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Matamata Veterinary Services - Equine

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MVS Equine is a dedicated team of veterinarians and support staff working out of a purpose-built equine hospital in the centre of the Waikato, New Zealand.
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www.matamatavets.co.nz/mvs-equine Our facility features full surgical and medical amenities as well as complete stabling, safe post-and-rail yarding and paddocks, and access to rehabilitation services. Our devoted equine team includes registered specialists in the fields of Reproduction and Surgery. In addition to which, our veterinarians have areas of expertise in racing, performance, equestrian, foal and stud medicine./

01/11/2024

24/10/2024

Labour Day - Monday 28th October 2024

Just a reminder that Monday 28th is a public holiday so the clinic will be closed - if you have an emergency you can still contact our after-hours team on 07 888 8193.

18/10/2024

🎀The Inaugural MVS Equine Great Pink Bake off!🎀
Today the team were put to the challenge to bring in their best baking creations to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Our 3 high end judges took their jobs very seriously, 3 categories were carefully chosen and the winners were:
- Sophia winning best taste
- Olivia winning best presentation
- Amber most creative

Amber was awarded the overall winner with her Pink Pony Club Lemon and Gin flavored Cake and now holds the MVS Breast Baker Trophy.

The team enjoyed a pink-themed m***i day and threw in a few donations to the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ.

17/10/2024

14/10/2024

03/10/2024

The MVS Neonatal ICU Mobile Pace race held at Cambridge Raceway on 1st October was won by the Rodney Frampton trained WHITFIELD, driven by David Butcher. Congratulations to all connections!!

30/09/2024

🌟MVS Equine Veterinarian - Frances Peat! 🌟🦄

Get up close and personal with equestrian icons and riders whose stories will leave you inspired and in awe of their achievements. From Olympic champions to seasoned adventurers, Show Circuit brings you the untold tales of triumph, resilience, and the unbreakable bond between humans and horses.

18/09/2024

The dream team 😍 MVS EquiBreed alongside Matamata Veterinary Services - Equine surgeons working together on laparoscopic fertility treatments for our dedicated breeders

Get in touch if you would like to know more about our fertility diagnostic options and treatment recommendations

14/11/2023

Last week we were kindly invited by some very happy and grateful owners to see how well our NICU patients are coming along. Fuelled with a delicious bbq and light refreshments.
The team enjoyed a chance to have paddock cuddles in the sun instead of a hospital bed.

Address

362 Hinuera Road West, RD2
Matamata
3400

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

07 888 8193

Website

http://www.matamatavets.co.nz/mvs-equine/

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MVS Equine staff had a fantastic evening watching our sponsored race at Cambridge Raceway last night. A great atmosphere enjoyed by all!

⭐️Take a sneak peek into our fabulous brand new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit!⭐️ With the foaling season well under way we have settled into our new custom built NICU building. The unit consists of 4 mare and foal boxes where we are able to accomodate both sick foals and mares. Each box has it's own padded foal pen for recumbent foals with facilities to perform oxygen and fluid therapy, parenteral nutrition, blood pressure monitoring, blood gas analysis and on-site laboratory services. Neonatal Intensive Care is one of the many emergency and critical care services in full swing. Staffed 24/7 with a team of vets, nurses, support staff, these patients are in the best hands

Itchy throat? The owner of this horse noticed she was less interested in her dinner compared to normal and that she was making a little noise when breathing. One of our ambulatory vets attended the horse and noticed a slight trickle of hemorrhagic nasal discharge. An endoscopic examination of the upper airway was performed on farm and a piece of wood/bush was seen wedged between the left arytenoid and the aryepiglottic fold. The horse was transported to the clinic for further examination and treatment. Under standing sedation and after application of local anaesthetic one of our surgeons removed an approximate 20 cm long blackberry branch which was caught by the windpipe as the filly was trying to swallow the branch into her esophagus. The horse is expected to make a full recovery from this unusual injury.

We love it when hard work pays off. This little chap unfortunately lost his mum during foaling but a foster mare was found the following day and as you can see he's doing well. You may be wondering why has he got a feeding tube while he has a mum to drink from? While the foster mare is a great source of milk and will educate the foal well, one vital element she cannot provide though is collostrum. The mares' placenta doesn't allow many antibodies to be passed on to the unborn foal. Therefore, foals are born without a good defence mechanism against pathogens. To be able to fight pathogens in the first 3 months of life and to stimmulate the immune system, the foal fully depends on colostrum (first milk produced after foaling) from the mare. To ensure adequate transfer of antibodies via the colostrum it is important that the foal drinks enough, high quality colostrum within the first 24 hours of life. Quality of colostrum can be checked with a BRIX refractometer, > 23% on the BRIX scale is good. A healthy foal is nursing within two hours of being born and nurses frequently. Do contact us if your foal doesn't reach these milestones, or if your mare has poor quality colostrum, we can tube-feed the foal with your (stored)colostrum which is essential for the foals' health. After 24 hours of birth the foal is no longer able to absorb antibodies through the intestinal wall and intravenous infusion of plasma is the only way to provide the foal with antibodies to fight pathogens. To make sure your foal has absorbed enough antibodies, measurement of IgG in blood once the foal is 24 hours is old is the best test available. Foals with an IgG < 800 mg/dL are prone to sepsis and require plasma, therefore we do take and process IgG bloods during level 4; you will get same day results from our in-house laboratory. To reduce the need of plasma, create your own colostrum bank: test the quality of colostrum from your mare, and once the foal has had the first drink 200-250 ml can