Drove Farm Vets Hosted a DEW farm walk around one of our Dairy Clients in Wiltshire on Wednesday 18th June. At this event we are were delighted to announce that the renowned speaker Tommy Heffernan will be talking about the importance of ensuring diary calf health from birth through weaning. With seventy percent of a calf’s immune function located in the digestive tract and controlled by the billions of microbes that are present in the gut, it is imperative that a calf has a healthy microbiome to optimise digestive and immune function. In addition to talking about the basics of calf health such as; colostrum, hygiene, fresh air, comfort and water quality, Tommy discussed the benefits of probiotics and postbiotics and the benefits of incorporating them into your regular regimen. Tommy has worked for 21 years in the animal health industry and in that time has run a mixed animal veterinary practice, become a cow signals trainer, obtained a Grad certificate in dairy herd health as well as having completed a Nuffield farming scholarship in 2019. On a personal note, I first meant Tommy in lockdown when he was summarising a different Farm animal topic a day in daily videos and he has a way of communicating his knowledge in a very straight forward and easy to remember fashion.