Putaruru Veterinary Services 2023

24/12/2025

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from all of us at Putaruru Veterinary Services! ✨🎄

🐾💚 Thank you for trusting us to care for your beloved animals this year – it’s been a pleasure! Here’s to a festive season and a fantastic New Year ahead. 🎅🎁
Stay safe, stay merry, and give your pets an extra treat from us! 🎉🐶🐱

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
— The Putaruru Vets Crew

22/12/2025

Technology is coming and we’re here for it! Both Axel and Lore spent the last month doing early empty detection (around 21-30 days post mating) across a couple of our wearable herds. Using the Doppler setting on our new IMV ultrasound scanner we can see tiny heartbeats and blood flow, and our AI‑assisted image analysis helps us locate and assess the corpus luteum (CL) quickly. That combo gives extra confidence early on for confirming pregnancies sooner. 💙💙

We’ve been pairing scanning with:
• Intervention programmes (think CIDRs/Ovsynch) to tighten mating decisions and lift submission rates
• Wearables (heat/rumination/activity) to line up data with scan findings and reduce phantom pregnancies
• Early CL assessment (~21 days) to identify empties sooner, so you can rebreed earlier and keep your calving pattern on track

Besides that, Putāruru vets hosted a NZVA bovine scanning/aging course where Jo and Lizzy got brushed up on their scanning skills, including aging and even sexing calves around 60days!

Bring on scanning season! 😊

Southern Reproductive

05/12/2025

🎄✨ What a night at the Pride in Putāruru Christmas Parade!
Santa had a little hiccup with his reindeer 🦌… but don’t worry – Putāruru Vets to the rescue! We made sure every reindeer was Fit for Transport and ready for the big Christmas Eve journey! 🎅🏽 ✨

We didn’t just save Christmas – we took home Business Category Winner AND Overall Winner! 🏆🎉

A massive THANK YOU to all the amazing volunteers who make these events possible 🌟

🎶 Turn your sound on to listen to the Putāruru Vets Christmas 2025 soundtrack 😂

01/12/2025

The rain made way for sun as we kicked off the festive season with our paddock lunch, and we couldn’t think of a better way to start than sharing great food and great company. 🎄

🔥 50kg of lamb, beef, and pork had been sizzling away all week, and it was worth every minute of preparation. Thank you to everyone who joined us today – and for the ones that didn’t, maybe next year ? 😅

A huge thank you for all your ongoing support – we truly appreciate it!

03/11/2025

Good coffee, good yarns and Rumenox ready to go! Putaruru Veterinary Services 2023 - contact Axel or the team to keep your herd protected this bloat season. 🐄

25/10/2025

A whole basket of wriggly, waggy-tailed pups dropped into Lore’s consult room for their vax, worming, and health checks — and completely stole the show last week! Now they’re all set for their new families! 💕

With just 8 Fridays ‘til Christmas 🎄 , it’s a good time to check your pet’s vaccination status. If they’re heading to the kennels, they’ll need to be up to date! 🐾 ✅

21/10/2025

A couple weeks ago Axel had a rare and exciting find during autumn herd scanning — triplets detected in one of the cows! 🎉

Triplet pregnancies in cattle are extremely rare, occurring in less than 0.01% of cases — that’s about 1 in 10,000!

The head is one of the most reliable anatomical landmarks for identifying and ageing the foetus, especially during early-mid gestation. In rare cases like triplets, identifying three distinct heads is the most definitive way to confirm multiple foetuses. The head is easier to distinguish than limbs or body segments, especially when foetuses are tightly packed 🐮

20/10/2025

🏈🇳🇿 We’re incredibly proud to support our local flag football star Sarah as she represents New Zealand at the World Championships in Ningbo, China! 🌏

Go smash it, Sarah! Wishing you heaps of luck, loads of fun, and a few epic touchdowns too. We’re all cheering for you from back home! 🎉🙌

03/09/2025

We’re stoked to support our local legends and their animals.

Got a lamb, calf, or kid entered in your school’s AG Day? Bring them in for their FREE 5-in-1 vaccination – and we can take care of docking too!

We’ve also put together some handy handouts with tips and tricks for rearing your AG Day animals – perfect for first-timers or anyone wanting a refresher. Just ask us for a copy when you pop in!

Message Putaruru Vets or give us a buzz for all the details.

28/08/2025

🌾 Make time to take a break! 🥪
Join WaWaikato Hauraki Coromandel Rural Support Trustor a relaxing brunch at the Putāruru Timber Museum tomorrow!

📅 Friday, August 29
🕥 10:30AM – 12:30PM
📍 Putāruru Timber Museum
Come enjoy good food, great company, and a chance to connect. Whether you’re done with calving, or only halfway there, take moment to recharge and socialise! 🌟
No RSVP needed – just bring yourself and your appetite!
👋 We’ll try to be there too – if our busy schedule allows!

PUTĀRURU - see you tomorrow 10:30am-12:30pm for great food and a warm welcome at The NZ Timber Museum. No RSVP, no speeches or formalities - just friendly faces and well deserved free hot meal with your locals. Tag a mate and bring them along!

📍 2331 State Highway 1, Lichfield 3482
For more info: www.rural-support.org.nz/events

24/08/2025

We’re proud to support the junior players from our local Putāruru Rugby Club! Everyone looked sharp this season in their new kit 💪🏽