Progressive Animal Services Ltd

28/09/2025

Ontario sheep scanning training finished. Great group of trainees, great shed and hosts, with a good variety of sheep to work with. Packed up heading to Saskatoon.
Had a few flash backs working with small bales of straw😀, back to my first years scanning.

21/09/2025

Heading back over to Canada next week to deliver a few training courses and pass on some skills and knowledge in sheep scanning. Really looking forward to catching up with some old friends from our last trip and some enthusiastic beginners.

20/09/2025

Sheep Scanning Training course dates confirmed:

Course 1 ( BEGINNERS - 2 day course) Mon 24th - Tue 25th Nov 2025
Course 2 ( BEGINNERS - 2 day course) Thu 27th - Fri 28th Nov 2025
Intensive practical training to develop sound technique to accurately identify the numbers of lambs in ewes.
Spaces limited to ensure low ratio of trainees to coaches.
Aimed at people ready to start their scanning career.

Course 3 ( REFRESHER/ ADVANCED - 1 day course ) Sat 29th Nov 2025
Aimed at scanners with at least one seasons scanning or experienced scanners wanting to improve their triplet detection.
Course will analyse and fine tune your individual scanning technique.

Currently some availability on all courses. Please message for further details.

03/08/2025

Would be a great job for scanning cows and especially heifers.

07/06/2025

A scanner on the radio this evening. Enjoy

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14/05/2025

A few days away after the scanning season. Sea Kayak trip from Barra to Sanday, Pabbay and Mingulay.
Still managed to see a few cows on my travels to this lovely remote part of Scotland.

06/01/2025

Just up from Ailsa Craig is the "Sleeping Warrior" Arran. He has a little snow on his belly today.

06/01/2025

Beautiful view of "Paddy's milestone" between jobs today. Loving this high pressure. Happy New Year.

18/09/2024

David enjoying a bit of sunshine in Germany this week.
Merino ewes being protected in Bavaria.
Nice scanning if you can get them shut tight behind a wire the day before.

12/09/2024

Small pony scanning time of year. A lot of charachters amongst them. Ponies and owner's 😉😃

24/08/2024

Tough job, Abington show, Blackface shearlings.

23/05/2024

We don't see that many sows in the year. Helping out one of our clients who had a breakdown with their own scanning machine. Great images and endorses the flexibility of the duo scan/ oviscan set up from IMV imaging GB & Ireland. Sows easily handled with a good helping of cupboard love.