By The Vet Group|2019-10-25T13:24:13+11:00October 25th, 2019|Categories: CalfWise, Farm Services, HeiferWise|Tags: eye infection, flies, halloween, moraxella, piligard, pink eye, vaccination|
Pink eye pain... Pink eye - or corneal ulceration - causes farmers and stock a lot of grief! While it usually occurs in young stock from November through to March, it's increasingly being seen over the winter months too. Pink eye is mainly caused by the bacteria Moraxella bovis and Moraxella bovoculi, both of which
By The Vet Group|2019-10-30T07:23:31+11:00October 16th, 2019|Categories: Farm Services, General Health, HeiferWise|Tags: copper deficiency, heifers, selenium deficiency, trace elements|
Dr Sarah Matthews Have you ever had a heifer with a spontaneously broken leg? Or young stock that have light, scruffy coats and struggle to put on weight? If you have, then you are not alone. Copper and selenium are two of the key trace elements required by cattle for growth, production and good health.
By Dr Zoe Vogels|2019-10-13T08:00:51+11:00October 12th, 2019|Categories: General Health|Tags: AMR, antibiotics, Bacteria, E coli, halloween, staph aureus|
A short, 22 second video of bacteria multiplying was doing the rounds of the internet last week. But why did it have so many scientists excited? First, a bit of an explanation about how bacteria grow and multiply… What do bacteria look like? Bacteria are single cell organisms and can be round, rod-shaped or wavy.
By The Vet Group|2019-10-03T15:03:32+10:00October 3rd, 2019|Categories: CalfWise, Farm Services, HeiferWise, HerdWise|Tags: coughing, drench, lungworm, pneumonia|
Lungworm, caused by the round worm Dictyocaulus viviparus, generally occurs in heifers less than 10 months of age. In particular, those heifers with no immunity that are exposed to high numbers of worm larvae when put onto pasture (such as a group of Spring-born calves weaned onto pasture grazed by Autumn calves). Lungworm disease can
