Large Animals

Antibiotics

There is no doubt that antibiotics play a vital role in the treatment of many animal diseases. However, like many aspects of agriculture, there is increasing pressure from outside interest groups to restrict their use in food producing animals - read more

Animal Remedies

Every year thousands of animals in Australia are treated with prescription drugs, without reference to a veterinarian. Some of these medicines have been acquired “legally” over the counter at the local veterinary clinic by “bone fide clients”. Some have been acquired by post from a veterinarian (quite often in another state) after a phone consultation. Some have been accessed via the internet often from another state (or country) and believe it or not, some are actually human medicines that the owner may be taking or bought, after talking their doctor into a script for their animal - read more

Post Caval Syndrome

Dairy farmers in regions where large quantities of concentrate are fed often report sporadic sudden death in cows with significant blood loss from both mouth and nostrils.
These cows have bled out from damaged blood vessels in the lung. It is also common to find a big pool of blood in the yard after milking and it takes a little detective work to find the culprit. Feedlot cattle are perhaps even more susceptible to this condition.

So whats the cause? - read more