Most of our clients are telling me they were hanging out for May 31st, ready to put the 2022-2023 season behind them!...
Anexa News & Vet Advice
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What will the 2023 facial eczema season bring?
Dec 6, 2022 | Beef cattle, Bulls, Cows, Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Dry stock, Dry stock animal health & welfare, Facial eczema, Minerals, Sheep, Sheep
With a wet November and pasture quality being a little bit difficult to manage, there is already dead litter...
Diseases affecting youngstock recently moved to grazing units
Nov 1, 2022 | Dry stock, Dry stock animal health & welfare, Grazing youngstock
With high numbers of dairy heifers moving to grazing units this month, it is worth pausing to consider the stress the...
6 things to remember when docking lambs
Aug 31, 2022 | Dry stock, Dry stock animal health & welfare, Sheep
Docking Tail-docking lambs can be done within six weeks of age but no younger than 12 hours old. It is done for...
Animal Health Plans
Aug 31, 2022 | Beef cattle, Bulls, Dry stock, Dry stock animal health & welfare, Grazing youngstock, Sheep
Now is a good time to consider sitting down with one of our vets to make a new Animal Health Plan, or update your...
Reviving newborn lambs
Aug 14, 2022 | Dry stock, Dry stock animal health & welfare, Sheep
With the recent cold windy weather and the onset of lambing, this is a good time to remind yourself on how to revive...
Copper supplementation in dry stock cattle
Jul 11, 2022 | Beef cattle, Bulls, Dry stock, Dry stock animal health & welfare, Grazing youngstock
Copper is an important trace element in both sheep and cattle for bone growth, nervous system development, the...
June Animal Health Checklist
May 31, 2022 | Beef cattle, Bulls, Dry stock, Dry stock animal health & welfare, Grazing youngstock
Sheep Scanning, separate twin bearing ewes to preferentially feed if concerned about feed shortage, or to give them a...
Prelamb Drenching and vaccinations
May 7, 2022 | Dry stock, Dry stock animal health & welfare, Sheep
Why do we give a prelamb drench? Traditionally ewes are given a drench pre-lambing to help control the “periparturiant...