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Over the last few weeks, we have had a series of dogs presenting to the Dannevirke & Waipukurau clinic with suspected ionophore toxicity, following ingestion of calf milk replacer or meal. While these feeds are fantastic for rapidly growing young calves, the products can pose a very serious danger to dogs and other…
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Congratulations to the winners of our Community Day ‘Name the Kitten’ and ‘Colouring’ Competitions The winning kitten name was “Digger lightspeed” – entered by Ben and his sisters. Freya Cameron won the 5 years and under Colouring Competition Addison Jones won our 6-12 years Colouring Competition …
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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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We’ve got Christmas covered! Receive a Christmas Ham or Angus Cube Roll when your purchase your qualifying parasite control combinations from Vet Services this season. Talk to our friendly and knowledgeable retail team today to score yours! Exclusive to Vet Services Hawkes Bay & Dannevirke, while stocks last.
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The Central Hawkes Bay Farmers Veterinary Club prides itself on helping young students achieve their career dreams through the provision of tertiary scholarships. The club currently offers 3 types of scholarships annually. $2000 Vet Club Tertiary Scholarship Each year the CHB Farmers Veterinary Club offer a $2000 scholarship to the child of a club…
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Happy New Year! The Vet Services team are now taking bookings for pregnancy scanning in cows and heifers. 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 ageing or identifying…
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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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With our scanning equipment all but back on the shelf for another season we’ve had a little time recently to reflect on another year of cattle pregnancy results and follow up on some of the more disappointing outcomes. Whilst there are potentially many factors involved in a poor scanning result, bull failure is undeniably one…
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Two Free Workshop’s in Hastings & Waipukurau that will cover what’s involved in being “wormwise” and drench strategies for your farm.
B+LNZ Wormwise Workshops – Hawkes Bay 2022 Sheep and Cattle Parasite resistance is the number one animal health issue facing farms across New Zealand. B+LNZ Wormwise Workshops provide the latest information and research on internal parasite control and outline how an integrated pest management system can help farm sheep and beef cattle into the…
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Would you like to work in a locally owned and operated mixed animal practice with great collegial support and enough flexibility to enjoy all that the beautiful Hawkes Bay region has to offer? Applications are now open for Vet Services New Graduate Positions starting in 2024! Our Graduate Programme is designed to support and develop…
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To all our VSHB Clients Regarding the Covid-19 outbreak… We would like to reassure you that the health and well-being of our community is our primary concern. Our animals, our clients and ourselves. We are aware that as providers of animal health services we need to do our best to maintain a high level of…
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