Popular Mayobridge Pharmacy celebrates 20 years in business

Throughout the past two decades the business has supplied a comprehensive range of animal health and nutrition-related products to livestock farmers throughout the South Down area.

To mark this important juncture in the history of Mayobridge Pharmacy, the business will be making a range of products available on promotion during the period Monday July 6th through to Saturday July 11th.

“We will also be offering a series of spot prizes for customers,” confirmed pharmacist Paul O’Hare.

Next week’s celebrations have been organised with the support of HVS Animal Health and Norbrook Laboratories. These events are taking place at a time when farmers throughout the South Down area will be worming cattle at grass and preparing early lambing ewes for the upcoming breeding season.

Breeding sheep and cattle of all ages at grass will respond very positively to a mineral and vitamin drench at this time of the year.

“We stock a range of animal health and nutrition-related products,” commented Paul O’Hare.

“Many of these products are of direct interest to farmers at this time of the year. And given these circumstances we felt it appropriate to encourage producers throughout our catchment area to visit the pharmacy and benefit from the special offers that will be available next week.”

Paul thanked HVS Animal Health and Norbrook Laboratories for supporting the upcoming promotions.

“Mayobridge Pharmacy has stocked a wide range of our products over the past seven years,” confirmed Paul Elwood, from HVS Animal Health.

He added: “Drenching young stock with Liquid Gold Cattle at worming will significantly boost growth rates. Recent trials involving animals drenched with HVS Liquid Gold Cattle confirm that additional liveweight gains of 9.9 kilos per head can be achieved after just 54 days at grass.

He added: “The difference amounted to an extra 20.4 kilos per head after 104 days. This gain in performance is worth an extra £30 per treated animal. So it is more than significant.”

For trace elements to be available to stock, they must be of high quality and must link up with one or more amino acids or peptides in the rumen, prior to being absorbed through the gut wall into the blood stream.

Stock are not ideally equipped to effect this “link up” and a significant proportion of trace elements and vitamins supplied in conventional form, pass straight through the body and are excreted.

Paul O’Hare confirmed a strong demand for the Liquid Gold range: “Liquid Gold Cattle is the only product of its kind in which essential trace elements, including iron, copper, zinc and manganese are included solely in their chelated form.

“It also contains nucleotides, which act to increase red blood cell numbers, a key factor in determining animals’ ability to grow.

“The reality is that cattle can only perform to the level of the greatest deficiency or imbalance in their diet. All forage based diets contain imbalances and consequently most stock seldom exceed 75% of their genetic potential in terms of growth, fertility, development of immunity.

“Liquid Gold Cattle acts to ensure that young stock at grass are not restricted in terms of meeting their full growth potential.”

The Mayobridge pharmacist also confirmed the availability in-store of Taurador, the new pour-on from Norbrook Laboratories.

He commented:“Worming stock is of crucial importance at this time of the year.”

For further information, contact Mayobridge Pharmacy on (028) 3085 1000.