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Left Displaced Abomasum (LDA) In Dairy Cows
Left Displaced Abomasum (LDA) In Dairy Cows Do you ever get those cows who just slowly drop of their milk …
Disbudding Calves
Disbudding Calves Most of you will have all your replacement calves on the ground by now, so if you haven’t …
Bearings/Vaginal Prolapses in Sheep
Bearings/Vaginal Prolapses in Sheep What is it? A bearing/vaginal prolapse is when the vagina is pushed by the ewe to …
Calving Tips
Aim: To identify calving cows quicker, intervene sooner, have more live calves, fewer dead/rotten calvings and damaged cows. What are …
Paws & Claws – Winter
Winter Is Here! While we don’t have snow in Northland we still have cold wind and plenty of rain. Cats …
Keep An Eye Out For Eye Cancer
Keep An Eye Out For Eye Cancer Why do cows get eye cancers? As in humans UV rays can cause …
Facial Eczema
Facial Eczema What is Facial Eczema? The fungus Pithomyces Chartarum grows in dead litter at the base of pasture. When …
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea
Persistently Infected (PI) breeding bulls are a significant threat to the reproductive performance of breeding cattle. Effects of BVD infection …
Raw Food vs Commercial Diets
The Real Story By Vet Jane Nichols Dr Nick Cave, head of Companion Animal Nutrition at Massey University, states that …
