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Westgate Labs
Великобритания
Добавлен 12 янв 2016
Hi, we're a veterinary laboratory specialising in diagnostic tests and advice to manage the parasite control for horses and other grazing animals. Our lab is postal so owners, vets and professionals send their animal samples to us in our specially designed kits for testing. The award winning service includes friendly vet approved advice from our qualified team who can help to advise on managing this important aspect of animal health. Any questions please get in touch and we'll be happy to help.
Taking chicken sample for a worm egg count
🐓💩 Taking the sample for a worm egg count is an important part of getting a reliable result. Here’s our guide on taking and sending a composite dung sample from your flock.
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Wormer resistance - what it means for your horse's health
Просмотров 382 года назад
Our Marketing Director and RAMA Claire Shand chats to Claire Williams from the the British Equestrian Trade Association about the threat of wormer resistance. What is it? How does it occur? What are the implications for our horse's health and what does the future hold?
Feeding for Natural Immune Resilience
Просмотров 872 года назад
Westgate Labs was live on Facebook, with Independent Equine Nutritionist Clare MacLeod MSc RNutr discussing feeding horses to help them achieve optimum health. Nutrition plays an important role in supporting our horse’s own ability to resist infection and disease - be that from parasites, viruses, bacteria or other pathogens. A healthy natural immunity reduces the need for intervention with wor...
Surviving Summer; Horse Healthcare with Equilibrium Products & Westgate Labs
Просмотров 322 года назад
😎☀️🐴💦To scrape or not to scrape? Temperatures are set to rocket in the UK this weekend so we had a very timely chat with Laura Szuca from Equilibrium Products to talk all things summer horse health - including the lowdown on cooling horses, overcoming the challenges brought about by heat and flies and what to do about summer parasite control.
Tails Behind The Tests; Episode 1, Kristy & Fern
Просмотров 92 года назад
Our Ops Director here at Westgate Labs, Kristy Hodgson, is as experienced as they come in managing horse parasite control problems, winning equine SQP of the year in 2019 and the SQP Customer Service Award in 2020. Yet her young Dales Pony, Fern, who she has had since weaning, proved her own conundrum as a youngster with recurrent high burdens of drug resistant redworms. ‘Youngsters are always ...
Collecting a poultry sample for a worm egg count on your flock
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Testing before treating your birds helps to target wormers only where they’re needed, slowing resistance and extending the efficacy of our treatments. With only two licensed wormers for poultry this is important!
How to Use a Weigh Tape with Independent Equine Nutritionist Nikki Megginson
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A weigh tape is a useful tool to help you monitor your horse's weight. In this video Nikki puts Fern on the weigh bridge and demonstrates how to use a weigh tape to get the most accurate reading.
How to login to your customer account and use these handy features
Просмотров 1084 года назад
💻📱 All of our customers can access their account with us online. This means that using your laptop, tablet or phone you can: ✔️ View a full history of test results for all your animals ✔️ Record information about the animals in your care to help us avoid repetition when advising you on worming ✔️ Refer a friend who hasn't tested with us so you both receive a 10% discount on your next order (or ...
Westgate Labs's New Retail Pouches are Compostable!
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It’s happening! Composting in action with our new packaging 🙌 ♻️ 💚 Find more about the kits and the steps we’re taking to help the environment here at Westgate: 👉 bit.ly/CompostableTestKits 👉 bit.ly/WestgateAndTheEnvironment
Sand testing to help minimise the risk of sand colic in horses
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⏳ Horses grazing sandy soils, kept on bare or overgrazed paddocks/track systems or being fed in a ménage are at risk of ingesting sand. For these horses we recommend a dung sample be taken at intervals through the year and checked with a sedimentation test to assess sand levels in the gut. This is because sand is a relatively common cause of colic in horses. It gets ingested as they graze and c...
Trailer for An Introduction to Parasite Control In Horses
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Have you got 30mins to brush up your horse care knowledge this week? Find out about parasites in horses, the dangers of wormer resistance and how to use worm egg counts and tests in this fun short course. Aimed at 12yrs everyone gets a certificate and the chance to enter our prize draw if you complete by the end of May! � Have a go: bit.ly/IntroToParasiteControl � Find out more: bit.ly/AboutInt...
Taking a sample for a worm egg count
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A worm egg count is a useful test for the presence of redworm and ascarid eggs, some of the most common and dangerous horse parasites. In this video we show you how to take and send a sample to the lab for testing. It couldn't be easier and help to determine whether a wormer is needed. Regular worm egg counts help to reduce wormer use by up to 82% which helps to slow drug resistance as well as ...
Westgate Labs; our nature reserve on the farm
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Here at Westgate our purpose built lab is on the family farm in Northumberland. For the last 30 years most of the land has been part of a massive opencast coal mine. This has recently been restored. Spurred on by devastating reports on the state of our declining countryside we've made the decision to turn 73 acres into a designated nature reserve to create a haven for plants and animals. Around...
Have you treated for encysted redworm this winter?
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Have you treated for encysted redworm this winter?
Autumn parasite control for your horse
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Autumn parasite control for your horse
Tips to keep your horses cool in hot weather
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Tips to keep your horses cool in hot weather
A simple way to remove ticks using the O'TOM TICK TWISTER
Просмотров 7836 лет назад
A simple way to remove ticks using the O'TOM TICK TWISTER
Resistance to wormers is growing; what does this mean for our horses?
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Resistance to wormers is growing; what does this mean for our horses?
Taking a horses worm count sample to send to Westgate Labs
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Taking a horses worm count sample to send to Westgate Labs
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As a newly qualified RAMA I’ve found this video very informative and helpful. Thanks!
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Hello, i was wondering if low saliva score means the test came back negative for tapeworm?
Love the ease of my Westgate lab subscription, the packaging and informations are easy to use. Excellent quick service and worming recommendations. Thanks all, A⭐
Great to hear, its our pleasure!