Denison Farm Vet Services

08/08/2024

Finally dehorned our first batch of calves! Using sedation, local anaesthetic and anti-inflammatories these babies got the works! We hope to offer the full service in the near future. Also managed to do a quick bit of plastic surgery on a calf with a hairy third eyelid while she was under.

08/03/2024

When your planned LDA surgery no longer has an LDA....what to do?

06/08/2023

Sunday night schistosome special! Little bit of chop chop and all good.

24/07/2023

The culprit - a hair tie! Somehow a hair tie was perfectly positioned around this cow's claw, cutting deeply into her foot over time. Fingers crossed for her recovery

23/07/2023

Guess the culprit! This cow was very lame, and not responding to antibiotic treatment. On examination I found a nasty surprise (to be revealed later!)

30/06/2023

Today I tried sedating heifers for Teat Sealing for the first time for some lovely clients - it went swimmingly!! Heifers were very chill, the job was done quickly and cleanly. No tail jacking required and I didn't get pooped on once! Winning!!

24/12/2022

Little bit of late night porcine surgery! Merry Christmas to all, and thank you to all my lovely clients for your support. It has been a hectic few months, looking forward to some R and R, and then some pregnancy testing!

26/11/2022

Do a sheep caesar they said, it will be easy they said...NOT EASY!! But this little guy is cute.

20/09/2022

Denison Farm Vet will be operating as per usual over the public holidays this week.

25/08/2022

Feeling the love on the job today!

21/08/2022

Photo proof my car was clean, if only for a short while!

17/08/2022

Epic "day off" today - possibly the hardest uterine prolapse I have ever replaced (with intestines trapped inside) then the largest RDA I have ever corrected, requiring extensive drainage of many litres of abomasal fluid as shown in image. Fingers crossed today's patients make it - dairy cows are incredibly tough, and thanks to all today's helpers!

12/08/2022

The text every vet wife of farmer loves to receive on a Saturday morning.

28/07/2022

An important initiative, particularly in the context of the current FMD threat. The feeding of swill (human food scraps) to pigs is still considered the greatest risk of FMD incursion to Australia.

Moving pigs between properties?

From 31 July 2022, movement of pigs between properties must be recorded on the PigPass database.

This includes movements of pet pigs and pigs that are being given away.

Improved tracing for disease and emergency purposes protects your pigs.

Visit agriculture.vic.gov.au/NLISpigs for more information

16/07/2022

Women in Dairy across Gippsland, join us for an information roadshow on foot-and-mouth (FMD) and lumpy skin disease (L*D).

In response to the recent outbreaks of both diseases in Indonesia, come along to a session and hear from Agriculture Victoria District Vets, Dr Dianne Phillips and Dr Nikkie Chadee on:

1. potential impacts on ag/dairy industry
2. general information on FMD & L*D
3. what to look for
4. transmission and the likelihood of either disease entering Australia
5. biosecurity measures that are put in place if there was an outbreak of either disease
6. Q & A

As many of you may be calving, four sessions have been organised across Gippsland. These sessions will be short to minimise time off the farm and will also include lunch and time to catch up.

Each session will run from 11am - 1pm and run from late July to mid August in several locations.

Locations, dates, & registration links:

Leongatha - Thursday, 21st July (register: https://bit.ly/3RntDKs)
Yarram - Wednesday, 3rd August (register: https://bit.ly/3Rf7j5T)
Warragul - Tuesday, 9th August (register: https://bit.ly/3RiR9Zd)
Macalister Irrigation District - Wednesday, 10th August (register: https://bit.ly/3nMQhym)

06/05/2022

New technique to replace dislocated hip - sedate cow, watch cow fall over, realise she has popped it back in herself, tell client it will probably come back out, let her prove you wrong! Winning!

18/02/2022

After a shocker preg test result with the milking herd it is a relief to report most of these lovely ladies are pregnant! Only 7% empty in our maiden heifers.

30/12/2021

What a cute customer! A mini belted galloway with no belt!