Cattle can be infected with several species of roundworms when grazing pastures.
The Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ), which regulates veterinarians and sets standards to support responsible antimicrobial use among veterinarians, is in the throes of developing a new strategy to minimize the risk of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in New Zealand animals.
As high-performance ruminants, dairy goats need specialised nutrition to have them functioning at their best.
From this month OSPRI took over day-to-day operational and disease control functions of the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) programme.
The traditional method to approach lameness involves corrective trimming of the affected area.
Total sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics in New Zealand have decreased for a fifth year in a row, dropping by 23% in 2022.
Total sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics in New Zealand have decreased for a fifth year in a row, dropping by 23% in 2022.
Leptospirosis (lepto) is a disease caused by bacteria that can be spread from animal to human, otherwise known as a zoonotic disease.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand is seeking global partnerships as it works to revolutionise internal parasite management in the face of increasingly widespread drench resistance.
More than 50 bulls have been nominated as sires for use in the innovative Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme’s upcoming mating season, the highest number since the across-breed progeny test was launched in 2020.
A Pukekohe deer farmer was recently fined $12,000 for not tagging 278 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.
A key factor in the dramatic failure of commonly used triple drenches is that these are not effective on 27% of New Zealand sheep farms.
Probiotic Revolution claims that farmers using its probiotics are achieving outstanding results in mastitis control.
Mastitis is an inflammation of the udder. In cows, it is usually caused by bacteria which have entered through the teat canal and moved to the mammary tissues.
Dairy farmers could be leaving up to 30% more income on the table by not doing the numbers on supplementary feed, according to SealesWinslow general manager Grant Jackson.
Grass staggers (hypomagnesaemia – magnesium deficiency) or milk fever (hypocalcaemia – calcium deficiency) can affect beef cows around calving.
Abomasal bloat in lambs leads to excess gas in the abomasum, which causes it to expand like a balloon. This can rupture the abomasum wall and crush surrounding organs causing death.
Dairy farmers will be paying a higher TB differential slaughter levy from next month despite concerns raised by DairyNZ.
Farmers are being encouraged to have their say on a proposal to move the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) eradication programme into a National Pest Management Plan (NPMP) as it moves to a new phase.
Cold snaps can be challenging for newborn lambs, but an injection of dextrose can be a lifesaver for cold or weak lambs.
Farmers are being asked to get their crap – the ovine variety – together and participate in a facial eczema (FE) research project.
While the recent payout announcement is not the news dairy farmers were hoping for, it’s an opportunity to review on farm performance with a specific focus on protecting your farm’s profitability.
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