SERVICES WE OFFER

SMALL ANIMAL SERVICES

At Veterinary Associates we provide a wide range of medical, diagnostic and surgical services. These would include, but are not limited to;

• General Consultation.
• Prescription of animal remedies.
• Full animal health check with vaccination.
• Special “geriatric” examinations, including arthritis treatments.
• Micro-chipping.
• Radiography.
• Ultrasound Pregnancy Scanning.
• Blood testing.
• Surgery including routine neutering, orthopaedic repairs, abdominal surgery.
• Reproductive work including AI and whelping and breeder advice.
• Dental and oral health management.
• Diagnostic sampling such as smears, needle aspirates and biopsies.
• In house blood chemistry analyser.
• Hospital care, including isolation for infectious disease and intensive care.
• Certification for export to Australia.
• Grooming, worming and flea treatment.
• Behavioural Consultations.
• Puppy Pre-school.
• Nurse clinics and weight control programs.
• Breeder Advice.
• Euthanasia and cremation, including home euthanasia.
• Home visits.
• Nail clipping.

We offer phone advice for clients (where appropriate), and general advice such as; worming, flea control, feeding and general health care.

We provide a full range of consultation, diagnostic and surgical services and have a close relationship with Massey University when specialist referral work is needed.

LARGE ANIMAL SERVICES

There is an extensive range of services supported by two full time and two part time large animal veterinarians. These cover both equine and production animal and include;

CATTLE AND SHEEP

• Production management advice such as drench and vaccine advice.
• Faecal egg counting.
• Development of production animal health programs, including mineral testing and liver biopsies.
• Diagnostic blood testing programs such as for BVD in cattle.
• Ram palpation and bleeding.
• Cattle reproductive work such as; pregnancy scanning, bull testing, calving assistance and anoestrous management programs.
• Flock and herd death investigations including ill thrift investigations and post mortem for diagnostics.
• Vaccination programs including Leptospirosis.
• General farm consultation.

EQUINE

Reproductive work such as;

• Pregnancy scanning, caslicks, foaling, castrations.
• Tube Drenching.
• Blood testing.
• Lameness exam, radiography and tendon scanning.
• Endoscopy.
• Pre-purchase exams.
• Foal branding and horse micro-chipping for identification.
• General consultation and medicine.
• Horse identification.

DEER PRODUCTION

• TB testing.
• Velvetting.
• Production advice.
• Vaccination programs.