pneumonia in mature cows as well. In this newsletter, we’ll review some of the key information on pneumonia, some of which

As the weather is starting to warm up, we are starting to see flies in the barns and now is the time to think about fly control...

We are experiencing extensive backorders on products, including Vitamaster and Newcells – two commonly used products for ketotic or off-feed cows. We have stocked vitamin B12 for a few years now, but thought it would be a good idea to go over the benefits of using B12, especially when other similar products are not available. Vitamin B12 plays a role in gluconeogenesis – or the production of glucose by the liver. This can be important to help correct negative energy balance

A December 2020 study in the Journal of Dairy Science set out to determine how much effect the addition of dextrose IV has in treating...

Many of you have at some point struggled with scouring calves. There are many different causes of calf scours such as E coli, Rotavirus,...

A Good Addition to Herd Health Visits We know how important it is that calves get good quality colostrum as quickly as possible. Often we...

This month the OABP held their annual update meetings virtually to provide Ontario Bovine Veterinarians with relevant research and...

The mainstays of treating respiratory disease in cattle include two things: a targeted, effective respiratory antibiotic, and an...

A novel use for intranasal vaccines is being researched by the makers of Inforce-3. It is proposed that administering this vaccine to a cow

By now, most of you should be receiving a couple important updates from DFO regarding ProAction requirements. Animal Care Assessments...

Please inform our veterinarians if you have travelled out of province in the past 14 days. Practice good hand hygiene, including washing...

With everything going on, including financial pressures, ongoing market uncertainty, continuing self-isolation, concern for the health of...