Newsletters

Newsletters are produced quarterly and sent to all DHHPS members. Our most recent newsletters can be downloaded from the list list below.

All are in PDF format and should open automatically on most computers.

If you would like to be added to our email mailing list please contact the office; DHHPS@ed.ac.uk

2024

DHHPS Newsletter Feb 2024 - Sole Ulcers, Ewe nutrition (400.5 KB PDF)

2023

DHHPS Newsletter Nov 2023: Sexed semen, Ration sorting (304.15 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter Aug 2023 - IgG testing, Body Condition Scoring in Sheep (216.37 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter May 2023; Calving cows at grass, Importance of colostrum for beef calves (378.39 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter February 2023; Metabolic profiles, Ewe Colostrum (502.86 KB PDF)

2022

DHHPS Newsletter November 2022; Winter forage stocks, Claw trimming housed dairy cows (542.94 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter August 2022; Dwarf calves, Selenium deficiency in sheep (315.21 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter May 2022; Phosphorus, Avoiding bulk milk tank failures (316.42 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter Feb 2022 Suckler Calves, Cystic Ovarian Follicles (961.62 KB PDF)

2021

DHHPS Newsletter November 2021. Feeding brassica crops, Subclinical hypocalcaemia (460.99 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter Aug 2021 "Odd" cases of milk fever, Digital Dermatitis case study (508.49 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter May 2021. Reducing bloat in grazing cattle, Metabolic profile overview (261.26 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter Feb 2021. Improving calf survival. Liver fluke in dairy herds (241.09 KB PDF)

2020

DHHPS Newsletter Nov 2020 Autumn Grazing, Treatment of clinical mastitis cases (385.31 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter August 2020 Metabolic profiles on Block calving herds, Cobalt in lambs (355.28 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter May 2020 - Lameness in 1st lactation heifers, High straw dry cow diets (1.06 MB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter Feb 2020 - Protein balance in ewes, SDCT in action (867.77 KB PDF)

2019

DHHPS Newsletter November 2019 - Twins and Colostrum (966.02 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter August 2019 - IBR & Metabolic profile results (316.18 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter May 2019; Magnesium, Assessing Rumen Fill (562.29 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter February 2019; Diarrhoea in adult cattle, Energy Balance in Ewes (1.93 MB PDF)

2018

DHHPS Newsletter Nov 2018 Rumen Acidosis; Colostrum in beef calves (299.54 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter August 2018 Summer Grazing; Sleeping Parasites (300.13 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter May 2018; Fertility in summer calvers, Ewe and sucker body condition (612.99 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter February 2018 Winter forage stocks, Stillbirths in cattle (656.46 KB PDF)

2017

DHHPS Newsletter November 2017 Downer Cows, Calf Pneumonia (280.13 KB PDF)

Pre-Tupping, Teat Condition scoring DHHPS Newsletter August 2017 (509.31 KB PDF)

Sodium and salt deficiency; The calving cow. May 2017 (282.59 KB PDF)

DHHPS Newsletter February 2017 (544.45 KB PDF)

2016

Cows not milkiing to expectation, Lameness prevention November 2016 (213.42 KB PDF)

Fat cows, Selective Dry Cow Therapy. July 2016 (243.41 KB PDF)

Depressed Butterfat, Parasites. May 2016 (199.54 KB PDF)

Low Protein Silage, Calf Management February 2016 (245.95 KB PDF)

2015

Winter Feeding, Heat Detection November 2015 (490.87 KB PDF)

Antibiotics failures in milk, Neospora August 2015 (257.65 KB PDF)

Neospora - full information sheet (2.72 MB PDF)

Feeding pregnent ewes, National Johnes Action Plan. Feburary 2015 (474.68 KB PDF)

2014

Transition cow management, IBR vaccination case study. November 2014 (140.46 KB PDF)

Pre-mating sheep tests, Calving cows at grass in autumn. August 2014 (283.39 KB PDF)

Cow tracks, Culling/Replacement. May 2014 (479.53 KB PDF)

Fertility recording, Feeding Suckler cows in Spring. February 2014 (280.9 KB PDF)