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UK-VET Livestock

Livestock was launched in 1995 and is the only dedicated, peer-reviewed veterinary livestock journal that covers cattle, sheep, pigs and camelids. Of particular interest to livestock practitioners are its clinical updates and reviews. In addition, its clinical forums invite a panel to discuss a timely and often controversial subject area of interest to livestock vets, and its Cattle Review pages look at the latest published research.

Livestock is authoritative and accessible and offers a comprehensive resource for veterinary practitioners caring for large farmyard animals. Livestock is a ‘must-read’ publication for livestock practitioners wanting to keep up-to-date with clinical developments that enhance their practice. Livestock provides large animal vets with flexible CPD, which can be carried out at a time to suit them.

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Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly is the leading multimedia information service for farmers and agricultural businesses in print, online and face-to-face.

The magazine and its website www.fwi.co.uk provide news, market prices, technical advice, opinion and a range of vital interactive services for farm businesses of all shapes and sizes.

Online you can buy and sell farm equipment, find a job, recruit staff, seek step by step technical guidance, view videos, share pictures and participate in forum discussions.

Farmers Weekly has been providing a service to the UK farming community for over 80 years and prides itself on delivering authoritative and independent content that farmers can trust.

Working collaboratively with key partners in the industry, FW also organises the Farmers Weekly Awards, to recognise on-farm excellence.

Headline Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim

Improving the health and quality of life of patients is our goal at the research-driven pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim. Family-owned since it was established in 1885, Boehringer Ingelheim is one of the pharmaceutical industry’s top 20 companies.

In animal health, Boehringer Ingelheim stands for advanced prevention. Our animal health business is now the second largest in the world, with more than 200 products for dogs, cats, horses, pigs, cattle and poultry.

Boehringer Ingelheim

CattleFirst

Boehringer Ingelheim’s global initiative ‘Cattle First’ fosters health, well-being, innovation and sustainability on cattle farms around the world.

As the United Nations estimates the world population will reach 9.8 billion in 2050, the debate on sustainable ways to feed so many humans growths in importance. The latest numbers show that the demand for animal protein will rise 70 percent, which means an urgent need to find solutions capable of offering high-quality products to ensure food security while also protecting the environment.

That is a fundamental concern of Boehringer Ingelheim. As the year begins, the company is launching a new global initiative to foster animal health and welfare on cattle farms in order to make its contribution. Cattle First supports a direct exchange between farmers, and veterinarians and Boehringer Ingelheim to enhance experience, harnessing the most innovative products and services to take care of tomorrow’s cattle farming, today. The project includes three pillars: health & well-being, innovation and sustainability.

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Zoetis

Zoetis is a global animal health company dedicated to supporting customers and their businesses in ever better ways. Building on more than 65 years of experience, we deliver quality medicines, vaccines and diagnostic products, complemented by biodevices, genetic tests and precision livestock farming. We are working every day to better understand and address the real-world challenges faced by those who raise and care for animals in ways they find truly relevant.

Our name, Zoetis, has its root in zo, familiar in words such as zoo and zoology and derived from zoetic, meaning “pertaining to life.” It signals our company’s dedication to supporting the veterinarians and livestock producers everywhere who raise and care for the farm and companion animals on which we all depend.

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Norbrook

Norbrook was established in 1969, in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK, by the late Lord Ballyedmond. It is one of the largest, family owned, veterinary pharmaceutical companies in the world. Our portfolio of trusted animal health products is distributed in more than 100 countries through our Regional Sales Team and a network of longstanding distribution partners.

We aim to be the first to market with generic veterinary pharmaceutical products with differentiators or enhancements in comparison to pioneer products. We have a history of product innovation; we invest significantly in Research and Development; and we have a strong pipeline of products, a key growth driver for the company.

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MSD Animal Health

MSD Animal Health offers one of the industry’s most innovative portfolios, not only of products, but also of services and technologies, to prevent, treat and control diseases across all major farm and companion animal species.

Our mission – The Science of Healthier Animals – guides all of our work. Healthier animals mean a sustainable food supply, protection for humans against diseases passed from animals, and longer, healthier lives for pets. We understand that veterinary surgeons, farmers and pet owners face challenges that are wider, more complex and evolving faster than ever, not least being how animal health connects with our own. We are committed to providing the products, technologies, services and insights to help meet their needs.

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Sponsors

Provita Animal Health

Provita Animal Health are biotechnology animal health innovators involved in the development, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of natural and sustainable animal health solutions globally.  Provita has two purpose built factories in Northern Ireland which are licensed to exacting medicinal and feed legislation.  Furthermore, their facility is the only GMP+ licensed facility for the production of veterinary probiotic medicine products in the world.  

Provita has extensive Research & Development capabilities with significant university collaborative projects which have allowed it to develop a range of products specific to cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, equine, small animals and exotics.  Product categories: medicinal probiotics, hoof care products, feed probiotics, feed supplements, colostrum  and newborn products, electrolytes and energy deficiency, air purifiers, feed additives and mint gels. 

Key products include Provita Protect which is the only veterinary probiotic to be authorised and licensed by the VMD for calf scour, and Hoofsure range which is scientifically proven to be more effective than formaldehyde and copper sulfate for the management of lameness in ruminants.

VetIMPRESS

Founded in 2010, VetIMPRESS is a secure data management platform that connects fragmented animal data across the industry, delivering impactful insights at animal, farm and practice level via cloud-based apps.  VetIMPRESS provides vets with a single source of information to better equip and inform veterinary decisions towards ethical, safe and efficient farm production. 

VetIMPRESS is committed to strengthening the role of veterinary practitioners in protecting animal health, animal welfare, human health and the sustainability of the world’s resources by creating the records needed to inform decisions for vets and their breeders using standardised, permissioned, secure veterinary data.