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Monday 8:30am - 5pm Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm Thursday 8:30am - 5pm Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Longford & Northern Midlands Veterinary Services

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Longford & Northern Midlands Veterinary Services

We are a veterinary practice providing services for all creatures great and small in Tasmania.
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19/09/2024

With the moving date fast approaching, we're thrilled to see our new home coming together, thanks to the expertise and hard work of Tas City Building and S. Group – here’s a sneak peek of the progress.

06/07/2024

Little bit cold in longford this week.🥶

30/06/2024

We've got a vet heading over to Swansea on the 8th of July. If anyone has any jobs (horse dentals, farm dog vaccinations (>3 dogs) or other large animal work) they would like done on that day please get in contact to take advantage of shared mileage. 🌴🌴🌊😎.

06/06/2024

Progress is coming along at the new clinic site thanks to the hard work of Tas City Building and S. Group. One last winter of doing our best tin of sardines impersonation. 🐟🐟🐟🥫

25/02/2024

We're very lucky to have welcomed two new vets to the team in the last few weeks. 🥳🥳
Lauren comes from Hobart but has been studying up in Townsville for the past few years and has done a number of placements with us over the years.
Mark has come to us from Gatton University in Brisbane and has extended family in the Devonport area.
They are both passionate, amazing vets who relish the challenge of mixed practice vetting and we're super excited to have them onboard.
Please make them feel welcome if you bump into them.

06/12/2023

As some of you may have noticed over the past few weeks our afterhours message has changed a bit.
Since the recent opening of a dedicated small animal emergency hospital in Launceston we have the option to refer 'small animals' for 24hr care or consults if required.
This means that if you ring out of normal business hours you may receive a message that directs you to the Animal Emergency Hospital Launceston.
This is particularly useful for us since we're often called away from the clinic to see 'large animals' and may not have reception or be unable to answer emergency calls for a period of time.
We have great faith that Dr Lisa and her team will do a great job of looking after you if you're in the unfortunate position of needing afterhours care for your dog or cat (or other small animals) and we can't help you.
If you have an emergency please ring us as usual and you'll receive a message (with an automatic phone divert if you hold the line) if we're unable to see you at that time.
Thankyou all for your understanding.

25/10/2023

We’ve loved working with S. Group to design our new clinic 😄 These are before photos👇 we can’t wait to see the after!

10/10/2023

Hi folks, just a reminder that we’ll be closed for the public holiday tomorrow - but will have emergency services available if needed 👍

10/10/2023

Introducing Pedro the Pony, and Dr Sarah White! Sarah has been with us for most of this year, but has somehow evaded the camera until today. Pedro was her cute and tiny dental patient on this gorgeous spring day! 🌞

17/09/2023

Our phone lines are currently down. Our supplier is working on getting them up and running again. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Please contact us via email: [email protected]

30/06/2023

OWNER FOUND - Thanks to everybody that shared.

Found on lake river road, Cressy. Anyone recognise this little guy? If you do please contact us or reply to this message.

10/06/2023

* Attention Horse Owners *

As many are aware, Longford Equine Clinic is ceasing to operate at the end of June. This is likely to leave a large number of horse clients without a vet.

After much deliberation (and trying to find an alternative solution) we have had to make the difficult decision to close our books to new equine clients. This is not a decision we have made lightly - but we feel it’s the only choice we currently have to enable us to service our existing clients.

We will service pleasure horses of our existing clients (even if we have not seen your horses before) but unfortunately don’t have enough vets for large amounts of extra work on top of our already very busy workload. We also want to ensure we can continue to adequately service clients who have supported us for the last five years.

This means that, for the time being, we won’t be taking on any racing work, studs or equine breeding work, or any new pleasure horse clients (that aren’t existing clients with other animals). We will also be asking people to float horses to us more regularly, instead of visits on-farm. We understand this can be inconvenient but, with the current nation-wide shortage of rural vets, it will be a much more efficient way to utilise our time.

We’re very sad to do this – we know it’s going to be difficult for many horse owners to access veterinary care. Please be aware we hope to open our books again in future. We are working as quickly as we can to develop new premises that will have the capacity for additional vets (if we can find them) to better service both new and existing clients. In the meantime, we really appreciate your understanding through this difficult time. As you can imagine, this is a situation we are all dreading.

* If you would like to be added to a ‘horse client waiting list’ – please email your contact details, number of horses and required services to [email protected]. We will use this list to update potential clients on the situation, and to help guide staff recruitment. *

Please share – we would prefer people are forewarned so they can make arrangements for any possible emergencies. We really appreciate your help sharing details about this difficult situation.

19/05/2023

PLEASE SHARE
If anyone recognises this young female kitten which was found south of Cressy (we’re pretty sure she was on Poatina road) please get in contact on 63911737 or leave a message below.
She’s not microchipped and looks approximately 4-5 months of age.
Thanks for your help.

03/05/2023

It’s a fresh start to the morning 🥶 but should be a lovely day for preg-testing some cattle! 🐂

23/04/2023

EDIT - Thanks so much for the shares everyone, Kardy has just been found! 🙏

MISSING - Kardy slipped her lead and was hit by a car near the Longford roundabout this evening. Please contact the clinic on 6391 1737 and press 1 to speak to the on-call vet if you find her - she is microchipped, has a Northern Midlands tag on her collar, and her owner is desperate to track her down!

17/01/2023

We’re thrilled to welcome a couple more vet nurses to our team! ✨ Lauren is now helping out on Fridays, and Amy works Tuesday-Thursday each week - here she is helping out with some gorgeous cattle dog pups! 😍 These little cuties came in for their first vaccinations and microchips late last year 🐶 as did the little West Highland Terrier getting cuddles from Lauren!

23/12/2022

We’d like to wish all our pets, clients and livestock a very Merry Christmas 🎁 and hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather at last! 🌞 we’ll be taking a short break from 1pm today, and will open again on Wednesday 28th ✨ there’s a vet on call if needed, but we hope no one has any emergencies over the holiday period! 🤞 Take care and watch out for slithering snakes, disappearing decorations, and treats being taken unawares! 🐍🎄🍫

05/10/2022

Hi folks, just a reminder we’re not open today. Sorry for any inconvenience, we’ll be open again tomorrow. We do have a vet on call today - for emergencies only ☎️ thank you!

Address

24 Marlborough Street
Longford, TAS
7301

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+61363911737

Website

http://www.longfordvets.com.au/

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Little bit cold in longford this week.🥶

💕 Feel-Good Friday! 💕 These gorgeous bundles were born nearly two weeks ago, with a little late-night help from Dr Helen and Dr Jac. It's wonderful to see them and their mum, Ella, doing so well after an emergency caesarian - the puppies doubled their birth weight in a week! 😍

Grass-seed alert! 🌾 We have been seeing many dogs with these in their ears - it’s very painful! Look out for head shakes or head tilts in your pet or working dogs 🧐 Gen removed six sharply-pointed seeds from poor Lola’s ears recently, ouch!

Meet Lunar... By Codie Karalta 🐎 with some assistance from Sam and his former boss Colleen Stewart (back when he was working at Scottsdale Veterinary Services Pty Ltd). This gorgeous little filly was 8 years in the making! 💫 Mum proved to be a difficult mare to get in foal, but after a uterine biopsy and specific treatment for her condition she finally completed a full gestation. Owner Kent Rattray is over the moon 🌝 as are we to see her safely foaled and doing great!

Sam had a busy day testing the fertility of bulls 😳 for a local farmer. This is a really important service, as an infertile bull can mean no (or less) calves and a wasted breeding season...! Even if you have a lot of bulls (like this farmer!) the number of bulls 🐂🐂🐂 is based on the number of cows 🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄 to serve - plus in the past cows were often blamed for being 'infertile' when the bull may have been at fault! Having bulls tested pre-joining is a cheap insurance policy for farmers to show they can do their important job properly 🤗 Give us a call for a price on bull testing! Here's to #happycows

I’m memory of Edweiner. We removed our original post out of respect to Edweiner’s family, but they are keen to keep her memories alive and have asked us to repost. It was awful to replace the euphoria shown in this video with the tragedy that followed. Despite everything we did to try and save her, Edweiner passed away last week. Our thoughts are with Tammi and family, and their gorgeous little pups, and our thanks go to their new foster mother and family for their kind, generous and timely support.

This friendly hound presented yesterday with an unusual condition called ‘subcutaneous emphysema’. She suffered an unknown trauma (presumably staked herself on a stick?!) to her chest, which tore a hole in her chest cavity and ruptured her left lung - ouch! 😳 As she kept running, the air was pumped out through the hole in her chest and underneath her skin. This blew her skin up like a balloon 🎈 and her owners rushed her into the clinic. It was decided to manage her conservatively, and she is now being carefully monitored by her diligent owners at home 🏡 we hope she makes a full recovery!

Ned & The Bee

We're trying to decide if Ned is lucky or unlucky? He presented today with sudden onset coughing and retching due to a suspected 'bone stuck in throat' 🍖 But the second photo shows the strange lesion we could see in his mouth... The third photo reveals the culprit - a bee sting! 🐝 Shown here enlarged down the microscope - Ned is much happier now it's been removed! 🤗

Harmony

Happy New Year everyone filled with health, laugh and joy!

In memory of Sally the great mice hunter. Sally was getting slow and her painful arthritic joints prevented her from moving too much. After number of K-laser treatment sessions, she was pain free again and able to get back to her favorite activity - catching mice. The family cats were so sneaky that let Sally to find the mice and had an easy catch when Sally didn't succeed finishing the job. What great happy last weeks of Sally's life and great memories opening her Christmas presents.