Trade Shows

Digital dermatitis workshops

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According to survey work carried out by AFBI, 79% of Northern Ireland’s dairy producers count digital dermatitis (DD) as a significant problem in their herd. With trends going towards larger herds and the confinement of cows, a recent survey by Thompsons shows that the statistics are not improving. Alongside the detrimental effect on animal welfare, … Read more

Provita at Clogher Show

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Provita will be at next week’s Clogher Show, taking place on Wednesday July 31st. “We will be located adjacent to the sheep rings,” confirmed Provita’s Tommy Armstrong. “And we look forward to making contact with farmers throughout the day.”

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What’s new from Provita at Winter Fair 2012

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Provita has confirmed that it will be introducing a number of new products at next week’s Winter Fair. ProVitaMin is a new range of chelated minerals, vitamins and trace elements in an ultra-concentrated liquid drench form. The cattle drench format contains all the essential chelated minerals, vitamins and trace element that cows need at calving … Read more

World Ag Expo 2012

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World Ag Expo is the largest annual agriculture exposition celebrating 45 years of innovative agriculture with 1,600 exhibitors displaying the latest in farm equipment, chemicals, communications, and technology on 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space. Visitors can avail of… Free seminars on a variety of topics important to dairy producers, farmers, ranchers and agribusiness … Read more

Lameness Talks by Rodger Blowey

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Lameness Talks by Rodger Blowey

Provita and Pfizer Animal Health have joined forces to organise two farmers’ meetings, the key speaker at each which will be leading veterinarian and cattle lameness expert Roger Blowey. The venues are: The Dunsilly Hotel Antrim, on Wednesday February 22nd and the Silverbirch Hotel, Omagh on Thursday February 23rd. Each event commences at 7.45pm. Both farmers’ meetings … Read more

Proven research attracts veterinarians to the Provita booth at the AABP

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Recent research conducted by Queen’s University, Belfast attracted veterinarians from the world-over to the Provita booth at the Amercican Association of Bovine Practitioners’ Conference. David Jones, Biomaterial Science Chair, Queen’s University, Belfast recognises that there are many products and chemicals that have been used for footbath solutions. A major difficulty in making an informed choice … Read more