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Look at these beautiful flowers sent to Teresa & the Team from a very thankful client, it has certainly brightened our d...
05/09/2025

Look at these beautiful flowers sent to Teresa & the Team from a very thankful client, it has certainly brightened our day🌷🌸🌼

🚨 New Calf Weighing Service! 🚨After a great Cockies Night where we dove into the importance of nutrition in the first 90...
04/09/2025

🚨 New Calf Weighing Service! 🚨
After a great Cockies Night where we dove into the importance of nutrition in the first 90 days, we’re now offering on-farm calf weighing to help you make weaning and feeding decisions. 🐄📏
👩‍⚕️ Vet Tech Amber brings the scales
📲 Data uploaded via EID to your breeding company
🟢🟠🔴 Get a simple traffic light system showing how close your calves are to weaning
Our ruminant nutritionist & vets can provide a full report & nutritional plan if requested.
📞 Get in touch to book in - 06 764 8196

Calf scour outbreaks are very common at the moment. Testing calves to find out the cause is very important so treatments...
29/08/2025

Calf scour outbreaks are very common at the moment. Testing calves to find out the cause is very important so treatments/prevention strategies can be targeted to the specific cause.

General strategies for all sick scouring calves are:
🟢Improve Hygiene. Increase the depth of bedding and top up more often. Spray pens with Vetsan at least twice weekly.
🟢 No teaching pen. Put new calves straight into the pen in which they will reared.
🟢 Colostrum Management. Ensure new calves get "Gold" colostrum (1st milking after calving) for their 1st two feed (15-20% bodyweight in 1st 12-24hours of life)
🟢 Provide hay and meal from Day 1 to speed up rumen development
🟢 Clean water available to all calves at all times. For mobs of sick calves make up electrolytes & have available in pens

Rotavirus is the most common cause of scours in calves - specific treatments & preventors include Rotogen powder & Rotovirus vaccination for your herd.

Cryptosporidium is is the next most common cause of scours in calves - there are products (halocur) for treatment and to help prevent infection in calves.

Less common causes are Samonella & E-Coli with both of these causing scour & sudden death in young calves. Vaccinations are available to help prevent these.

Sick calves that are not drinking should receive fluids 4-5 times daily. Alternate between gold colostrum & good quality electrolytes.

Please call us for further advice

🚨NEW PRODUCT ALERT 🚨Woolover calf covers offer farmers the following benefits:🐄 Fitted in seconds.🐄 Retains calf's natur...
15/08/2025

🚨NEW PRODUCT ALERT 🚨

Woolover calf covers offer farmers the following benefits:

🐄 Fitted in seconds.
🐄 Retains calf's natural body heat.
🐄 Effective in wet, windy and cold conditions.
🐄 Cover breathes and avoids condensation.
🐄 Aids in preventing Scours.
🐄 Improves weight gains.
🐄 Helps sick calves recover faster.
🐄 Covers can be reused on up to 8 calves for a period of 3 to 4 weeks each (indicative cover life period).

We are thrilled to announce that the latest breakthrough in flea and tick protection, is now available at Eltham Vet Ser...
14/08/2025

We are thrilled to announce that the latest breakthrough in flea and tick protection, is now available at Eltham Vet Services: BRAVECTO QUANTUM!

Flea and tick protection has never been easier – with a single dose of NEW BRAVECTO QUANTUM - providing year-long flea and tick protection for dogs. 🐾
Say goodbye to monthly treatments and hello to worry-free year round adventures with BRAVECTO QUANTUM, a game changer flea and tick protection!

Give us a call today to enquire about BRAVECTO QUANTUM for your dog – 06 764 8196. 📞

BRAVECTO QUANTUM requires vet authorisation, ACVM: A011993.

We’ve been made aware of a scam targeting pet owners via email, falsely claiming that their pet’s microchip registration...
14/08/2025

We’ve been made aware of a scam targeting pet owners via email, falsely claiming that their pet’s microchip registration has expired. These emails appear to come from Petchip and may include the pet’s name, microchip number, and other personal details to make them look legitimate.

The Dog and Cat Management Board has confirmed there has been no data breach of the official Dogs and Cats Online database. Genuine emails from them will never include that level of personal information.

DO NOT click on any links or provide personal details in these emails.
DO contact your local council or the Dog and Cat Management Board directly if they are unsure about any communications they receive.

🐈SPCA Snip'n'Chip Campaign is currently underway & Eltham Vet Services is proud to be a part of it. There are still vouc...
05/08/2025

🐈SPCA Snip'n'Chip Campaign is currently underway & Eltham Vet Services is proud to be a part of it. There are still vouchers available for our clinic. Click on the link to secure your $30 cat desexing & microchip voucher https://desexing.spca.nz/

🐴Important Horse Ownership Update🐴Due to a regulation change you are now legally required to microchip any foals born af...
31/07/2025

🐴Important Horse Ownership Update🐴
Due to a regulation change you are now legally required to microchip any foals born after 1st August 2025. You have until they are 12months old to get them done. Contact the clinic to get Jim or Tina out to help with your equine needs.

🐮Multimin in calves at birth (1ml = $0.93/calf) has shown to lead to a 52% reduction in morbidity (sickness) and 58% red...
24/07/2025

🐮Multimin in calves at birth (1ml = $0.93/calf) has shown to lead to a 52% reduction in morbidity (sickness) and 58% reduction in mortality in a study done in NZ in 2019 which included 1000calves. It doesn’t replace good colostral transfer and hygiene but can help.
🐮Multimin in cows pre calving (5ml = $4.65/cow) has been shown to reduce clinical mastitis in the first month post calving by half (study showed average mastitis in non-treated animals of 4.2% and 2% in treated animals) and a 25% reduction in cows with subclinical mastitis (SCC >150,000)
🐮Multimin in cows pre mating (5ml) has been shown to increase in final in calf rate by 3% and improve average calving date by 3.4 days. At a $4.00/kgms payout this was considered a 4:1 return on investment in increased days in milk.

These Multimin studies have all been done across multiple herds in NZ with large numbers enrolled so it is good data.

23/07/2025

A customer has had his cat escape on route to the vets! If anyone living around Railway st, Whiting St, Burke St area sees a Large Male Desexed Black Cat please contact the clinic. This Cat has an injured Front Right leg and needs to be seen. Answers to the name Armani.

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