Eltham Vet Service

24/06/2024

Check it out, this is next Thursday 4th of July🎯

23/06/2024

Register your interest, ring the clinic (06) 764 8196

17/06/2024

16/06/2024

The new promotion in store, come buy your Bravecto to go in the draw

13/06/2024

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13/06/2024

Our annual course in the clinic, register now😀

05/06/2024

REGISTER NOW CALL (06) 764 8196

30/05/2024

REMINDER: MONDAY IS A STATUTORY HOLIDAY.
A VET IS AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY (06) 764 8196
NORMAL CLINIC HOURS RESUME TUESDAY 👑

19/05/2024

FOUND CAT, currently at the Eltham Vet Clinic
OWNER FOUND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

14/05/2024

Anyone Missing a female cat, currently at the Eltham Vets

03/05/2024

In sticking with the theme of this year’s spore counting, I am late in getting this email out!



Please find below our last spore counts for 2024. We have been pretty lucky this season compared to some areas of Taranaki, Okato vets posted an area still in the 200,000 just last week.

Let’s hope for some settled weather over the next few weeks as the bulk of dairy cows will be drying off and Mangamingi prepares for the North Island and National Dog trials later in the month.



Thanks for all your patience this year, by the time next season roles around I will either be much more organised or kicked to the curb!





Leon Christensen

CEO/Veterinarian

06 764 8196

22/04/2024

This Thursday is a public holiday for the clinic. We do have a vet on duty for emergencies only.

22/04/2024

Great to see a lot more zeros this week. These colder nights are certainly working a treat on the spores, even if they aren’t the best for grass growth!
Next week will be our last week spore counting for the monitor farms, however for those of you wanting samples done on your own farm to know whether to stop zinc treatment, we are still offering this service.

10/04/2024

From the Taranaki Civil Defence page for your info

02/04/2024

Great to see some of the counts drop this week however we are still getting more and more reports of clinical cases popping up around the district.

02/04/2024

The latest Turbo pour on product on the market.
Turbo Pour On is formulated with advanced ingredients designed to effectively control a wide range of parasites.
Make your replacements stand out and ready to perform.

27/03/2024

From the staff at Eltham Vets we wish you a safe festive season.
We do have an on-call vet for emergencies only.

25/03/2024

Afternoon all,

The spore counts have all crept up over the last week with a lot of farmers also seeing some clinical cases in their cows.
This isn’t unheard of; we often have spikes of F.E in April and have seen it in May before also so keep up with your zinc treatment for now.
If you have any concerns about whether your cows are getting a protective dose of zinc through whichever method you are using, it’s not too late to blood test too check.

19/03/2024

Please find this weeks spore counts below, Im only one day late this week so Im getting better!
Those 50,000s have dropped which is great to see but spores will still be prevalent in the pasture and since most farms are still running a bit short on cover and cows are grazing quite low, this is looking like a year where we will be advising treating into April to avoid late season FE. We are hearing of guys considering stopping zinc treatment because of the colder nights however the spores are hardy buggers and require a few more frosts before they start to degrade so definitely reconsider if you are one of these farmers.

17/03/2024

Hi Guys,

Once again, I have to apologise for the lateness of this email, We have all been flat out scanning cows week in and week out and I keep forgetting there are other parts to my job!
We have seen an increase across the district in spore counts which is not surprising with the rain we’ve had over the past 10 days (for the lucky ones anyway) jumpstarting everything again.

Keep up the zinc treatment in your dairy cows. For those of you that zinc bulleted your calves early February, you may want to start thinking about how you are going to lengthen out your protection as the bullets start to lose effect, contact the clinic to discuss your options.

06/03/2024

Hi all,

With a few cold mornings over the last week there’s no surprise the counts have stayed stagnant. Obviously still far too early to say we are through the season unscathed so keep vigilant with your zinc treatment.

05/03/2024

NEW PRODUCT: PHOVIA

We have a new way of treating wounds, hot spots and non healing wounds.

Phovia is a product that is a combination of a blue light lamp and a gel that is applied to the wound. When the light touches the gel, fluorescent light energy is released which reduces inflammation and makes wound healing faster.

The lovely Pixie who was recently spayed and had a bit of inflammation along her suture line was in for her second phovia treatment this morning.

Picture 1: Before phovia treatment last week
Picture 2: Today before her second treatment - wound edges now opposed, less inflammation
Picture 3: Pixie - the most well behaved doggie 🐶

Thanks to Pixies owners for allowing us to share her images.

Treatment is 2 minutes long and can be repeated weekly if needed!

We are excited to have phovia available in the clinic, and to be reducing the use of antibiotics 💊

21/02/2024

Thanks for your patience, all our phone lines are now back in action

21/02/2024

Hi,

We are still having phone issues and only have one line into the clinic at the moment. Please be patient with us and if your call can wait until our lines are restored that would be much appreciated. We will post again when all phones are back in action.

Cheers,

The team at Eltham Vets

20/02/2024

Hi all 👋
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our clinic landline.
Please be patient with our team as we work to get our phone lines up and running again.

- The team at Eltham Vet Services.

12/02/2024

Hi guys,

Great to get some colder nights over the last few nights which will help slow the spores down, this won’t be enough to drop the spores already present in the pasture but will slow down the fungus producing more.
Sorry for the lack of email last week, I was off sunning myself in Northland and completely forgot about you lot!

Counts are still behaving themselves, but obviously some hotspots starting to develop in paddocks so make sure you identify any ‘hot’ paddocks/areas on your farm and manage appropriately.

05/02/2024

Updated version on Wednesday
Reminder tomorrow is Waitangi Day - we have a vet on call for emergencies only please.

05/02/2024

Currently at Clinic, are you missing your castrated male cat?
Contact 06 764 8196