Farm Veterinary Matamata - FVM

20/05/2025

🎊📢Save the date -Thursday 5/6/25 from 11am-2pm!!!🎉

07/05/2025

26/03/2025

Just a friendly reminder to give us a call today to sign up for the Teatseal and Dry Cow Therapy Training Day on the 3/4/25 from 9.00am-1.00pm. Lunch is provided.
Looking forward to see you!!

17/03/2025

Dry paddocks? Dry off!
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As we approach the end of the milking season, making informed dryoff decisions is crucial for ensuring your cows are in the best condition for calving and next year’s production, especially considering the dry conditions we are all facing. Drying off at the right time can help protect body condition score (BCS), enhance fertility, and set the stage for strong milk production in the upcoming season. Here’s what you need to consider when deciding when to dry off your cows.

As we approach the end of the milking season, making informed dryoff decisions is crucial for ensuring your cows are in the best condition for calving and next year’s production, especially considering the dry conditions we are all facing. Drying off at the right time can help protect body conditi...

17/03/2025

https://mailchi.mp/3c8135d70eca/teatseal-and-dry-cow-therapy-training-day

06/03/2025

https://www.fvmatamata.co.nz/post/heifer-teatseal

Recent trial data show that approximately 2/3 of heifer mastitis cases occur within the first month of lactation, with average mastitis rates in heifers to be 11% and as high as 29% when not protected with teatseal.Heifers that develop clinical mastitis go on to have greater risk of light quarters,....

06/01/2025

https://www.fvmatamata.co.nz/post/feeding-through-summer-2024-2025

Milk prices are forecast to be well up this season with the Fonterra midpoint now quoted at $10.00/KgMS. This increase in milk value supports maximising milk production from now until the end of the season, and as summer progresses, so does the challenge of feeding cows through a period of hot weath...

12/12/2024

https://www.fvmatamata.co.nz/post/book-in-your-pregnancy-testing

Quick reminder to book in your pregnancy testing if you haven’t already. To age all your pregnancies, you will generally have to do an early scan and a late recheck scan. The early scan should be done no later than 14 weeks after your start of mating, the final recheck scan can be done anytime fol...

09/12/2024

https://mailchi.mp/051899299701/heat-stress-a-hot-topic

Heat stress: a HOT topic

Heat stress can cause major issues in your herd. Dairy cattle, being a European animal, are not made for the Waikato heat and humidity. It has been proven that they show signs of heat stress at temperatures as low as 23 degrees, which is exceeded almost every day through summer.

Heat stress can lead to a drop in milk production, early loss of pregnancy, and in extreme cases death. Signs to look out for in your herd are a production drop, panting, irritability, shade seeking, and clustering of cows (to try and get in other cows’ shadows).