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Farm Animal Services at West Gippsland Vet Care
West Gippsland Vet Care offers a large range of services to cater for all farm animals. Our facilities at our Warragul clinic include a dedicated calf hospital and surgery, cattle ramp and crush and holding paddocks.
Our highly experiences team are assisted by state of the art equipment such as mobile tipper trailer, cattle flotation tank, in-house laboratory for diagnostic testing including blood tests and milk culture. Listed below are just some of the services on offer.
Warragul
Drouin
24 Hour Emergency Service
Our veterinarian service offers 24-hour emergency assistance.
You can reach us at Warragul on (03) 5623-4822, or Drouin (03) 5625-1707 at any time.
Cattle Reproductive Services
Our experienced team of cattle veterinarians can provide the full range of reproductive services. Such services include reproductive ultrasound for pregnancy diagnosis with accurate foetal ageing, metrichecking post calving, non-cyclers, ovarian cyst drainage and foetal sexing. We also offer bull fertility testing, bull semen collection and storage and semen morphology assessment of fresh and frozen semen.
Expertise in Gross Pathology
We are experienced in visually determining a variety of health conditions with precision and accuracy – through the processing of a surgical specimen, or during an autopsy. This can help determine a range of health issues critical to the overall wellbeing of your livestock.
Herd Health Programs
Our team at West Gippsland Vet Care, Drouin and Warragul, are experienced in partnering with farmers to instill herd health programs that cater to the individual needs of their livestock. We offer advice and support for a range of health concerns, including mastitis, reproductive failure, nutrition and disease control in all ages of beef and dairy cattle.
Mastitis And Milk Quality Consultancy
We offer mastitis prevention and control, as well as milk quality consultancy. We can provide support and advice on reducing and treating instances of environmental and contagious mastitis during milking times and drying off, and monitor colostrum levels in milk for optimal health outcomes in young livestock.
Nutritional Advice
We offer advice and consultancy on how to provide and maintain optimal nutrition levels in livestock. This includes tailoring diets to calves, yearlings and adult miking dairy or beef cows. Our team can help in ration formulation and problem solving nutritional issues in a herd. This includes individual animal and feed testing and incorporating this information into an advanced ration formulation program for precision feeding. Transition feeding monitoring with blood and urine testing is also available
Farm Animal Medicine & Surgery
We offer diagnostic services and facilitate surgical procedures for farm animals.
Surgical procedures commonly performed are LDA and RDA corrections, eyelid and eyeball cancer removals, and a range of claw lesion corrections. Our team is dedicated and skilled in surgery for farm animals – we pride ourselves on our ability to serve and care for a variety of farm animals with professional expertise.
Calf Dehorning
We offer a calf dehorning service. This involves deep sedation, nerve blocking, topical and systemic anti-inflammatories, in conjunction with gas dehorning. This ensures a pain free procedure, with a pain free recovery period to optimise growth and health post disbudding.
Lameness
Our vets have many years of experience treating lameness in cattle. We have a mobile tipping crush which can be used for both cows and bulls. Lameness and corrective trimming can be quickly and safely performed with minimal stress to the animal. Heifer teat sealing and teat surgery can also be performed in the trailer.
Calf Hospital
We are very proud of our calf facility located at the warragul premises. This facility includes a hospital area for sick calves receiving intravenous fluid and plasma therapy. Our knowledge on neonatal care is state of the art and we employ the latest techniques to ensure optimal outcomes for sick calves.
As part of the calf unit is a surgical facility which provides a sterile area for abdominal and orthopaedic procedures. We are skilled at umbilical hernia repair and a range of acute abdominal conditions which require surgery.
“I don’t go anywhere else”
★★★★★
I have been a client of this practice for about 30 years I have had consultations with cattle, horse, dogs, and cats.
Most of the time it’s just yearly injections and wormers but have on the odd occassion thave horses stitched up and several of our animals have had to be put to sleep for various reasons such as bone cancer.
I had one dog that got kicked by a cow and had his jaw broken in three places. They managed to put him back together so I had my cattle dog for another six or seven years. I highly recommend them. I don’t go anywhere else.
– Jenny L., 5-Star iRecall Review
Book an appointment with one of the most experienced veterinarians in Gippsland today!
West Gippsland Vet Care Warragul
West Gippsland Vet Care Drouin
We have a 24/7 Emergency Service
(Available to Existing Clients Only)
We have a 24/7 Emergency Service
(Available to Existing Clients Only)
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Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 5:30pm
Sat: 8:30am - 12pm
Visit Us
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 5:30pm
Sat: 8:30am - 12pm
West Gippsland Vet Care Warragul
We have a 24/7 Emergency Service
(Available to Existing Clients Only)
Visit Us
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 5:30pm
Sat: 8:30am - 12pm
West Gippsland Vet Care Drouin
We have a 24/7 Emergency Service
(Available to Existing Clients Only)
Visit Us
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 5:30pm
Sat: 8:30am - 12pm
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