Wishing all of our clients a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Goodbye 2024 and Hello 2025!   We are leaving a year marked by historic elections in the UK and USA, wars (Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas) and a number of natural disasters and floods. Despite this, the egg industry has seen a good year,… Read more »

Are your contact details up to date? It is important that you keep your contact details and anyone else’s contact details who have access to your farm data up to date with us. This is for when we send out essential information such as PM reports & prescriptions. This is particularly important if you were… Read more »

Avian Influenza update as of 27th September 2024   For an overview of the current confirmed cases and advice, please visit: Poultry: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bird-flu-latest-situation-avian-influenza-prevention-zone-declared-across-great-britain Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza- H5N5 strain detected in wild pheasants in Worcestershire and in seabirds in the highlands and Northumberland this last week. As H5N5 has only been found in wild birds, not domestic, this does… Read more »

MANDATORY REQUIREMENT – Bird registration to combat bird flu As keepers will be all too familiar with, since 2021 the UK has seen its largest ever outbreak of avian influenza, or ‘bird flu’. In a significant move to strength defences against avian influenza (AI), the British government announced new mandatory bird registration requirements on the… Read more »

Practice Standards Scheme (PSS)   In our continued pursuit to ensure clients have the best services available, PHS has been successful in accrediting its practices under the PSS. This is a voluntary initiative to accredit veterinary practices in the UK. One of the aims of the scheme is to ensure a positive outcome for the… Read more »

Advice on using water vaccination for broilers and layers   The most recent version of the Lion Code has sharpened the focus on water vaccination, with the new requirement that salmonella vaccines must be administered by a suitably trained person. Please read the latest article in Farmers Weekly where Veterinary Director Sara Perez and Elanco… Read more »

A round up of Pig & Poultry Fair – 15th – 16th May 2024   Wow, what a great two days we had at the 2024 Pig & Poultry fair. The fair hosted lots of expert speakers in both the Pig & Poultry forum theatres. If you missed out on the action you can visit… Read more »

Pig & Poultry Fair – 15th – 16th May 2024   Pig & Poultry is at a new location for 2024! NEC Birmingham will host two days of talking, sharing ideas and planning for the year ahead. Come and see us at our Stand 12-721, where there will be vets available on both days to… Read more »

Aviagen Broiler Roadshow You are invited to the Aviagen Roadshow later this month.  Aviagen will visit Leeds, Ludlow and Diss from 23-25th April 2024 and have a pair of fantastic speakers, Mike Czarick and Sean Harrison. Mike Czarick is an impressive and well-known speaker from the University of Georgia’s Poultry Science Department and will talk… Read more »

Exciting News: Our North West Team has moved! PHS North West has outgrown its current facilities at Manor Court Vets in Tarvin, Cheshire. This month we’re delighted to announce that the North West branch moved on the 1st March to a new site in Tarporley. The new building has been fitted out to provide better… Read more »