Grazing Gazette
Published by: Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians of the New Zealand Veterinary AssociationThe Newsletter of the Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians of the NZVA helps to enhance the efficiency of the sheep and beef cattle industries and the roles they play within the national economy.
Issue 60 ( 2021 )
- Grazing Gazette, Issue 60 - Full publication
- From the Editor's desk
- President's report
- Caution - a campylobacter comeback?
- Growing Demand for Lifestyle Block Expertise
- Listeria monocytogenes and Moraxella spp isolated in keratoconjunctivitis outbreak in red deer
- Lamb tailing and castration pain management options
- Exciting Future for Sheep and Beef Farming
- Sheep and Beef Special Topic Tour, 2021
- Angular Limb Deformity Syndrome - I need your help!
- Presidential Address Opening the 50th Anniversary Conference
- 50-year celebration of the Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians Society Conference
- Alan Baldry Award Citation; Ginny Dodunski
- Letter from Loburn
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- AGM of the Society of Sheep & Beef Cattle Veterinarians, NZVA
- Minutes: Meeting of the Society of Sheep & Beef Cattle Veterinarians, NZVA
Issue 59 ( 2021 )
- Grazing Gazette, Issue 59 - Full publication
- From the Editor's desk
- President's report
- Final year veterinary student case reports
- Student case report: Welfare compromise of lifestyle block sheep
- Student case report: Beef cows with vaginal prolapses while calves at foot
- Increasing prevalence of Salmonella in New Zealand
- Listeriosis in New Zealand
- Chlamydia pecorum associated ovine abortion - an update for veterinary practitioners
- The Use of Injectable Vitamin A, D and E to Reduce the Incidence of Vaginal Prolapse in Ewes: Farmer Experiences
- New Zealand Veterinary Journal: Recent Sheep and Beef Research
- 50th Anniversary of the Sheep and Beef Cattle Branch
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
Issue 58 ( 2020 )
- From the editor's desk
- President's report
- Final year vet students' sheep and beef special topic: September 2020 tour
- The effect of Toxovax and and Campyvax 4 vaccination on growth rate in ewe hoggets
- Lower South Island ewe abortion summary for 2020
- Emergence of Salmonella Bovismorbificans in New Zealand
- Hogget foetal reabsorption investigation
- Letter from Loburn
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
Issue 57 ( 2020 )
- From the editor's desk
- President's report
- Student Case Reports: Ovine Zinc Toxicity in Manawatu
- Causes of bovine and ovine abortions, and the use of PCR testing
- Lessons learnt from dealing with stock truck crashes
- Triple drench resistance in Otago - a food for thought discussion
- Genomics 101: How to speak breeding
- An unusual case of Salmonellosis
- Te Wai Pounamu - High Country
- Letter from Loburn
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
Issue 56 ( 2019 )
- From the Editor's desk
- President's report
- Alan Baldry Award 2019: Dr Mark Matthews
- 2019 Sheep and Beef Vet of the Year (VOTY): Anthony Oswald
- Zinc Toxicity in a Hereford Cow
- Herd level outbreak of enzootic calf pneumonia in South Canterbury
- Bloat in Lambs; A description, not a disease!!
- Ongoing investigations into Trichostrongyloid drench resistance in sheep in the Taihape district.
- Zinc Toxicity in Cattle
- Rumensin Capsules - Correct Administration is Important
- Government Policy Hampering Our Progress in Emission Reduction
- The Prevalence of IBR in New Zealand
- Best Practice in Young Cattle Health
- South Island Ewe Abortion Summary for 2019
- Correspondence
- Letter from Loburn
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- AGM of the Society of Sheep & Beef Cattle Veterinarians, NZVA
- Meeting of the Society of Sheep & Beef Cattle Veterinarians, NZVA
Issue 55 ( 2019 )
- From the Editor's desk
- President's report
- Final Year veterinary student case reports
- Ovine Johne's disease in a merino cross flock in Canterbury, New Zealand
- Concurrent Leptospirosis and Theileria associated bovine anaemia in an Angus cow
- Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) - a truly pesky virus!
- Pear shaped on an autumn day
- Injectable Vitamin A, D and E reduces the incidence of vaginal prolapse in sheep
- Dying for some selenium
- SheepMilkNZ Conference
- Wormwise in action
- Tails from the South Pacific
- News from the northern hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
- Wairere - the waterfall nourishes this land
- Meeting of the Society of Sheep & Beef Cattle Veterinarians, NZVA
Issue 54 ( 2018 )
- From the Editor's desk
- President's report
- John Gill: Winner of the Alan Baldry Award
- Anne Ridler: Sheep and Beef Vet of the Year (VOTY) 2018
- Summar scholarship student reports
- Ewe udder defects: A survey of experts
- Investigating the prevalence and types of sheep udder defects on commercial sheep farms in New Zealand
- Illness and deaths in calves due to multifocal gastrointestinal abscessation
- An association between Theileria associated bovine anaemia and poor AI conception rates in R2 Angus Heifers?
- PGG Wrightson drench check survey
- Campylobacter abortion in three Wairarapa flocks
- Neurological disorder in lambs grazing sorghum
- Pasteurella multocida septicaemia in lambs
- Zolvix Plus now registered for sheep and cattle
- Summary of current research by Massey University's Sheep and Beef Research Group 2017- 2018
- New publication: Ectoparasites of sheep in New Zealand and their control
- News from the northern hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
- Meeting for the Society of Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians of the NZVA
- All Creatures Great and Small: NZVA Conference highlights 2018
Issue 53 ( 2018 )
- Editorial
- President's report
- Student Case Reports: Introduction
- Presentation, treatment & prevention of lungworm infection in weaner calves
- Ovine caesarian: translating theory into practice
- Does early tick control prevent theileria in beef calves?
- So, how's your head?
- The miraculous power of cattle to heal
- Unlockling the mystery of 'Bowie'
- Cloven Hoof Production Animal Appreciation Group
- What is a clinical record and why is it important?
- Cattle head bails
- NZVA reminder: Sheep & Beef new member forum
- News from the northern hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
Issue 52 ( 2017 )
- Editorial
- President's report
- International Sheep Veterinary Association
- Salmonella Brandenburg Report, Spring 2017
- Andrew Roe: The Alan Baldry Award
- Investigation of perinatal mortality in lambs
- A severe outbreak of metabolic disease in heavily pregnant ewes
- Copper toxicity in calves
- Listeria abortion and death in Merino ewes
- Toxoplasmosis - an update on an old disease
- Slow release multi-mineral boluses in beef cattle: how do they stack up?
- Purple pizzles & popped bladders
- Heart of the matter: NZVA Conference highlights 2017
- Taking the hassle out of tracking livestock weights to meet growth targets
- Kiwi vets cross the ditch to visit Elanco
- News from the northern hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
- Obituary: Michael Edwin Averill (Mike) Cartridge
- Meeting of the Executive of the Society of Sheep & Beef Cattle Veterinarians of NZVA
- AGM June 2017: The Society of Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians
Issue 51 ( 2017 )
- From the Editor's desk; President's report
- Final Year veterinary student case reports
- Feeding fodder beet to increase live weight gains in rising two year old Friesian bulls on a bull beef finishing unit
- The cost of pneumonia on a sheep and beef finishing farm in the Hawkes Bay
- Toxoplasma abortion outbreak in a vaccinated stud ewe flock
- Iodine deficiency in sheep - plant and soil factors
- Veterinary operating instructions: the when and the why
- A case of Histophilus somni infection in a mob of merino cross ram hoggets
- A devastating mucosal disease outbreak in rising two-year-old beef cattle
- News from the northern hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
- Meeting of the Society of Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians of the NZVA
Issue 50 ( 2016 )
- From the Editor's desk
- President's report
- Salmonella Brandenburg
- 9th International Sheep Veterinary Congress
- Gary Clark's retirement
- Fraser Hill: The Alan Baldry Award
- 2016 Sheep and Beef Veterinarian of the Year
- John Smart: Honorary Life Membership
- Industry collaborating to create single standard for farmers in beef cows - is it justified?
- Using ultrasound to study chronic non-progressive pneumonia in lambs in New Zealand
- New Zealand sheep ectoparasite study
- FeedSmart: Making feed management easier
- Animal health research review
- Helicobacter abortion in Southland
- Keds: The need to know stuff
- Vaginal rupture and associated intestinal herniation in heavily pregnant ewes
- Letter from Loburn
- Alex Familton: In memorium
Issue 49 ( 2016 )
- From the Editor's desk
- Committee Business
- Trans-Pacific Partnership: Something to be proud of
- Diagnosing and controlling a Campylobacter spp abortion outbreak in sheep
- Hypocalcaemia in ewes: practical guidelines for prevention
- Bubbles: good name for a lamb but not great in the abomasal wall
- Lameness in rams on commercial farms in the Wairarapa
- Observations from the field - down cows on fodder beet
- International Sheep Veterinary Association Report - June 2016
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
- Does BVD vaccination of recently weaned pasture-fed beef cattle prevent weight loss when exposed to persistently infected cattle?
- Sheep and beef special topic 2015
Issue 48 ( 2015 )
- Editorial and President's report
- Pages 4-15
- Page 15
- "Ovis" in lambs continues to decline - but we can do better
- Investigating longevity and wastage in commercial ewe flocks
- Bearings in ewes: pasture components, salt topdressing and aspects of ewe body condition
- Extended drought in North Canterbury
- Outbreak of peritonitis in dairy heifers associated with Pasteurella multocida
- Multiple cases of severe nervous disease in sheep and goats near Gisborne - a diagnostic odyssey
- Investigation of idiopathic photosensitisation in lambs in Southland
- Red clover issues in King Country sheep breeding/finishing
- Salmonella Brandenburg in South Island
- Letter from Loburn
Issue 47 ( 2015 )
- President's report
- From the Editor's desk
- In memoriam: Tony Jopp 18/07/1954 - 18/10/2014
- In memoriam: Hugh Black
- Peter Anderson retirement
- Beyond the farmgate success is critical to the red meat sector
- Foetal loss in maiden ewes - diagnostic work-up options
- Ovine abortion investigations 2014
- A potential Helicobacter abortion outbreak in two-tooth ewes in Southland
- The implications of an enteric salmonellosis outbreak during the matin period in a sheep flock: vaccine indications and recommendations
- Lameness and hoof malformation in a mob of rams
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
- Bearings in ewes
- Highlighting the poor relationship between liver and plasma copper
- Magnesium supplementation in beef cows - is it justified?
Issue 45 ( 2014 )
- A case of yersiniosis in calves
- AgResearch's Future Footprint Plan (FFP): Effects on Invermay, inspired or confused?
- Copper toxicity in a lamb grazing an olive orchard
- Dermatosparaxis in 2-3 week old lambs
- If you farm meat, its time to act
- Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes from the eye of a sheep affected with keratoconjunctivitis
- Letter from Loburn
- Meeting the agricultural science needs of the future
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Red Meat Profit Partnership
- Serum inorganic iodine measurements - a mystery solved
- The cost of a Salmonella Hindmarsh outbreak in sheep in South Otago
- Trueparella (Arcanobacterium) pyogenes implicated in an outbreak of abortion in cattle
- Winter iodine levels
Issue 46 ( 2014 )
- Bill Hartley - veterinary pathologist
- President's report
- Alan Baldry Award 2014 to Roger Marchant
- Foot and mouth disease training in Nepal
- Cold case solved: myopathy in lambs confirmed as staggerweed intoxication five months later
- "Their feet fell off" - Severe post-transport toe necrosis in beef heifers on a hill country farm
- Enteric listeriosis in ewes
- Helicobacter and sheep abortion
- Salmonella outbreak following Linco-Spectin treatment for footrot infection
- Treatment options for infectious causes of lameness in sheep
- Letter from Loburn
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Foetal loss in maiden ewes - findings from a survey conducted in 2013
- Antibiotic usage in sheep abortion outbreaks
- Cost of ovine salmonellosis to NZ
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Canterbury and Westland 2014
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Otago and Southland 2014
Issue 43 ( 2013 )
- AgriHealth the NZ distributor of Rumevite magnesium capsules
- Albert Middelberg
- Brucella ovis breakdown in a commercial flock
- Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia in Murray Grey calves: Have you seen it?
- Development of guidelines on prudent use of antibiotics in sheep and beef cattle
- Fetal loss in maiden ewes
- Has the Maximiser had its day?
- Investigation of an outbreak of photosensitivity in lambs in Southland
- Jim Mathieson
- Leptospira pomona and abortions in sheep and beef cattle
- LSD Trial 2012
- Myiasis in a Dorper ewe with dermatophilosis
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Shelter for lambing - Improving lamb survival: Sheep and Beef Cattle Society involvement
- Voluntary BVD control: Challenges and what has worked for me
Issue 44 ( 2013 )
- Bovine digital dermatitis: prevention and control
- Clipping the Kiwi's wings?
- Letter from Loburn
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Nitrate toxicity in the Bay - the perfect storm
- Plantain and some associated animal health issues
- Positive response to antibiotic treatment of enteric listeriosis in ewes
- Prevention and treatment of pneumonia in sheep
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Canterbury 2013
- Salmonella Brandenburg in sheep and cattle in Otago/Southland
- Sheep and Beef Cattle Special Topic 2013
- The perils of drought feeding
- Treatment of bacterial enteritis in sheep
- Treatment of sheep with Leptospirosis
- What is your diagnosis and why?
Issue 42 ( 2012 )
- A pizzle problem
- Sheep and beef special topic
- Wormwise - has had a good drench with an effective anthelmintic
- Vaccination: Best Practice Guidelines
- Vaccination strategies for control of leptospirosis
- The effect of macrolytic lactones resistant Cooperia in healthy cattle
- Society of Sheep and Beef Veterinarians summary
- Sheep, breeders and two vets in South America
- Sedation of Rams for Shearing
- Alan Baldry Award 2012 - Stuart Bruere
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Canterbury and Otago/Southland
- Results of rumen injection survey
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Letter from Loburn
- Enteric listeriosis in 10-month-old calves
- Congenital tumours in a new born calf
- Best practitioner case presentation Award at Sheep and Beef stream of NZVA Conference in Hamilton
- Wormwise: History and relevance today
Issue 41 ( 2012 )
- Adverse weather events - a plan
- Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) label restraints
- Brucella ovis - keep your eye on the ball!
- BVD case reports in beef breeding herds in the Wairarapa
- Is a veterinarian who conducts "research" without Animal Ethics Committee ("AEC") permission committing an unlawful act?
- Leukaemia of uncertain but possibly mast cell origin in a cow - Including a brief literature review of mast cell function
- News from Australia
- News from the Northern Hemisphere - Schmallenberg disease
- Overseas ownership of farmland
- Post-castration and tail docking pain alleviation in lambs
Issue 40 ( 2011 )
- Alan Baldry Award to John Pickering
- BVD Roadshows
- Congenital protoporphyria in Limousin calves
- From the Editor's desk, President's Report
- Neil Bruere Sheep and Beef Cattle Society NZVA Scholarship Award
- News from Australia
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Professor David Michael West (Dave)
- Salmonella Brandenburg Canterbury and Otago/Southland
- Salmonella Brandenburg in post abortion vaginal samples
- Treatment of preputial prolapse in a Santa Gertrudis bull
- Trials and publications
Issue 39 ( 2011 )
- Black mastitis outbreak in a Southland sheep flock
- Brucella ovis accreditation scheme
- Enterotoxaemia in cattle - a diagnosis at last?
- Erik van Schreven
- Foetal programming in livestock for increased postnatal productivity
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Pre-lamb drench treatments - The long, the short and the nought of it
- Presumed acquired Fanconi syndrome or paradoxical glucosuria in a dairy beef heifer
- Severe lungworm infestation in an 18-month-old heifer
- Summer-autumn salmonellosis in Otago/Southland
Issue 38 ( 2010 )
- A cautionary tale on B. ovis testing
- New Zealand Wool: Pure, sustainable and on the edge
- The southern spring storm
- Serological survey of Toxoplasma gondii and Campylobacter fetus fetus in New Zealand sheep
- Salmonella Brandenburg in the South Island
- Persistent parasitism puzzles practitioners
- NZVA President's Award 2010 - Paul Hughes, Taihape
- Notifiable animal diseases
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- News from across the Tasman
- Malignant catarrhal fever - Keep it on your differential list
- A new zoonosis in NZ? Dermatophilus congolensis
- MAF evaluates use of lymphoid tissue for scrapie surveillance
- Leptospirosis in the King Country
- Farm study of a long acting drench given pre lambing
- Early days
- Dermatosparaxis in a Dorper-cross lamb in Gisborne
- Deaths in cattle associated with Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle) consumption
- Congenital Toxoplasmosis in a 3-day-old lamb
- Abamectin toxicity in calves - an under reported issue?
- Working at the top of the cliff
Issue 37 ( 2010 )
- Deaths in cattle associated with Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle) consumption
- Early days
- Farm study of a long acting drench given pre lambing
- Leptospirosis in the King Country
- MAF evaluates use of lymphoid tissue for scrapie surveillance
- New Zealand Wool: Pure, sustainable and on the edge
Issue 36 ( 2009 )
- Barley grass encephalitis in dogs
- Cerebral listeriosis outbreak on pasture
- Clostridium perfringens Type A and C. haemolyticum - Why we need them in Covexin 10
- Easier way to correcting uterine torsion
- Heifer mating: A whole farm investigation
- Inherited rickets in Corriedale sheep
- Ivermectin resistant Haemonchus contortus
- Listeriosis in weaned lambs
- Outbreak of sheep abortion due to Listeria ivanovii
- Pin oak toxicosis in cattle
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Canterbury interim report 2009
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Otago and Southland
- Toxicity in ewe hoggets
- Unusual presentation of a common condition
Issue 35 ( 2009 )
- Cull stud rams at sale yards - something to be aware of
- Dental lesions and elevated fluoride levels
- Faecal egg count reduction test follies
- How profitable are your client's beef cows?
- N.A.I.T - Federated Farmers perspective
- NAIT - Future proofing New Zealand farming
- Salmonella Brandenburg - Canterbury 2008
- Salmonella Brandenburg update from Otago and Southland
- Scabby mouth disease in vaccinated sheep - experiences in New Zealand
- Serology as an aid in the diagnosis of ovine abortion due to Campylobacter jejuni - A case study
- Why might there be a need for vitamin E by ewes in late pregnancy?
Issue 33 ( 2008 )
- Brucella ovis still affects reproductive performance in New Zealand sheep flocks
- Corrigenda
- Leptospirosis deaths in sheep
- Neospora caninum serology in sheep
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Southland, a case study and review
- Surveillance for classical scrapie
- Ticks and New Zealand's biosecurity
- What role does supplementary Vit E play in preventing perinatal lamb deaths?
Issue 34 ( 2008 )
Issue 31 ( 2007 )
- An update on Scabine
- BVD: The main diagnostic tests available
- Follow-up to report of septicaemia following vaccination of hoggets
- From over here - alopecia in new-born lambs
- How important is vitamin E in sheep?
- Human S. Brandenburg in 2006
- Managing Pain in Production Animals - Is it an Achievable Objective?
- Notes from the Palmerston North Laboratory
- Salmonella Brandenburg molecular patterns in 2006
Issue 32 ( 2007 )
- Effect of an iodised oil injection on ewe serum and urine iodine concentrations on a Southland farm
- Chronic copper toxicity in Jacob-cross sheep reared in a zoo
- Treating prolapsed uterus in ewes
- Whole flock treatment of lambs with antibiotics to control enzootic pneumonia
- Toxovax vaccine - validation of transport conditions
- Sedation of rams for shearing
- A study on polioencephalomalacia in calves
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Canterbury and Otago/Southland
- Wormwise Project - Extension 21st century
- News from the Northern Hemisphere
- Evaluation of Bulls for Breeding Soundness
Issue 29 ( 2006 )
- A Salmonella Brandenburg survey - 2005
- BVD: Main Diagnostic Tests Available
- Coming to terms with the HSNO Act
- Conclusions from a Salmonella Brandenburg survey of farmers in Western Southland
- Gore Vets Salmonella Brandenburg Survey
- Necropsy as an epidemiological tool in the investigation of diseases of sheep, with particular reference to pneumonia
- Salmonella Brandenburg 2005
- Suspect superphosphate toxicity
- Unusual case of cerebral Listeriosis
- Yew (Taxus baccata) tocicosis in Red Devon beef heifers
Issue 30 ( 2006 )
- Clostridial deaths and failure to vaccinate
- Current animal welfare issues from a Meat Works perspective
- Ewe death rates
- Report of an outbreak of septicaemia and infection following vaccination of hoggets
- Review of effects of age at castra-tion on live weight gain
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Canterbury
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Otago and Southland 2006
- Snow in Canterbury June 2006
Issue 27 ( 2005 )
- A piece of history
- ACVM Information
- Bull test survey 2003 and 2004
- Hypomagnasaemia in dry ewes
- Mulesing - a rapidly changing situation
- Plant poisonings in cattle - two recent cases
- Salmonella Brandenburg - update on the pattern in animals and humans 2004
- Scabby mouth in lambs - foot form
- Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians and Drench Resistance
- VetSouth - joint marketing adds value for clients
Issue 28 ( 2005 )
- "Refugia" - Friend or Foe
- Bearing Good News?
- BVD Control in Bulls
- BVD Symposium Establishes BVD Steering Committee
- Estimates of the prevalence and impressions of the spread of Salmonella Brandenburg disease in sheep
- Ewe lamb growth rates on the North Otago monitor farm
- Further update on BVD Steering Committee
- Huntaway harassment
- Organic copper supplementation study to twin bearing ewes prelamb
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Canterbury
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Otago and Southland 2004
- Sudden deaths in mixed age ewes - An outbreak of Pasteurella trephalosi septacaemia
- Suspected inherited rickets in Corriedale sheep
Issue 26 ( 2004 )
- Blacks disease in sheep
- Campylobacter abortions with ewe deaths
- Calf deaths
- Comment on the Campylobacter outbreak
- L-tryptophan toxicity in a cow grazing Barkant turnips
- Pathology images of ovine abortion
- Iodine Deficiency in New Zealand in Brassicas
- Resistant worms!
- Safe scanning techniques in beef cattle
- Further up the East Coast ... with apologies to Mac
- Salmonella Brandenburg abortions in North Canterbury
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Canterbury
- Salmonella Brandenburg in Otago and Southland 2004