Awanui Veterinary

14/11/2024

FANTASTIC FRIDAY!

Check it out, a dog with a rainbow collar 😍 Does your dog have a collar as fancy as this ?🌈🐶

Feel free to share a pic in the comments. 😀

12/11/2024

LET US BE OF ACYSTANCE!

Lucy, a seven-year-old, spayed female Domestic Short-Haired cat presented to her veterinarian with a palpable subcutaneous mass in the jugular furrow on the left side of her neck. The owners opted for surgical excision and during surgery it was noted to be adherent to the adventitia of the underlying jugular vein. The mass was successful removed and the cat recovered uneventfully.

Histologically there were two adjacent cysts which were lined by different epithelia (Photo1 - * indicates the branchial pouch cyst). One cyst was lined by stratified squamous epithelium and contained abundant laminated keratin (Photo 2). Rare peripheral sebaceous glands in the surrounding stroma were identified communicating with the cyst which confirmed this was a dermoid cyst.

The second cyst contained clear fluid and was lined by a solitary layer of columnar epithelium (Photo 3 - arrowheads) which was ciliated consistent with a branchial pouch cyst.

Read more here: https://www.awanuivets.co.nz/let-us-be-of-acystance/

10/11/2024

CHRISTCHURCH ANNIVERSARY DAY

Our Christchurch laboratory will be closed on Friday, 15 November, in observance of the regional anniversary day holiday. However, it will be open during regular business hours on Saturday, 16 November.

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚, 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮.

07/11/2024

FOR A BIT OF A LAUGH!

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05/11/2024

PARASITE MANAGEMENT

Some great reminders from Beef + Lamb New Zealand for your client's November to do list.

Also check out our website for ovine parasitology toolbox for more information: https://www.awanuivets.co.nz/ovine-parasitology-toolbox/

03/11/2024

GOODBYE & HELLO

After eight years leading the Awanui Veterinary/Scientific team, James Richardson, our General Manager has decided to make some personal changes. His journey with Awanui ended on October 22nd.

Before leaving James commented "𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘪 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴' 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴.

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘪 𝘝𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺/𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮—𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴."

We are excited to share that Trish Snegirev has taken on the role of Operations Manager. She is a qualified laboratory scientist with a decade of experience, mainly in infectious diseases. After her time in the lab, Trish gained significant experience in sales of diagnostic and point-of-care equipment, along with holding senior management roles. She looks forward to returning to the laboratory and engaging with our customers.

Welcome to our team Trish!

31/10/2024

FOR A BIT OF A LAUGH!

31/10/2024

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Make sure your pooch stays out of the chocolate if you have treats around for adventurers tonight! 🧟🕷

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29/10/2024

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐒
- 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴

Liver disease is very common in dogs and cats and frequently presents a diagnostic challenge. A survey of 1,725 cat veterinary visits found a prevalence of liver disease or about 7% diagnosed through laboratory and imaging studies. A post-mortem survey of 200 unselected dogs from first opinion practice found a 12% prevalence of chronic hepatitis, suggesting overall liver disease prevalence is even higher.

Do you want to know more? Well check out the full article written by our fabulous Bernie Vaatstra on our website here: https://www.awanuivets.co.nz/companion-animal-liver-biopsies/

27/10/2024

PATHOLOGIST SPOTLIGHT

Kathryn Jenkins joined our team in 2019 and is based in our Palmerston North laboratory. She earned her BVSc from Massey University and spent several years working in companion animal practice in New Zealand. She then returned to Massey to complete a residency in clinical pathology. After finishing her residency, Kathryn successfully passed both Membership exams in pathology and obtained American Board Certification in clinical pathology.

Kathryn especially enjoys all aspects of haematology and cytology of cats, dogs, small mammals, birds and exotic species.

24/10/2024

FOR A BIT OF A LAUGH! 🐶

22/10/2024

LABOUR DAY

All of our laboratories will be closed on Monday 28 October for the Labour day public holiday. We are however open normal hours on Saturday 26th.

Enjoy the long weekend.

20/10/2024

**NEW** RETICULOCYTE HAEMOGLOBIN

Together with our new canine and feline haematology reference intervals, we have also introduced reticulocyte haemoglobin (RET-He). Reticulocyte haemoglobin (RET-He) is a valuable diagnostic marker for iron-deficient erythropoiesis in both dogs and cats. RET-He reflects current iron availability and enables earlier identification of iron-limited states.

You can read more about it on our website here:

Kathryn JenkinsReticulocyte haemoglobin (RET-He) is a valuable diagnostic marker for iron-deficient erythropoiesis in both dogs and cats. RET-He reflects current iron availability and enables earlier identification of iron-limited states.Reticulocytes are immature red blood cells (erythrocytes), whi...

16/10/2024

WHAT'S YOUR DIAGNOSIS - ANSWER

No cheating! If you haven't seen our post from yesterday, go check it out now before reading any further 🙃

DIAGNOSIS:

Squamous cell carcinoma.

The udder is an uncommon location for this tumour, although it has previously been reported in cattle. Development on non-pigmented skin is suggestive of a UV radiation as a potential cause. SCCs are locally infiltrative and metastasis to the regional lymph nodes can occur late in the disease course. A check of the animal for evidence of lymphadenopathy involving local lymph nodes should be carried out.

15/10/2024

WHAT'S YOUR DIAGNOSIS?

Test your skills with this monthly spot quiz from a gross photo.

12 year-old Friesian cow with ulcerated slow-growing mass near the cranial aspect of udder. Does not seem to be affecting milk production. Not obviously painful during milking.

What’s your diagnosis? (Answer will be posted tomorrow)

13/10/2024

DRENCH RESISTANCE UPDATE

Our latest annual report outlining the prevalence of drench resistance in New Zealand sheep from 2023 – 2024 (from samples submitted to Awanui Veterinary laboratories). is now available on our website.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
• 51% of Trichostrongylus cases were showing resistance to Triple combination - up from 36% last season
• Rising usage rates of Monepantel/Abamectin and Derquantel/Abamectin novel combinations
• Of the 173 farms tested using a triple combination anthelmintic, 32% of Teladorsagia showed resistance.

Read the full report here:

Sarah RiddyThis report outlines the analysis of data submitted to the Awanui Veterinary network from June 2023 to May 2024 for fully differentiated faecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT). The data was collected from cases where the test anthelmintic and sample groups were clearly identified, with....

10/10/2024

FOR A BIT OF A LAUGH! 😽