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Important Vet Services Update: Managing resourcing during vet shortage and Omicron

As you may know the nationwide vet shortage continues, which is compounded by continuing border controls, the effects of the pandemic, and supply ...

Covid19 - Orange Traffic Light Status

All in-clinic companion pet, on-farm and after-hours services are available.As an essential service provider to local and farm communities, we need ...

Christmas Kai, Scrounging Pets and Kai Moana

Please keep an eye out for your pets this summer and ensure they aren’t getting into anything they shouldn’t. Over the Christmas and New Year ...

Slug Bait Toxicity

Slug bait is unfortunately a common poisoning seen by our Vet Centre Clinics especially at this time of year when our gardens are in full swing. ...

Summer Heat Awareness

This summer is already shaping up to be a warm one! This hotter summer weather can cause serious problems for our pets. Our pets are very susceptible ...

Pet Holiday Care

Summer is a great time for us to get away for a break. Unfortunately, most holiday destinations aren’t all that pet-friendly, which often means our ...

A Mid Northern Christmas Moment

The roads they are quiet, the orchards lie still Not a soul, not a body, can be seen on the hills The tractors, the mowers, the balers are mute ...

Summer reminder: Dogs & Fish Hooks

Summer reminder: Dogs & Fish HooksA wee reminder; with summer coming up fast and fishing boxes being dusted off, to be mindful of your fish hooks and ...

Mycoplasma Bovis

Liam Bawden BVSc There have been plenty of questions from farmers regarding M. bovis recently and slowly we are getting more answers, however where ...

Faulty Microchip Replacements

Recently Virbac Animal Health has announced that several batches of Bio Tec microchips made in the last few years have become faulty and will no ...

Help Us Send Vet Supplies to Australia

Australia’s Animals Need Our Help NowUpdate 9 JanThank you to everyone who contributed, due to your generosity we were able to send $3500 of vet ...

Rat Bait Poisoning

During autumn and winter, we commonly see more problems with rat bait poisoning in our pets due to the increased usage of rat bait as the cooler ...

Mastitis – Dairy Antibiogram

Stay on top of Mastitis with this exciting new test which identifies ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN MASTITIS BACTERIAAntibiotic resistance is a serious ...

Flea & Tick Control – Simparica & Bravecto

We have a few new flea and tick products available in clinic now and a couple of promotions going on as well.Simparica is a highly palatable chewable ...

Growing your HEIFERS

Your Heifers are your future – here is a simple guideline to growing good stock.Liam Bawden BvscTo grow heifers to target weight all of the above ...

New Arsenal for Itchy Dogs

New Arsenal for Itchy DogsCytopoint, the newest allergy medication to come on the market, is a useful tool for atopic allergic dogs. Cytopoint is a ...

Fireworks Season

Hi Everyone,It is that time of year again and even though fireworks are fun for us, it could be scary for our pets. So here are some tips to keep our ...