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Keep up to date with all our latest news, articles of interest, and case studies from the veterinary world around Hawke’s Bay.

🌩 Cyclone Gabrielle Update ☔️

Emergency veterinary care is available during the nation state of emergency – 06 858 9060 Vet Services Hastings and Waipukurau are open (15/02/23) and our Napier clinic are trying to reopen as soon as they can. Please be mindful that while the veterinary clinic maybe undamaged many of our team are dealing with same issues…

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Youngstock Seminar – Tuesday 28 February

Join Vet Services and special guest speaker, Sue Macky for an informative seminar all about getting excellent dairy heifers. Sue Macky is a veterinarian who has worked worldwide with high performing dairy farmers. Sue is passionate about growing dairy heifers to reach their potential in the herd. She has particular expertise in the management of…

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Vet Nursing Scholarships Application

Veterinary Nurse Scholarship. Name(Required) First Last Student ID(Required)Date of Birth(Required) MM slash DD slash YYYY Phone(Required) Email(Required) I am studying a(Required)Please select what you will be studying the year of this scholarship NZ Certificate in Animal Technology (Level 5)Diploma of Veterinary Nursing (Level 6)Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing (Level 7)OtherI study(Required)Full-TimePart-TimeName of your education provider. There…

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Cattle Scanning – Bookings now open!

It’s that time of year again! Time for us to come out and scan your cattle with our BCF ultrasound scanners. Pregnancy scanning has many advantages when understanding your herd’s reproduction performance and planning ahead for the season. The earliest times for accurate testing following bull withdrawal is 49 days, this is especially important for…

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Equine HYSTEROSCOPY

We have an exciting new method of diagnosing problem mares at our fingertips this season and for seasons to come, with one of our vets attending a course 2022 and bringing back with her a technique that we can utilise – Hysteroscopy. Hysteroscopy is a procedure whereby our endoscope is passed into the uterus of the mare…

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Christmas Hours

EMERGENCY CARE AVAILABLE OVER HOLIDAYS. Christmas is fast-approaching and our clinics have been busy as most people get ready to enjoy a few days off with friends and family.   Our clinic doors will be closed on the public holidays (25 – 27 December and 1-3 January) but our on duty team are just a…

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Vet Services claims top Hawkes Bay Business Award 2022

Vet Services Hawkes Bay received Excellence in Innovation and the Supreme Award at the Pan Pac Hawke’s Bay Business Awards 2022. The annual awards are presented by the Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce and celebrate business resilience, community connections, innovation, tourism, leadership, emerging business, and sustainability across the region.   In September we had two…

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New Napier Veterinary Clinic Now Open

Vet Services Napier has moved into brand new facilities at 170 Taradale Road! The new Napier clinic provides the region with a large veterinary centre, with an extensive range of expertise in companion animal, production animal and equine disciplines all under one roof. The state of the art veterinary clinic is fully-equipped with the latest…

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Safe handling facilities

  Having a good safe working facility on farm has lots of benefits – to you, your animals, and your service providers. Yards that are fit for purpose are a pleasure to work in and reduce the risk of injury to all users (animal and human alike). The following are some common things that make…

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