As part of the ‘day in the life’ of a vet series, yesterday (April 26) MSD Animal Health followed multiple veterinary practitioners of Mulcair Veterinary Clinic who are members of XLVets Ireland.
The day covered many procedures involving both large and small animals. The procedures ranged from carrying out a ruminant synthesis to examine the ruminant microflora with Niall Lysaght, to a hernia operation on a February-born Friesian heifer calf with Micheál English and Marie Louise Ryan.
During the day, practice partner, Sean Coffey also talked through their impressive new clinic which will be up and running in the summer.
Finally, the team caught up with practice partner Brian Ryan for an overview of what it’s really like to be a mixed practice veterinarian in Ireland.
Mulcair Veterinary Clinic is based in the Mulcair region of the mid-west. This practice has been a member of XLVets Ireland since its inception in 2010. Mulcair Veterinary Clinic has 11 vets, three veterinary nurses in addition to 10 support staff.
The practice has two bases – the main branch is in Cappamore, Co. Limerick. It is a purpose-built practice that includes a retail shop, companion animal consult room, surgery and kennels, large animal operating area, X-Ray and laboratory facilities.
Mulcair Veterinary Clinic provides the local community with a high-quality veterinary service to farm and companion animals.
They are currently building a new state of the art hospital in Newport, Co. Tipperary. Natasha Mitchell, Veterinary Ophthalmologist, and her team at Eye Vet www.eyevet.ie will also be work from here.
You can watch back on the busy day at Mulcair Veterinary Clinic by clicking the video below which gives a great insight to the day in the life of a mixed veterinary practitioner.
A day in the life of Irish vets
Join XLVets Ireland in conjunction with MSD Animal Health for the rest of this week, April 24-28, where each day they will shadow a different vet and their team to chronical a day in the life of a vet live on Instagram.
Viewers will get the opportunity to follow each vet for the whole day to get an insight into just what a typical day looks like for a vet in practice.
They will also get to learn about the vet’s practice, be introduced to the team and learn about different disease threats to watch out for at this time of year.
The series will run from Monday, April 24 to Friday, April 28, kicking off from 10:00a.m and finishing at 4:00p.m.
To follow the series, follow @msdanimalhealthireland and @xlvets_ireland on Instagram.
Series schedule and featured vets:
- Day one: Tuesday, April 25, Kieran Devaney and Danielle Kealy, Ormonde Veterinary Hospital – mixed practice;
- Day two: Wednesday, April 26, Marie Louise Ryan, Sean Coffey, Katie Carr, Liam O’Dea, Diarmuid O’Connor, Niall Lysaght, Brian Ryan and Micheál English, Mulcair Veterinary Clinic – mixed practice;
- Day three: Thursday, April 27, Pat Devine, Lismore Veterinary – mixed practice, but will focus on farm animals;
- Day four: Friday April 28, Conor Geraghty, FarmGate Veterinary Group – farm animal practice.
To run alongside the series, Agriland will publish an article each day with an overview of the vet in question and their day.
