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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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Looking after dairy weaners

Getting calves through to weaning is major milestone and now we need to protect that initial investment. The

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Repro Efficiency in Dairy Herds

A key influencer of next year’s performance. For Spring calving herds, the work of getting cows back in

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Research breakthrough in dairy heifer reproduction

Peter Aitken and the team at Totally Vets Awapuni have been working with Zoetis to test a new

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Feeding for a successful mating

The reproductive performance of your herd is greatly influenced by the difference between energy inputs (nutrition – energy,

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

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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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Efficiency in farming systems

In this edition of our newsletter, we cover three topics, one dairy and two for sheep farmers, all

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Maximising lamb growth

Having our lambs grow quickly is an important pointer for lifting profitability and creating options for our farming

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Barber’s pole worm

Current weather conditions make it time to be on the lookout for barber’s pole worm. Having some knowledge

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The ongoing challenge of worm resistance

This autumn as in 2023, we have seen the increasing effects of resistance of internal sheep parasites to

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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Thiamine deficiency in calves

Thiamine deficiency in young stock. What it is, why does it happen, signs to look for and options

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Making a profit in the face of increasing resistance to drenches

For the last 15 plus years the sheep industry has faced the reality that resistance of internal parasites

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Nitrate poisoning

Nitrate poisoning, is a relatively common problem in grazing livestock in our temperate climate, and often follows when

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Facial eczema – all you need to know

We have compiled a list of information on facial eczema, frequently asked questions, how we can help you

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