The Crookwell district’s cold and wet winter weather frequently leads to multiple visits by CVH vets to heavily pregnant downer cows and heifers. Most …
Articles about cattle care, written by the veterinarians at Crookwell Veterinary Hospital.
Vaginal prolapse in cattle
Prolapses of the vagina are most often seen in heavily pregnant beef cows – and again, obesity increases the incidence. There may be a breed …
Uterine prolapse in cattle
Cows experiencing a tough birth will often follow their long ordeal with a prolapse of the uterus. This should be treated as a veterinary …
Pregnancy diagnosis
One of the most valuable tools in the management of beef cattle herds is pregnancy diagnosis. The best times to pregnancy test are in summer for …
Pink eye in cattle
Summer weather often signals the onset of pinkeye in cattle. Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) estimates this familiar but challenging disease costs …
Liver fluke in cattle and sheep
The Crookwell district is liver fluke country. Fasciola hepatica, the liver fluke, is widespread across NSW in areas where annual rainfall is 600mm or …
Leptospirosis
In the Crookwell district, leptospirosis is increasingly impacting on reproduction and fertility in cattle. A contagious bacterial disease, the …
Johne’s disease
Johne’s Disease (JD) is a serious wasting disease affecting a number of animal species. In Australia it has been found in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, …
Grass tetany
Grass tetany, or hypomagnesaemia (low blood magnesium), is primarily seen in autumn and winter. A potentially fatal metabolic disease of cattle, grass …
Foot abscess in sheep and cattle
Rain is always very welcome in autumn and winter, but the resultant lush, moist and often muddy pastures bring a range of disease problems. Foot …
Farmer’s emergency pack
One of the most effective emergency treatments all stock owners should have on hand (and carry in their vehicles) is Vet-Cal 4-in-1 or a similar …
Campylobacter
Campylobacteriosis of cattle Bovine Venereal Campylobacteriosis – formerly Bovine Vibriosis – is a highly infectious venereal disease of cattle …
Calvings
Managing dystocias, or difficult births, is a daily occurrence in calving season for CVH vets and it’s worth thinking about strategies to minimise the …
Calf Scours
There’s nothing more disheartening for a producer than seeing a healthy, bouncing newborn calf become weak, dehydrated and ill from diarrhoea. Calf …
Bull examination and testing
Each year from late winter CVH vets are busy testing bulls as producers increasingly recognise the importance of undertaking bull testing and …
Bovine Pestivirus
Pestivirus is one of the most common (and complicated) viruses found in Australian beef cattle herds – in fact it’s estimated around 70% of cattle …