Addisons Disease in Dogs: In vet school we are taught common diseases occur commonly. As exciting as the rare and unusual are, we look for common things first. They summarise this in a quote “when you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras”. There must be something in the water in Te Puna because we see many weird and wonderful cases on a daily basis, enough to keep us vets on our toes!
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With the recent cold and wet weather, it’s important to help support your horse or pony’s immunity. The best way to do this is by ensuring they are healthy, have low stress levels and are fed a nutritionally complete diet.
To maintain good health:
Ensure your horse is free of internal parasite burdens. An effective worming program, picking up faeces in paddocks to reduce worm burdens in pastures, and doing faecal egg counts are important steps.
Many of us keep chickens on our properties, often because there’s nothing quite like the colour and taste of fresh free range eggs in the morning!
Looking after chickens starts with good husbandry; a good diet, fresh clean water, good hygiene and a comfortable environment. Sometimes, in spite of the best food and environment chickens can be afflicted with a range of diseases, some of which can be catastrophic for your small flock.
When chooks get
There are many infectious diseases that can affect cattle & sheep in New Zealand. The great news is that there are excellent vaccines to prevent many of these diseases. Vaccination is an important part of your preventative medicine program for both animal & human health eg. leptospirosis, which can make people very ill.
Some of the most common conditions we recommend vaccination for:
Clostridial disease eg. Tetanus, pulpy kidney. These are environmental organisms can cause both
It’s dental time at Tauranga Vets. We want to get your Pets Dental Health in tip top shape and get their mouth looking and smelling great.
Once your pet’s teeth are cleaned, there is a lot at home that can be done to improve your pet’s dental health. Without regular cleaning, plaque and bacteria build up on teeth and gums causing bad breath. If not removed this plaque turns into tartar leading to more serious
It’s the time of the year when our Vets are increasingly called to assist with calvings. One of our customers filmed a recent calving, assisted by one of our Vets, Phil Rennie.
Windsucking is when a horse opens his mouth flexs his neck and nosily gulps air. It is also known as crib biting, where a horse clamps onto a fencepost or other object and gulps air. Windsucking is often displayed by performance horses that are stabled, therefore stress, boredom and gastrointestinal ulcers are the most common sited reasons a horse starts. Stabled horses are more likely to have infrequent feeding and performance horses are more
My blue fronted Amazon parrot, Tarah, does not have clipped wings. However like many birds that were clipped during the fledging process, he has never quite learned the kind of flight skills that might earn him the title of a “flyer”. I often said “He’s has his flight feathers, but he doesn’t fly.” One day I learned, the hard way, that this wasn’t exactly true.
I was visiting my parents as I was moving from
Does your pet have bad breath? This is one of the early signs of dental disease, which affects 70% of cats and dogs over the age of three! Other signs of dental disease include brown tartar on the teeth, red and/or bleeding gums and once advanced, dribbling and difficulty eating due to pain. However, pets are surprisingly stoic and often owners are unaware that their dog or cat is suffering from toothache! For this
With the recent cold and wet weather, we want to ensure our horse and pony’s immunity levels are the best they can be. The best support of your horse’s immunity is ensuring they are healthy, have low stress levels and are fed a nutritionally complete diet.
Enhancing Immunity:
To maintain good health, ensure your horse is free of internal parasites burdens. Ensure you utilise effective worming programs and reduce worm burdens in pasture by picking up faeces and
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