Teatsealing heifers is an important job on the farm and vet calendar. It can also be a dangerous job depending on...
Anexa News & Vet Advice
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Parasite/drenching youngstock
Mar 6, 2020 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Young Stock
Internal and external parasites in youngstock can have a massive effect on the weight gain and health of these...
How’s your eyeometer? Do you think we are on track to meet our target weights?
Feb 7, 2020 | Dairy, Young Stock
Deceiving isn’t it? We look well grown but we are actually behind by 30kg on average compared to our target weights...
The case of blind calves with PEM (polioencephalomalacia)
Nov 6, 2019 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Young Stock
Late last Spring, I got a call from one of my clients: one of their calves had become blind, staggery and had gone...
Weaning Woes and Mating Mysteries
Sep 26, 2019 | Dairy, Young Stock
This is a very busy time of the year! Mating and AB are starting, crops are going in, and silage is being cut. At the...
Coccidia and deciding when to start drenching calves
Sep 4, 2019 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Young Stock
The season of Rotavirus, Cryptosporidium, E. coli and Coronavirus is almost over. Whether you’ve had a good year...
Calf Care
Sep 4, 2019 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Young Stock
Most farms have now finished calving replacements. So, what happens to the remaining calves that are born? Many of...
Tube Feeding – getting the placement right
Jul 30, 2019 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Young Stock
If you are tube feeding calves it is important you know how to place the tube correctly to deliver the milk into the...
Last summer was not kind to our dairy heifers
Jul 30, 2019 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Farm systems, Young Stock
Last summer was not kind to our dairy heifers and it’s now obvious. Pregnant heifers are coming into the herd lighter...