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Pets

We’re pet lovers. Highly trained, vastly experienced and fully devoted to caring for your special family member in our vet clinics.

Farms

Farming is what we live for. We’re specialists in production animals and lead the industry in knowledge & experience.

Equine

With some of the best known and most experienced Equine vets in Southland, we’ll make sure your horse is in the very best of health.

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We don’t provide jobs. We provide a home for the skilled, the passionate, the aspiring and the forward thinking. This is a home for those who want a sense of belonging, to be part of a community and a culture committed to science and smiles. It’s a good place. It’s home.

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Diagnosing mastitis bugs with DairySmart

A wet spring won’t be helping how many cases of mastitis you’re seeing, which impact both production and upcoming reproduction, as well as being costly. We can help diagnose what bacteria isRead more

Eye disease in working dogs

We all know how vital working dogs are on farms. However, just like humans, these hardworking canines are susceptible to eye diseases. Here are a few common ones to watch out for:  1.Read more

Are your boys up to the job?

Bulls need to be in top shape in order to achieve maximum success. Their body condition should be on target – BCS 5+ for dairy bulls and 6+ for beef bulls – and they should have adequate traceRead more

Pre-weaning drenching

To do or not to do? As always, it will depend on your farm system, pasture management and stock numbers. So, a quick chat with your KeyVet could help with deciding what will be best for yourRead more

Minimising losses over fawning

As calving approaches, it is a good time to reflect on the peri-natal and post-natal losses that are happening on your farm, and prepare ways to reduce them that suit your system.    Perinatal andRead more

Good mating management

Achieving more days in milk from each cow by getting them in-calf earlier in the repro season and reducing empty rates, with the flow-on effect of reducing replacement rates, are just two of the waysRead more

Staff farm focus: Breeding 'Minis'

By crikey did we have high hopes for these wee guys! We had obtained 20 straws of a Miniature Galloway bull, named Boris, to put to some cows with lower breeding worth (BW) values. The photos of hisRead more

Signs of facial eczema moving south

Facial eczema (FE) is a disease causing liver damage in pasture-grazing livestock that can result in reduced fertility, weight loss, lower milk production photosensitivity, sunburn and, in severeRead more

Stress-free vet visits: Preparing your pet

Getting any sort of treatment can be stressful for your pets, no matter how great our vets are! Travelling into clinic and being exposed to a new environment can also be challenging for some of ourRead more

Anxiety in dogs

Anxiety is a normal emotion experienced by all dogs from time to time. Some dogs, however, are more prone to experiencing it than others. If they display disproportionate levels of stress, there is aRead more

Getting your foal off to their best start

Many people choose to send their mares to stud to foal down - a wise choice if you value your sleep at this time of year! If you are foaling your mare at home, there are a few important milestones thRead more

Foaling red flags

Foalings are fast events that require preparation and an attendant always on hand. If something goes wrong, action is needed quickly due to the forceful, expulsive nature of a foal’s birth. TheRead more

We are a member of XLVets, who represent the most progressive and innovative practices in New Zealand. Our aim is to progress rural veterinary services.

Welfarm is a country wide initiative developed by XLVets in conjunction with Fonterra to measure annual welfare and productivity.

 

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