CattleCast

By BCVA Ltd

What's CattleCast about?

Recordings from the BCVA Board and invited guests, with a mix of farm vet news, CPD and current affairs.

Music Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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CattleCast episodes:

04.03.2024
Cattlecast - Episode 36
BCVA offers grants to enable research that might not receive funding from other sources; the broad criteria indicates that it should be of direct relevance to cattle vets in the UK. BCVA also aims to use this funding to support...
01.15.2024
Cattlecast - Episode 35
Vets Claire Grigson and Katie Ford talk to Kat Hart about meeting life’s personal and professional challenges. They tell us about how their careers in the veterinary profession, combined with personal struggles, led them to combining all these experiences to...
11.07.2023
Cattlecast - Episode 34
Laura Donovan, from Nantwich Farm Vets, talks to Kat Hart about the incoming veterinary attestations. With signs now being displayed at markets, it is more likely that farm vets are going to be asked about this by their clients. Laura...
10.24.2023
Cattlecast - Episode 33
Vet Record Editor in Chief, Suzanne Jarvis, talks to Kat Hart about working with BVA publications since 1998 and the changes in the profession that she’s covered in her various editorial roles. She tells us about the impact of online...
05.10.2023
Cattlecast - Episode 32
Each July we open nominations for BCVA Board positions, and here we talk to some of those new members who joined us in 2022. Rose Jackson, James Adams, Amy Cox, and Lara Robinson tell Kat Hart about what made them...
03.30.2023
Cattlecast - Episode 31
In this episode Kat Hart talks to vet George Brownlee, CEO of Farm Vet Systems Ltd and VetIMPRESS. He outlines how his love of working with farmers and his own desire to have more information and data as a farm...
03.01.2023
Cattlecast - Episode 30
An important and informative CattleCast where Kat Hart talks to Renzo Di Florio, a farm vet with a special interest in infectious diseases who transferred from practice to industry in 2022 to work with Ceva. He tells us about the...
01.06.2023
Cattlecast - Episode 29
Kat Hart talks to David Black, Tom Warboys, Megan Williamson, and Lisa Morgans about the new Vet Sustain/Vet Salus course that is helping our profession become sustainability leaders in UK agriculture. The conversation explores how improving animal health and welfare...
12.19.2022
Cattlecast - Episode 28
Nicole Baldry, Dairy Veterinary Technical Advisor with MSD Animal Health, talks to Kat Hart about Salmonella. We explore the seen and hidden clinical signs, prevalence rates (higher than you might imagine!), the impact on a herd, and how to prevent...
12.05.2022
Cattlecast - Episode 27
Ele Brown, head of the TB policy team at Defra, outlines the ongoing impact of the government’s bTB eradication strategy – where there have been improvements and the status of the worst hit Edge Areas. She shows appreciation for the...
07.25.2022
CattleCast - Episode 26
BCVA’s Kat Hart talks to Jayne Buxton, author of a new book called The Great Plant-Based Con to explore some of the claims being made in the ongoing conversation about plant-based diets and how the debate around health and the...
07.01.2022
CattleCast - Episode 25
Lisa Morgans, is Head of Livestock at Innovation for Agriculture, an independent knowledge exchange charity, based in the UK. She talks to Kat Hart about moving from mixed to farm practice because of the unique vet-farmer relationships, and how that...
05.09.2022
CattleCast - Episode 24
What are the challenges for today’s farm vet and how do we nurture positive relationships with our colleagues and clients? Former BVA President, James Russell, talks to Kat Hart about how graduating from the RVC in 2002, having been a...
03.25.2022
CattleCast - Episode 23
Kat Hart talks to Rachel Hayton about how QuarterPro offers farm vets an entry level approach to managing mastitis and the ability to create tailored strategies for their clients. She outlines the AHDB free tools and resources that are available...
03.02.2022
CattleCast - Episode 22
Sally Wilson, Kat Hart, talk frankly about being a farm vet and planning for a family – what it means for you, your family, your practice, and your clients. We hear how planning, pragmatism and thoughtful consideration can make all...
02.07.2022
CattleCast - Episode 21
Lizzie Lockett, CEO of RCVS, talks to Kat Hart about growing up on a farm with an ambition to be a vet, and then changing her mind while seeing practice after seeing the emotionally challenging reality. A career in journalism...
01.24.2022
CattleCast - Episode 20
A great interview with BCVA President, Elizabeth Berry, who talks to Kat Hart about her incredibly varied career. Hear about her love of surgery, her passion for high welfare standards, working for change, how an injury led to a desk...
01.12.2022
CattleCast - Episode 19
verbal and non-verbal – Kat Hart talks to Fiona MacGillivray, Director of communications consultancy MacVet Ltd. Having worked as a vet in mixed practice she has seen how understanding communication can lead to more meaningful connections and less frustration. She...
12.20.2021
CattleCast - Episode 18
Kat Hart talks to George Oikonomou, Professor of cattle health and welfare at Liverpool. George shares his lameness expertise and details about his latest genetics research. Lameness costs the UK dairy industry £250 million a year as over half of...
11.18.2021
CattleCast - Episode 17
Emily Gascoigne is in practice with Synergy, having completed an internship there after graduating from Cambridge in 2012. She talks to Kat Hart about farmer training and the value of it as part of the role of the private farm...
07.15.2021
CattleCast - Episode 16
Kat Hart talks to Sarah Tomlinson and Bridget Taylor about new opportunities for farm vets to feel empowered and how they can engage their clients to better manage bTB. Through CHECS TB Entry Level Membership and the associated BCVA training course, everyone can get a...
04.21.2021
CattleCast - Episode 15
Ongoing education is an inevitable part of vet life and it can be fulfilling as well as career developing. Kat Hart talks to three other BCVA Board members about some of the options for structured CPD available to farm vets. Rebecca Cavill talks about taking on...
04.07.2021
CattleCast - Episode 14
Fiona Lovatt is an RCVS-recognised Specialist in sheep health, and a Clinical Associate Professor at University of Nottingham. She talked to Kat Hart about her role as the Farm Vet Champions Clinical Lead – and how farm vet practices can...
03.03.2021
CattleCast - Episode 13
BCVA Board Members and cattle vets in practice, Kat Hart and Jenny Hull, share their very different experiences of managing the maternity minefield; from working through pregnancy, talking to your practice team and clients about your circumstances, to making important...
12.04.2020
CattleCast - Episode 12
Rob Simmons is a cattle vet from Paragon Vets in Cumbria and a member of the British Embryo Technologies Association (BETA). In this edition of CattleCast, Rob demonstrates how embryo transfer can have a significant impact on the health and...
11.23.2020
CattleCast - Episode 11
BCVA Board Member, Colin Mason, highlights the importance of the vet-farmer team when it comes to health planning, prevention and treatment of serious respiratory diseases as we enter what some call ‘Pneumonia Season’. Music Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod Link:...
10.26.2020
CattleCast Episode 10
Former BCVA President, Professor David Barrett of Bristol Vet School, describes what impact the pandemic is having on students and illustrates what actions vets in practice can take to make the transition into the profession more inclusive and accessible –...
10.06.2020
CattleCast - Episode 9
Welcome to this special edition of CattleCast – an occasional addition to this series, where we will bring you highlights from BCVA Congress – talks you might have missed – and the ones you will want to listen to again....
09.16.2020
CattleCast - Episode 8
Sally Wilson offers invaluable, quickfire tips on talking to your farm clients about BVD and Johne’s in order to secure more successful outcomes. This is a great, short masterclass in client communications. Music Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust...
08.28.2020
CattleCast - Episode 7
BCVA Board Member Sarah Tomlinson explores what can we do to play our part and help our clients play their part in creating a bTB free future. She also shares some details from APHA that show the picture since Coronavirus...
08.04.2020
CattleCast - Episode 6
What does sustainability look like in farm animal practice? Phil Elkins talks about the aims of the BCVA Sustainability Working Group and how, as cattle vets, we can combat some of the criticisms of farming practice and support our clients...
07.10.2020
CattleCast - Episode 5
Sally Wilson qualified from Glasgow in 2002 and set up Evolution Farm Vets in 2007. George Giles graduated from Nottingham in 2012 and worked with Sally at Evolution, before opening Giles & Parsons Farm vets. He and Sally still work...
06.25.2020
CattleCast - Episode 4
A recording from BCVA Congress 2019 of ‘An holistic approach to TB - there’s more to it than just testing’ by Sarah Tomlinson Music Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
06.10.2020
CattleCast - Episode 3
BCVA Board member Rachel Hayton offers a useful review of the latest updates relating to Red Tractor; including the scheme to replace physical assessments with live streamed farm audits. Music Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on...
05.28.2020
CattleCast - Episode 2
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the UK dairy industry. In this 2nd episode of CattleCast, BCVA Board member Colin Mason offers this invaluable update for vets looking at dairy farmers’ responses to milk supply chain issues...
05.20.2020
CattleCast - Episode 1
Episode One: Join President, Nikki Hopkins, for an update on COVID-19 resources in this inaugural podcast from BCVA. Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's CattleCast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

CattleCast episodes:

Cattlecast - Episode 36

Cattlecast - Episode 35

Cattlecast - Episode 34

Cattlecast - Episode 33

Cattlecast - Episode 32

Cattlecast - Episode 31

Cattlecast - Episode 30

Cattlecast - Episode 29

Cattlecast - Episode 28

Cattlecast - Episode 27

CattleCast - Episode 26

CattleCast - Episode 25

CattleCast - Episode 24

CattleCast - Episode 23

CattleCast - Episode 22

CattleCast - Episode 21

CattleCast - Episode 20

CattleCast - Episode 19

CattleCast - Episode 18

CattleCast - Episode 17

CattleCast - Episode 16

CattleCast - Episode 15

CattleCast - Episode 14

CattleCast - Episode 13

CattleCast - Episode 12

CattleCast - Episode 11

CattleCast Episode 10

CattleCast - Episode 9

CattleCast - Episode 8

CattleCast - Episode 7

CattleCast - Episode 6

CattleCast - Episode 5

CattleCast - Episode 4

CattleCast - Episode 3

CattleCast - Episode 2

CattleCast - Episode 1