Anexa News & Vet Advice
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Together, we have reduced our critically important antibiotic usage. Thank you!
Last year, some important changes to the Veterinary Medicines code came into effect. One key change was that vets...
4 questions to ask yourself about your older pet
Is your little dog more than 10 years old? Is your big dog more than 7 years old? Is your cat more than 12 years old?...
Don’t Forget About Your Calves!
Have your calves been vaccinated yet? If the answer is yes then great news, they’re all set until their 3rd booster in...
It’s time to plan your heifer teatsealing for this season
Are you sick of seeing heifers come in with mastitis after calving? Do you want to give your heifers the best start...
Is Maize filling your feed gap?
Maize silage is a useful and high quality supplement that many dairy farmers use to fill feed gaps. Maize is most cost...
Could knowing your cows’ lameness score help production
Lame cows within the milking herd are inconvenient for farm staff as well as being extremely costly to your dairy...
Calving with no grass is becoming the norm for autumn calving cows
Most of you have feed budgets in place for your calving cows, but what about the springers what do they need to be fed...
Johne’s Disease – why are we worried about it?
Johne’s Disease (also known as “Johns Disease, JD, MAP, bottle jaw) is a cause of production and animal loss in the...
Those pesky FEI grades
Fonterra farmers should be familiar with FEI or Fat Evaluation Index. In 2018 the Fonterra Co-op established this...
Cancer Eye
What is cancer eye? This is a malignant growth involving all or part of the eye, eyeball or surrounding tissues. If we...
11 tips for Bolus administration
At this time of the year many animals are bolused with Zinc bullets so we thought we’d share some tips to make the job...
Facial Eczema – is your stock protected?
Facial eczema is caused by intake of spore from a fungus that lives in the dead matter of pasture. Spores from this...