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Our Organisation

VetSouth was born out of the belief that being rural and far away shouldn’t compromise the quality of veterinary services that we are able to provide.

As progressive owners of complex businesses, Farmers deserve the best advice and services available. This shouldn’t be compromised by geography. And pet owners feel the same attachment to their pets as in big cities. Our services need to reflect this.

To make this a reality we have to recruit excellent people, from wherever they are. And so we have an eclectic mix of vets from across New Zealand and the world. They bring a superb and broad skill set to VetSouth. In addition, we believe in working with as many organisations as possible to maximise the breadth of services and offering that we can bring to our clients.

And we will continue to innovate- whether it be in developing tech services or novel cost effective dairy packages or broader companion animal services.
VetSouth brings you a quality of service and information that is recognised worldwide as being truly first class.


VetSouth is part of Comhla Vet Ltd.

Our philosophy is all about looking after our team, providing premium animal welfare and making rural communities better by giving back to the districts that support us. This also means that many of our veterinarians are shareholders, ensuring the focus stays local and our animals, clients and people are front and centre. Comhla Vet is a dynamic business in growth mode and among other clinics, encompasses VetSouth, West Coast Vets and Veterinary Clinic Morrinsville.

   

INNOVATION & RESEARCH

A never ending quest for improvement and advancement

Researching animal welfare and pathology is a passion we share, with our work being used by industry bodies such as Dairy NZ, the Sustainable Farming Fund and Beef & Lamb.

FURTHER READING

Latest news

Maximising Conception Rates

Transition management sets the foundation Transition management is a key first step, and a well-considered transition from winter feed for your springer mobs is critically important. Poorly transitioRead more

Deer Fawning: The Importance of Hind Condition and Nutrition

The target body condition score (BCS) of hinds throughout pregnancy and into fawning is 3.5. A BCS of 3 is moderate and 4 is good. Hinds should not be fat (greater than BCS 4.5) at fawning, as thisRead more

Phantom Scanning: Find the Empty Cows While There is Still Time

Of the cows mated early, some farms can have phantom rates of up to 20%. Some of these cows will eventually have a very long return to heat, while others end up on the cull list. So, what can you doRead more

Weaning Dairy Calves: Rumen Development is the Key

When calves are born, the rumen is small and inactive; the abomasum is the main stomach being used at this time. As calves begin consuming meal, roughage and water, the rumen begins to develop. TheRead more

Pain Relief at Tailing and Castration

Tailing is underway already for some, and demand for pain relief at painful procedures keeps growing, not just for merino contracts. Best practice is for all lambs to get some form of pain relief. AsRead more

Preparation for Beef Cow Mating Season

It is a super quick turnaround for these girls to maintain a 12-month calving pattern, so they must be set up for success.   Feeding is a huge factor, but with calves at foot and a cold, wet spring,Read more

Why humerus fractures are no laughing matter

The catastrophic fractures occur when bones become weakened by decreased bone mass and increased bone resorption. They are typically seen at two key times: in the seven days either side of calving,Read more

Twenty years of Swede Safari

Some 20 years ago, when I was a fresh-faced new-grad vet, Mark came to a few of us with the words: “I’ve got an idea you could help me with…” There have been times I’ve regretted sayingRead more

Plan ahead for post-weaning growth

Now is a good time to think about weaning. I do realise that it's only September, but there are some things you can be thinking about now that will benefit post-weaning growth rates for your lambs.Read more

Saving lambs with dextrose

Lambs born to well-fed ewes with a body condition score of 3 or more will have good reserves of brown fat. This provides readily available energy to fuel a newborn lamb before it absorbs milk.Read more

The effects of ewe wastage

I recently had a look at a study done on three large farms in the North Island, which showed 90% of hoggets left the flock from ewe wastage! That is, only 10% make it through to be cast for age.Read more

Meet the vet herd: Ruby

If you’re around the Clutha area, have you met our new large animal vet Ruby? She joined our South Otago team at the start of the year from Australia. With the launch of our new clinic in Milton inRead more
 

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