Energy Vets Taranaki Ltd
Energy Vets Taranaki: We're here to help your pet stay happy and healthy.
Parasites love easy targets. Worm larvae and lice love animals under stress, especially drought-related nutritional stress. The parasites can get established in large numbers, causing sub-clinical (reduced appetite and reduced weight gain) and then clinical disease (scours, weight loss, anemia, other diseases). The stressed animal can’t subdue the infection, so parasites produce large numbers of worm eggs to infect the pasture. If pasture cover is lowthen in many situations the animals reinfect themselves and end up with huge worm burdens. Conversely, the fattest animals getting the best feed, living the life of royalty, tend to havesuch healthy immune systems that gut worms can’t get established in large numbers. Henceless, infective larvae on pasture. With good pasture cover, these animals don’t graze down low either, so avoid a lot of larval challenge anyway. We have seen heaps of cases of scours this year where the main culprit is gastrointestinal worms. Often, there are secondary infections like Yersinia and Coccidiosis. Add to that this season’s facial eczema challenge, and we are seeing some weaner calf/R1 groups that haven’t achieved desired growth rates or have crashed. It's time to weigh your young stock and see where they are at. How far behind target are they? What’s their worm burden status? Do you need to collect some dung samples and check the effectiveness of your drench program? Do you need to check their mineral status? Does the feed budget have enough for good growth rates, or do you have to put some extra feed (e.g., PKE) in a target group? Have a good plan with regular weighing to keep on track. There is still time.
It's time to get your essential medicines on hand before the spring rush pounces on you.
We have put together a “Spring Starter Bucket”. This will include those over the
Counter (OTC) products that most dairy operations should have on hand, all together
in a useful container for easy access.
OTC Pack.
Spray Paint x 3
Calf cover
Electrolytes (Revive satchets) x 12
Starter Plus (calcium/energy drench) x 2
Lubricant (2lt)
Syringe/needle twin pack x 2
Ketol Xtra (2lt)
Calol 400 ml (4 pack)
Sharps container
Rectal Gloves (10 pk)
Iodine tincture Spray (navels) 500ml
General Disinfectant (2Lt).
Together with your RVM essential medicines, these items will allow you to deal with most of the usual springtime health needs of your herd.
We were very saddened to hear of the passing of Pat Cadle on 30 March this year. Pat was a long-serving veterinarian with North Taranaki Vet Services and, latterly, with EnergyVets until finishing in 2016. Pat was a much-loved and respected member of our staff and community. Our condolences are extended to wife Marilyn and sons Andrew & Peter and their families. RIP.
After 3 years with EVT, Tina Drew has moved to a new vet position within Taranaki. We thank Tina for all her hard work over the last three years and wish her every success in her new role. With three vets off on maternity leave, we have bolstered our ranks with an Equine Locum, Jo Gibbs. Jo is a very experienced vet and is also helping us with mentoring our younger vets while she is with us until the end of July. We are expecting the arrival of our new equine vet from the USA in mid-July. We have further cover coming later in the spring.
If you are changing your address, email, or phone number, please contact the clinic to
update your records.
We have two new vets arriving this winter from overseas. Does anyone have a house or flat, or even a room for rent? Long or short term considered. Both arrive separately around mid-July. If you have anything suitable, please let us know.
Thanks in advance.
Energy Vets Taranaki: We're here to help your pet stay happy and healthy.
