Lifestyle Animal Vet Services
Your local vet, here to help
Anexa Vet Services is here to help provide information and vet assistance to help you better understand and care for your animals.
We offer a wide range of services to small block holders from treating your sick pets, vaccinating, disbudding / dehorning and hoof trimming through to vet assured milk replacers, calf meals, drenches, calf leads, bottles and much more with the extra bonus of advise and guidance.
Our Lifestyle Animal Vet Services Include:
Reliable Animal health care advice
Vet Property Assessment Consult
Personalised Animal Health Plans
24/7 emergency Vet care
Technician services - Hoof Trimming, Calf Disbudding, Milk Sampling, Dry Cow and Teatsealing Application, Weighing, Spore Count Monitoring, Drenching
News and Advice
Calving or lambing?
At this point in the season most people will have, or be close to having, calves and lambs frolicking around their paddocks. Most of the time it is a nice stress-free surprise to have a calf or lamb magically appear in the paddock overnight, with a happy, healthy mum...
Cancer Eye
What is cancer eye? This is a malignant growth involving all or part of the eye, eyeball or surrounding tissues. If we look at it under the microscope (histopathology), then it is usually a squamous cell carcinoma, so an out of control growth of the keratin forming...
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 eczema is a condition caused by a fungus growing in the dead litter at the base of pasture in warm, humid weather. The spores of this fungus produce...
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 period is usually between January and May, depending on weather conditions. Weather conditions that promote fungal growth are warmth with a night time...
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 year and causes liver damage. The greatest risk period is from February to May. Symptoms vary depending on the amount of spores ingested. The following...
How Prepared are you for a Hot & Dry Summer?
When keeping animals, whether as pets or for production purposes, there are five non-negotiable rules that need to be followed at all times, in order to ensure animal welfare is upheld. 1. Freedom from hunger or thirst Animals should always have access to fresh...
Cattle and Sheep breeds: the pretty, the ugly, and the angry!
We’re all used to seeing purebred dogs, but what about purebred cattle and sheep?! Unusual breeds of livestock are starting to get more popular. But why would you want (or not want) one? Just as with dogs, most people who purchase specific breeds of cattle and sheep...
Animal Welfare – how will the changes affect you?
On October 1st the new animal welfare regulations came into effect. There are 45 changes so it can be a headache to find the changes that you need to know about. This is NOT an exhaustive list of welfare regulations, but a summary of the NEW changes that are likely to...
Summer: the beach, the sun… and, flystrike?
If you have sheep, you need to think about flystrike. Flystrike is the condition when flies lay their eggs in wool and the maggots that hatch begin to eat the sheep’s flesh. This sounds terrible- and it is terrible! Flystrike is a very painful condition and a welfare...
Parasites – no benefit, just burden!
Parasites – the word itself indicates they are unwanted guests on your property. There to live off your stock, they cause nothing but trouble. At the bare minimum, they reduce live weight gain by reducing the animal’s ability to absorb nutrients. In more severe cases...
Farm Support Services
Technician Sevices
On-farm Product
Workshops & Events
Animal Health Plans