Veterinary students
Portnellan is a small family farm – the only organic dairy farm within The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
We welcome 1st and 2nd year veterinary students
onto the farm for dairy experience. We prefer our students to come for
2 weeks although sometimes a week is possible, if you have some experience. Accommodation and food is provided.
The cows are milked twice a day in a 10/10 herringbone parlour. Students will have ample opportunity to join in all the activities on the farm, including calf rearing, foot paring, castrations, disbudding, calvings and participating in routine veterinary visits.
Dates available
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We are almost full
for Summer 2008:
only dates after
27 September are
free |
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Christmas 2008:
from 26 December
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Easter 2009: all
dates available |
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Summer 2009 is
filling fast: only 13 - 27 June is available and
dates after 30 August |
If you are interested, please contact
David Scott-Park at
Portnellan Farm
Tel 01389 830487
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On the
day that cow 31 calved, students
from Glasgow Vet School happened to be on
their fortnightly routine visit. So the students
were able to observe the twins being born,
and one student actually assisted
the second twin into the world.
Anna
Leach from Cambridge learns about
lameness in dairy
cows. Students learn quite
a lot about routine foot care
and then there is
the odd case of lameness. This is usually
"pus in the foot" or white line
disease caused
by walking on stony tracks, which damages
the sensitive horn on the bottom of the foot
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