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New Crypto vaccine for the toolbox

March 25th 2026Calf scours are one of the most frustrating problems on-farm to manage. Not only do they result in reduced growth rates and more calf deaths, they also increase the workload of calf rearers and canRead more

Baleage wrap: A cautionary tale of two cows

March 25th 2026Please note, this article contains medical photographs taken during post-mortem examination. A short while ago, I was asked to carry out a post-mortem exam on a cow that had bloated and died earlierRead more

The team behind the team

March 25th 2026Part of this wider team is Farm Services, whose role is to make life easier for both farmers and vets by doing the groundwork that allows the vets to focus on practical animal health work as much asRead more

Watch out for Hairy Shaker Disease

March 25th 2026HSD, or Border disease, is a form of pestivirus in sheep, very similar to Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in cattle. It is often the cause of poor scanning rates, barren ewes, abortions, stillbirths,Read more

Ewe focus: Trace elements

March 25th 2026 Two key elements to consider prior to mating and before winter are selenium and iodine. Selenium plays a vital role in immune function, fertility, and lamb viability. Southland, as we know, hasRead more

Do you need to do larval cultures?

February 27th 2026An LC is when faecal samples are cultured at the lab to see what type of worms are present. They hatch the eggs and count the different types of larvae (e.g. Ostertagia, Trichostrongylus,Read more

Condition counts: Score now for scanning success

February 26th 2026Light ewes at mating will have worse lambing performance come spring. Ewes should be at body condition score (BCS) 3-3.5 for tupping. What does BCS 3-3.5 look like? Well, if there is more than 6Read more

The autumn parasite flush

February 24th 2026Over the previous 6-7 months, we have had lots of parasite factories (lambs and calves) grazing our pastures. These young animals do not yet have an immunity to parasites and provide high levels ofRead more

Test trace elements with PP+

February 23rd 2026Trace element testing can seem like an expensive investment, but it’s an important part of getting the best performance out of a dairy herd. Production Profile Plus (PP+) is our dairy trace elementRead more

Celebrating three vet-erans

February 23rd 2026During Southern Field Days 2026, we raised a glass for an awesome large animal vet trio, who have collectively stacked up 65 years of service with us. Fleur Barker freed her diary from fondling ramsRead more

Dairy cow nutrition at dry-off

February 23rd 2026There are a lot of changes that occur in a dairy cow around the time of drying off in order to transition her from a lactating cow into a dry cow, including: Milk production needs to slow down to,Read more

Looking closer with videoscopy

February 17th 2026Using a thin, flexible tube with a high-definition camera on the end, videoscopy lets us look inside areas such as the stomach, airways, nasal passages, and bowel. The live images appear on aRead more

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