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Title: Findings from sheep Knowledge Transfer
As a practising vet involved in the KT programme, Conor Geraghty found the experience both rewarding and challenging.
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/findings-from-sheep-knowledge-transfer-331652
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Year one of the Knowledge Transfer (KT) programme concluded on 31 July. As a practising vet, KT was both a rewarding and a challenging experience.
Not knowing how many of our farmers were in the programme really put a strain on time management and planning in veterinary practices all around the country.
As predicted by many colleagues, the latecomers on the last weekend had plenty of vets working all weekend in an effort to meet the deadline.
That said, the on-farm risk assessment allowed participating farmers and their vets to set aside a couple of hours to really examine farm performance and make some practical recommendations for future improvements.
This is especially true for sheep farmers, many of whom do not regularly seek veterinary advice.
However, this situation is changing in recent years, especially with larger flocks.
I recently collated the data from 101 sheep on-farm risk assessments completed by our practice, which is situated in a high-density sheep area.
Statistical analysis was performed by a colleague proficient in this area and the results are interesting. This is a summary:
The data shows that considerable improvement is possible on lots of our sheep farms that could potentially increase output and profit for the farmers involved.
I am confident that by implementing two or three of the priority recommendations will yield results for our farmers.
I am looking forward to working with our farmers to this end and seeing how 2018 progresses.
Conor Geraghty MVB Cert DHH works at Geraghty & Neary Veterinary Surgeons, College Rd, Mountbellew, Co Galway. Geraghty & Neary Veterinary Surgeons are part of XLVets. XLVets is a group of progressive practices who are working together to achieve a better future for agriculture and veterinary in Ireland. For further information go to www.xlvets.ie.
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