Dairy Herd Health
We make your herd’s health our priority, and provide proactive veterinary care for beef and dairy cattle.
Welcome to Farm Veterinary Solutions
Providing veterinary services across Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and beyond.
At FVS, we take a proactive approach to help you ensure the good health and performance of your dairy and beef cattle, sheep flocks and gamebirds.
Disease prevention is always the goal: it helps ensure animals can reach their performance potential, and is in the best interests of animal welfare. It’s also the best strategy for keeping medicine bills low!
We are happy to share our knowledge with you on-farm, and regularly hold technical meetings on topics such as foot-trimming, mastitis control and youngstock rearing. We can also provide practical training courses for you and your staff, on topics such as veterinary emergency treatments.
As a member of XLVets, we are part of a community of over 50 independently-owned and progressive practices. This gives us the opportunity to gain from the knowledge and skills in other vet practices and ensure we deliver high standards of veterinary care. And our farm clients benefit directly from competitive medicine costs.
Gamebird Health
From rearing operations to farm shoots, a range of veterinary services are available for gamebird keepers.
Smallholders Club
Join our smallholders club for dedicated veterinary support and additional benefits throughout the year.
Emergencies
Our own team of vets cover emergencies 24/7. Whatever your problem, day or night, we are here to help.
Cull ewe testing
We are testing your cull ewes at Melton and Thrapston markets. The testing is £80, which saves you up to £250.
Melton market dates
27th January
10th February
24th February
10th March
24th March
Thrapston market dates
5th February
Lambing meetings
We are pleased to invite you to our Annual Lambing Meeting, taking place on the following dates and locations:
Market Harborough
21 January | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Melton Mowbray
4 February | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Refreshments will be provided.
Christmas period opening hours
As we move into the festive period, please keep in mind our Christmas office hours for collections, orders and booking appointments.
Latest FVS Newsletter
October 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to our October 2025 newsletter. We discuss the impact of Haemonchus this year, and welcome new friendly faces to the team.
VPS Deals
Autumn 2025 Offers
Click here to see our current VPS deals including parasite control products and vaccinations.
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Animal Welfare Act 2006
Section 9 - Duty of person responsible for animal to ensure welfare
A person commits an offence if he does not take such steps as are reasonable in all the circumstances to ensure that the needs of an animal for which he is responsible are met to the extent required by good practice. For the purposes of this Act, an animal's needs shall be taken to include—
- its need for a suitable environment,
- its need for a suitable diet,
- its need to be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns,
- any need it has to be housed with, or apart from, other animals, and
- its need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.
- The circumstances to which it is relevant to have regard when applying subsection (1) include, in particular—
- any lawful purpose for which the animal is kept, and
- any lawful activity undertaken in relation to the animal.
Nothing in this section applies to the destruction of an animal in an appropriate and humane manner.