Beef + Lamb Wormwise Workshops
Two Free Workshop’s in Hastings & Waipukurau that will cover what’s involved in being “wormwise” and drench strategies for your farm.
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Winter Feeding Seminar & BBQ
We are hosting a series of seminars around the topic of winter feeding and setting your farm up for spring performance. Our vets will talk about lambing in tough feed times, winter feeding of cattle, and some of the winter animal health issues to watch out for. The seminar will be followed by a free BBQ &…
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Facial Eczema – Hastings Spore Count Results Week Ending 21 May
And just like that the spore counts have jumped back up! This is not surprising with the warmer nights over the past couple of weeks. Due to the autumn drought, animals are potentially grazing pasture at lower pasture residuals so there is still some risk to stock. The colder nights forecast for next week and…
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Doggy Donor saves young Rhodesian Ridgeback’s Life
Whisky was admitted in a critical condition earlier this month after eating a significant amount of rat bait. Upon arrival the 11-month-old ridgeback was lethargic, pale, coughing softly and refusing to eat or drink. He didn’t improve with initial treatments and urgently needed a lifesaving blood transfusion. Basil, a 7-year-old greyhound came to the rescue…
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Facial Eczema – Hastings Week Ending 14 May 2021
This week’s pasture spore counts – Week ending 14th May 2021 Regional average spore counts have dropped back to safe levels, and hotspots have also reduced significantly. It hard to see spore count climbing again now as nights are really cooling off. Trend graph of 2021 Regional Average Spore Counts compared with last year’s data.
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Facial Eczema Monitor – Hastings Results
This week’s pasture spore counts – Week ending 7th May 2021 Regional average spore counts have dropped back to low levels, and hotspots have reduced, the highest being 65,000 at Ocean Beach. The dry conditions and cooler overnight temperatures have slowed up spore growth significantly. Known hotspots still pose some risk to grazing stock, especially…
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Slug Bait Toxicity Warning
Slug bait (metaldehyde) can be fatal to dogs. They are attracted to it so it needs to be locked away, even being on a high shelf dogs will seek it out or scavenge if it gets knocked off. Signs of poisoning range from slight muscle twitches/tremours to full blown seizures. Even with intensive, emergency treatment,…
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Facial Eczema Monitor – Hastings 30 April 2021
Regional average spore counts have increased again since last week, with counts having risen dramatically over the last 3 weeks. There are individual counts at dangerous levels in several areas (Taihape Road 120,000, Ocean Beach Road 140,000, Eskdale 100,000). Don’t assume your area is safe just because we’ve had cooler nights, get some pasture samples…
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Waipukurau – End of Facial Eczema Monitoring Season 2021
The 2021 Facial Eczema monitoring scheme for the Waipukurau Clinic area has now come to an end. We have been fortunate to have had a mild season with only moderate risk and few clinical cases. There are still a few areas with occasional hot spots and if you are in one of these areas and…
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Facial Eczema Monitor – Week ending 16 April
Spore count summary After a cold snap and a downward trend in counts we have now seen a small jump with some recent warm weather. Not too many individual counts in high risk zones but a few small spikes present and still spores present in moderate levels at almost all of our monitor sites. Quick…
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Facial Eczema Weekly Monitor – Week ending 9 April
Hastings Update Regional average spore counts have reduced again to 8500, there have been a few hotpots (80,000 on Omaranui Rd) outside of the farms doing weekly monitoring so the best advice is to monitor the spore counts on your pastures to assess risk more accurately. Waipukurau Update The trend at the moment is continual…
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Pete The One-Eared Sheep
Peter was rushed to our clinic a couple of weeks ago after being attacked by a dog, and suffering horrific wounds to his left ear. Kathryn, Libby & the Companion Animal team attended to Pete’s injuries under a general anaesthetic and found that unfortunately his ear was too damaged and would need to be…
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