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Animal Antics
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Time to watch out for facial eczema
Monday, 16 February 2009
Summer is certainly here, which has been great for the holiday makers, but it is now starting to dry out the farms.
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It's Barber's Pole time!
Monday, 15 December 2008
Yes, with this warm wet weather, Barbers Pole (Haemonchus) worm infestation will become a problem in ewes, lambs, goats and alpacas.
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Watch out - ticks are on their way
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Northland and the east coast of the North Island is home to the New Zealand cattle tick, Haemaphysalis Longicornis.
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It's raining rats 'n' dogs
Monday, 22 September 2008
Bay of Islands Vets have had two confirmed cases of leptospirosis copenhageni in dogs recently, whereas previously we had only had three confirmed cases in about twenty years.
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The wet and wild winter
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Northland is currently experiencing a wet and wild winter, whether this is due to global warming or climate change, or just one sent to challenge us – we would all just like it to stop, to give all the animals and farmers a break.
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A vet's perspective - parasite management
Monday, 19 May 2008
Parasite management is of importance to all classes of livestock farmed these days, from the classical sheep and beef property to a miniature horse breeding farm or Alpaca stud.
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A vet's perspective
Monday, 21 April 2008
It is interesting to reflect over the past 20 years on the changing face of land use in Northland. When I first started vetting up here in 1983, we were a mixed practice, where sheep and beef were dominant, but with significant areas of dairy farms.
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Darker side to a vet's life
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Those of you who read last month’s “A Vets’ Life” would have got a rough idea of all the care that is required for stock. Having a lifestyle block can be very rewarding and enjoyable. In small groups, animals usually become quite tame and easy to handle.
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A foreign vet's life - December
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
I normally live and work in Northumberland, a county at the very top of England by the Scottish border.
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A vet's life - November
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Life holds many surprises and we often would be completely amazed if we knew where it was going to take us. I certainly could not have guessed where I would end up at this stage of my life!
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A vet's life - September
Friday, 21 September 2007
When I first graduated we had an interesting farmer that lived north of the practice in Taranaki. The first time I went there I took my wife Keri as she was finishing vet school and needed work experience.
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