Hunterville Vet Club

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15/11/2025

Local dairy farmers... Urgently needed, a second house cow. Needs to be quiet and on the smaller side. Must be in milk. Will be machine milked and have calves mothered on. If you have something that might suit, please get in touch.

Elysia McKay 0273141880

12/11/2025

*** REMINDER ***

AGM, TONIGHT!!!

Rangatira Golf Club, 7.30pm

See you all there

11/11/2025

Poll Dorset rams available (for use as teasers only)

Phone Peter on 027 3520 649

Found on Ongo Road, Hunterville, last night.Phone Fi on 3228034 for more information.
11/11/2025

Found on Ongo Road, Hunterville, last night.
Phone Fi on 3228034 for more information.

Vinegar Hill area
19/10/2025

Vinegar Hill area

13/10/2025

House for Rent!

Our 3 bedroom house has become available for rent again. It is in the centre of Hunterville township. We are looking for some fantastic, reliable tenants.

If you know anyone or are interested, please give the clinic a call and speak to Kerin.

13/10/2025

Hunterville Vet Club AGM

Thursday, 13 November 2025
Rangatira Golf Club
7.30pm

08/10/2025

October 2025 Newsletter

14/09/2025

Healthy Weaner Calves

With the high prices that will be paid for 100kg calves in the coming weeks it would be wise to have a plan in place that ensures these 100kg golden nuggets thrive in the first weeks after weaning.

If calves have been on significant amounts of meal (more than 1kg per day) it is probably worth while investing in some meal and continuing to feed calves for a couple of weeks after arrival.

Turbo Initial oral drench is an excellent first drench option. As well as being a combination worm drench it also contains Diclazuril which treats coccidia, a common problem in weaners - especially those out of large scale calf rearers. Calves may have been on meal containing coccidiostats but giving them a good clean-out on arrival is still warranted.
Treating calves with a shot of Multimin Injection can also be useful for promoting calf immunity. If calves have travelled a long way (eg from the South Island) the use of vitamin B multi vitamins can also be good practice.
Normally we also recommend a first 10 in 1 vaccination, to be followed up 4 weeks later with a booster, and salmonella vaccine should also be considered.

Check your calves daily for the first 2-3 weeks. If there are any signs of scouring or sick calves, consider yersiniosis. We have recently seen a lot of this bacterial disease in autumn born calves. Prompt treatment with antibiotics normally turns things around and prevents deaths.

Once calves have settled in for the first month, on-going selenium and copper supplementation can be considered.

12/09/2025

Coughing Calves

I recently viewed some beef weaner heifers on a property that is very much focused on grazing young stock. As the calves were being yarded I noted a number appeared to be coughing. Nothing dramatic, just a continual cough here and there.
This was almost certainly as a result of lungworm infection. The weaners looked ‘okay’ but according to the owner, weren’t quite as good as normal. Drenching with Dectomax, which is very effective against lungworm, was recommended and the coughing ceased within a week.

Most ‘mectin’ drenches are still highly effective against lungworm, so where young cattle are drenched regularly we don’t tend to see too many problems. However, where drenching programmes are lax or large numbers of young cattle are run all year (ie spring calves followed by autumn calves) lungworm challenges can occur.
Keep your ears or hearing aids tuned for coughing calves and if you suspect problems give us a call for advice.

10/09/2025

Phantom Cows

With calving in full swing it probably feels a bit early to be talking about ‘Phantom Cows’. However, if they are an issue in your dairy herd and you want to do something about it, plans need to be made now.

The term ‘Phantom Cow’ refers to cows that have been put up to AI, have not returned, and are assumed to be in-calf when they are actually empty. If this remains the case until a January pregnancy test it is basically too late to take any remedial action. The answer is to scan cows 35-40 days after mating. This gives time to treat cows with non cycling programmes (CIDRs) and short gestation semen and still have them in calf by late December / early January.

So if you have had problems with good submission rates but find too many cows you thought were in calf being empty at pregnancy testing, give us a call to discuss early scanning to find Phantom Cows.

09/09/2025

‘Planning for Mating’

We are planning to have a REPRO Dairy Discussion Seminar at the end of September. We will have guest speakers from LIC and Diary NZ as well as one of our own experienced veterinarians! Come along and bring your staff. We would love to see you there and join you for a cuppa / beer, bickie and a chat afterwards.

When: Tuesday, September 23rd
Where: Rangatira Golf Club, 11am
RSVP: ASAP for catering purposes

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4 Bruce Street
Hunterville
4730

Telephone

06 3228057

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