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Seasonal Tips - Spring

DAIRY FARMERS

• Pregnancy testing your heifers and cows to assist you in planning for dry off and calving
• Calf and heifer vaccinations and drenches
• Body condition scoring mid lactation
• Doing milk cultures on those mid lactation mastitis case
• Spore counting and zinc treatments for Facial Eczema if you are in the North Island

SHEEP & BEEF FARMERS

• Have you checked that your drench works? Talk to your local vet about setting up a drench test for the summer.
• Give us a ring to get your Animal Health Plan done to comply with the Farm Assurance Programme.
• Watch your young stock for any sign of worms.
• Have you checked that your drench works? Talk to your local vet about setting up a drench test for the summer.
• Get your docking/tailing order form to your local clinic.
• New calf dehorning regulations came into effect 1st October 2019. Ring your local clinic to find out how these will affect you and your herd.
• What fly products are you using for prevention over the summer months?
• Give us a ring to get your Animal Health Plan done to comply with the Farm Assurance Programme.

PET OWNERS

• With the warm weather, you should be thinking about flea control for your pets. Our teams are trained in flea control to assist you with choosing the right product for your pet and we offer a great deal of knowledge around flea treatment. For pets who don’t appreciate topical preparations, there are tablet preparations that offer excellent flea control as well.

• Warmer weather also means that cats will be coming into season. With female cats in season, this means the tom cats will start fighting over them. This will in turn cause issues with cats getting bitten, and the bites can turn into nasty abscesses. There is an increased risk of Feline Aids being transmitted through cat bites, and even your pet cat is at risk if he/she gets in the way of a cat fight. To stop the problem of unwanted litters of kittens, and the risk of Feline Aids, we strongly recommend that all male and female cats are desexed.

•  Adult dogs and cats should be wormed routinely every month. Unfortunately, not all worming products are created equally. We urge you to use a veterinary endorsed product for maximum effectiveness against internal parasites- some of which can infect humans!

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