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Totally Vets are an integral part of the rural community. With an enthusiastic team of dedicated veterinarians, we provide a full range of clinical services as well as farm consultancy to specifically target the needs of your business. We are equally committed to both the care of your animals and the success of your farm.

Our large team of highly qualified veterinarians are leaders in their fields. We are equipped with the knowledge, experience, and resources to get the most out of your animals

Vetnotes

Vetnotes is a publication about the production animals on your farm, sent out monthly via email to all of our loyal subscribers. If you want to be kept in the loop about seasonal issues, interesting cases and tips from our experts, make sure you subscribe below!

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We aim to provide quality advice, services and products that specifically target the needs of your farming business.

The team at Totally Vets offers a wide range of animal health services in areas such as animal health planning, milk quality, nutritional management, reproductive management, lameness, replacement stock, disease prevention, animal treatment and emergencies.

Services

Herd reproduction management
Milk quality management
Lameness management
Nutritional management
Replacement rearing management
General disease prevention
Calf Disbudding
Treatment Plans
Youngstock Health Plans
Surgical services
Seminars & Staff Training

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The ongoing benefits of good calf nutrition

New Zealand data shows that only 36% of our heifers meet pre-calving weight targets. This is significant as

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Lameness in dairy cattle

Early spring often brings about the onset of lame cows and on some properties the problem can be

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The importance of trace elements

Trace element supplementation in the modern dairy herd is vitally important. There are times when the requirements for

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First aid in cows

Ability to apply first aid to your cows around the calving period is the role of the farmer

Totally Vets offers a complete advisory and treatment service for flock health and production.

We enjoy working alongside our clients to help them minimise animal health issues and maximise animal performance. We offer a variety of services including comprehensive animal health planning, parasitology management plans, and individual farm and animal advice

Services

Whole farm production and health planning
Individualised farm internal parasite management plans, including drench resistance testing
Vaccination programmes
Breeding flock reproductive advisory services
Ram testing
Specialised artificial reproductive services including artificial insemination (AI) and embryo transfer, and semen collection and freezing for export

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Campyvax4® – why vaccinate mixed age ewes?

Campylobacteriosis is one of the leading causes of abortion in sheep in New Zealand. Campylobacter or ‘Campy’ is

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Scabby mouth

Scabby mouth is a viral infection that causes painful lesions in affected animals. Infection occurs through breaks in

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B12 supplementation in lambs

Over the last couple of seasons, we are observing significant growth responses in lambs where they have received

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Preparation for lambing

To avoid confusion over the timings and uses of pre-lamb vaccinations, here’s a quick summary. While these vaccines

Totally Vets offers the complete range of health and production services for all beef enterprises from traditional cow-calf breeding herds through to high performance finishing services.

From a veterinary angle, the emphasis these days is as much on animal disease prevention as it is on actual treatment. By working closely with clients to identify their animal health and performance goals, we aim to develop farm-specific animal health programmes and strategies that take much of the guesswork out of their beef farming enterprise. In building such a farm profile, it leads us to tailor advice that is based on best practice and best science and focused on achieving these goals.

Services

Whole herd production and health planning
Reproduction management
Bull testing & fertility
Pregnancy testing and scanning
Youngstock health plans
Internal parasite management
Calf disbudding
Treatment plans
Vaccination schedules
Tb testing
Surgical services
Seminars & staff training

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Facial eczema risk

Trying to predict what the facial eczema (FE) season is going to do requires a crystal ball and

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Lepto Pacifica – New Information

The increasing number of human cases of leptospirosis (lepto) is currently being highlighted by medical professionals. This increase

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Managing calf scours

Calf scours is the most common disease of neonatal calves in New Zealand and is responsible for the

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Vaccine storage

For vaccines to be effective when injected they must be stored correctly including when you collect them from

Our complete advisory and treatment service extends to deer as well.

The Totally Vets team are part of the history of deer farming in the Manawatu. Our team’s extensive experience in deer work ensures that our clients receive top-notch advice and on-farm services for their deer.

Services

Traditional velveting services plus supervision of licensed velveters
Deer herd production and health planning
Reproductive services
Laparoscopic AI and embryo transfer for all deer breeds and cervical AI for Wapiti
Artificial insemination services
Tailored internal parasite management programs
TB testing

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Importance of deer nutrition

It has been shown that post-rut nutrition influences future velvet weight. As nutritional requirements peak immediately after the

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Deer scanning

Mobs of hinds with low average body condition score generally have a higher rate of dries, but it

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Avoiding problems around fawning

Many problems around fawning can be attributed to deer behaviour and the environment which the hinds are exposed

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Weaner deer

Weaning is a stressful time for young deer and can result in compromised immune systems, disease and lowered

From goats and geese to pigs, alpacas, and chickens, our vets can treat your whole menagerie.

We can provide health checks as well as general medicine and surgical services for your lifestyle animals. If you’re new to the ‘farm game’ and are still wrapping your head around drenching, hoof trimming, vaccinating, and bolusing, get in touch and our team will be happy to provide you with some advice