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Spring Farm Machinery Show 2014

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Spring Farm Machinery Show

Provita will be attending Spring Farm Machinery Show Fintona and invite you to come meet us at stand H428 The Spring Farm Machinery Show Fintona will be taking place on the 28th, 29th and 30th January at the Ecclesville Centre in Fintona. This event attracts nearly 300 exhibitors and over 12,000 visitors from both Ireland … Read more

AHDA 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition

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Provita will be exhibiting at the 2014 AHDA 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Held on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th January 2014 at the Hiltons Metropole Hotel, NEC, Birmingham. The AHDA Conference is the ‘must attend’ event for the animal health industry with 57 CPD points available from the 6 sessions. For details on the … Read more


NSA Eastern Region Winter Fair

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Provita are a sponsor of the NSA Eastern Region Winter Fair at Melton Mowbray Market. The event focusing on Sheep and Lamb health will see Provita presenting a new drench ‘ProVitaMin’. The ultra-concentrated multi vitamin and mineral drench. NSA Eastern Region Winter Fair ?Venue: Melton Mowbray Market Date: Friday 31st January 2014 Come meet us … Read more

Foot bathing after every milking reduces lameness problems by 50%

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The combined approach of foot bathing after every milking and the inclusion of Provita’s Hoofsure Endurance in the foot bathing solution has allowed Ballymoney dairy farmer Brian Knipe and his father Alfie to reduce the levels of lameness within his 100 strong cow dairy herd by almost 50%.”

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Calf Scour Prevented

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Stephen Glenn milks 200 cows with his brother Philip and father Leslie near Carryduff in Co Down. Calving takes the place the year around, apart from the months of June and July. Up to three years ago the family would have had trouble with young calves and, in particular, an issue with scours when they were put on to powdered milk, after having received colostrum.

“We were advised to dose the calves with the probiotic product Provita Protect, Stephen explained.

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Provita attend Royal Ulster Winter Fair

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Provita will be attending The Royal Ulster Winter Fair, Stand 148. Visitors will see the highest quality of dairy cattle on show as well as having the opportunity to find out what the industry has to offer. Provita will be on hand to offer advice and services to the dairy farming industry. This year’s Royal … Read more

Hoofsure for a healthier herd, farm and farmer

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Research in America has found that copper has reached toxic levels in soils due to copper sulphate being used in footbaths. It was reported at the recent International Lameness Conference that fields which have gone toxic can no longer grow alfalfa.

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Stop scour bug build up before it starts

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Recent, independent research has confirmed just how exposed newborn calves are to picking up disease. For example, on average, it will take a young calf up to three and a half hours to get its first suck. And before it even finds its mother’s teat, it may well have already sucked her tail, leg and other body parts. As a result, the young calf will ingest large number of bugs – Salmonella, E Coli etc – before it receives one drop of colostrum.

Provita’s Tommy Armstrong takes up the story:

“It is crucially important for a young calf to get colostrum as soon as possible after birth,” he explained

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Red Tractor Assurance (RTA) Dairy Scheme

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The RTA Dairy Scheme requires dairy farmers to seek veterinary involvement in annual reviews of herd health and performance since October 2013.

The RTA Dairy Board recognises the benefits to dairy farmers of working with a vet to identify underlying health issues and using the vet’s expertise to identify ways to improve.  Because of this, the Board decided to change the minimum scheme requirements for vets to review the following on an annual basis:

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Tremendous turnout for cattle lameness workshop

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Veterinarian Roger Blowey has highlighted the increasing importance of digital dermatitis (DD) related infections that appear to be affecting the skin and hoof.  Speaking at a Cattle Lameness Workshop, hosted by Jubilee Veterinary Practice on David and Stephen Jackson’s farm in Bangor, he added:

“The first of these conditions, commonly referred to as toe necrosis or seedy toe, is seen as a non-healing, stinking open sore at the toe.

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