Lamb loss is a major source of wastage in the NZ sheep industry. About 17% of lambs (foetuses) present at scanning...
Lamb Post-mortems
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Anexa News & Vet Advice
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Yoghurtised milk to help avoid abomasal bloat in bottle-fed lambs
Abomasal bloat is a serious and life-threatening condition that affects approximately 1 in 3 bottle-fed lambs and...
Caring for your Ag Day Lamb or Kid Goat
Lambs And Kids Most of the lambs and kids that become available for Calf Club are orphans. Usually the farmer will...
Caring for your Ag Day Calf
Feeding For the first three or four days of its life, your calf should drink colostrum. Right from the start, your...
Calving or lambing?
At this point in the season most people will have, or be close to having, calves and lambs frolicking around their...
Cancer Eye
What is cancer eye? This is a malignant growth involving all or part of the eye, eyeball or surrounding tissues. If we...
Facial eczema – what is your prevention plan?
As the weather warms up and we start to plan for summer, we need to start to plan for facial eczema season too. Facial...
What is Facial Eczema?
Facial Eczema (FE) is caused by fungal spores in the pasture which produce a toxin that damages the liver. The danger...
Prevent facial eczema with zinc
Late summer is when we see animals with facial eczema. This is due to a fungus that grows in pasture at this time of...