Ophthalmology Services
Totally Vets Feilding are pleased to welcome Ophthalmology Clinician Petra Price to the team. Petra is now available for a range of medical and surgical ophthalmic services providing further growth...
View ArticleMaximising lamb growth
Having our lambs grow quickly is an important pointer for lifting profitability and creating options for our farming systems. Important components to growth are feed quality, feed quantity and...
View ArticleEfficiency in farming systems
In this edition of our newsletter, we cover three topics, one dairy and two for sheep farmers, all three of which have direct effects on farm efficiency. It is the efficiency of converting pasture and...
View ArticleMaking a profit in the face of increasing resistance to drenches
For the last 15 plus years the sheep industry has faced the reality that resistance of internal parasites to anthelmintics was going to eventually limit the effectiveness of this tool. It started with...
View ArticleFeeding for a successful mating
The reproductive performance of your herd is greatly influenced by the difference between energy inputs (nutrition – energy, protein, fibre etc) and energy outputs (milk production, walking,...
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Laminitis
Laminitis = inflammation of the laminae The laminae is an interlocking, finger-like structure that suspends the pedal bone inside the hoof capsule. When this structure is inflamed and fails to support...
View ArticleFireworks phobias
Does your pet have a hard time with fireworks? Here’s some hints and tips to help everyone get through (hopefully!) stress-free. Providing lots of mental and physical stimulation is the most important...
View ArticleLooking after dairy weaners
Getting calves through to weaning is major milestone and now we need to protect that initial investment. The percentage of dairy farms on which coccidia is resident has steadily increased and it would...
View ArticleRepro Efficiency in Dairy Herds
A key influencer of next year’s performance. For Spring calving herds, the work of getting cows back in calf during October, strongly determines their performance in 2025 and these endeavours are...
View ArticleHoliday vaccinations
As many of you plan your holidays, your pets are oblivious to theirs! If your pets are going to the boarding kennels or cattery, ensure you find out from your particular ‘pet hotel’ exactly which...
View ArticleIs your pet safe to swim in our local rivers?
During the warm weather, the river becomes one of the most popular places for people and their canine companions to cool down. Unfortunately, in the Manawatu many waterways have toxic algae...
View ArticleDangers of heat stroke
Summer is a fun time for all, but the heat can be lethal to our pets. We really hope that knowing how to avoid heatstroke and being more aware of the risk factors and warning signs will help prevent...
View ArticleKeeping our pets safe at Christmas
Here are some tips to keep your Christmas festive and fun but vet free… Many common foods and snacks we humans enjoy can be dangerous to our pets. Animals digest and metabolise food differently to...
View ArticleThiamine deficiency in calves
Thiamine deficiency in young stock. What it is, why does it happen, signs to look for and options for treatment and prevention. The disease is known by many names, but alas are all the same. You may...
View ArticleLepto 4-Way®: Survey Update
During the last winter we started using the new Lepto 4-Way® vaccine in dairy herds to provide protection for you, your staff and ourselves against the recently recognised Lepto strain, Pacifica....
View ArticleClostridial protection in your cattle, Covexin® 10
In recent times we have been called to postmortem predominantly younger cattle that have died suddenly, and the findings are similar, a rapidly decomposing carcass, lots of gas and a terrible smell...
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Sheep Flock Productivity
Trace element supplementation in cattle at critical times is now common practice, particularly in dairy herds, even when blood or liver levels are within the normal range. The most researched product...
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