As part of the 'day in the life' of a vet series, MSD Animal Health followed veterinary practitioner Conor Geraghty from FarmGate Veterinary Group, which is a member of XLVets Ireland since 2014.

The day was filled with many procedures typical for the time of year on farms - from treating a cow with an allergic reaction, to pre-breeding scanning of a dairy herd, to fertility testing a bull, to hoof-pairing some lames cows. Even a nail stuck in a horse’s hoof had to be addressed.

FarmGate Veterinary Group is a 9 vet specialist farm animal and equine veterinary practice based in East Galway, with clinics in Mountbellew, Ahascragh, Ballygar and Loughrea. The practice has roots back to the 1960's. FarmGate Veterinary joined XLVets in 2014.

Its primary focus as a farm animal practice is a commitment to the agri-food industry through excellence in practice. Technical expertise, service to clients and dedication to herd and flock health management are all fundamentals to the core of this practice.

FarmGate Veterinary provides farm animal and equine clients with an all-inclusive veterinary service which includes:

Veterinary clinical calls;
TB testing;
Herd health planning;
Hoof care
Mastitis control programmes;
Fertility work;
Scanning;
Equine stud work;
Knowledge transfer;
Laboratory services;
Farmer training.

You can watch Conor's busy day through the video below for an insight into how his day went.

The day in the life of a vet series with XLVets Ireland in conjunction with MSD Animal Health ran from the during the last week in April and first week in May, where over the course of four days days, they shadowed a different vet and their team to chronical a day in the life of a vet live on Instagram.

Viewers of the series got the opportunity to follow a vet for the whole day to get an insight into just what a typical day looks like for a vet in practice.

They also got the opportunity 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.

To watch back on what happened throughout each vet’s day you can click any of the links below to follow each vet.

Day one: Kieran Devaneyand Danielle Kealy, Ormonde Veterinary Hospital – mixed practice;
Day two: 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: Pat Devine, Lismore Veterinary – mixed practice;
Day four: Conor Geraghty, FarmGate Veterinary Group – farm animal practice.

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