SUMMER 2014 XMAS HOURS EVENT VE VETS ATTEND POOCH RACING GOING ON HOLIDAY? SUNDAY 2ND NOVEMBER It was a fun day for all involved - with breed specific races such as Fittest Terriers, Petite Paws, Speedsters and the Woofa’s Cup. VE vets sponsored the “VE Vets Velocity Race” which saw all kinds of dogs from Chihuahuas to Great Danes compete. There were also non-racing events such as the “Owner and Pooch look-a-like” and “Rex factor” and agility displays from the Cambridge Agility group. We thoroughly enjoyed being part of such a fun and worthwhile day • Ensure your pets are up to date with vaccination and their certificate is current • If they require a booster allow at least 2 weeks before boarding (more if the vaccines have lapsed) • Also ensure flea control is applied to prevent them bringing home un eaten friends • Make sure you stock up on food and medications before your holiday CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS CLOSED Dec 25-26 and Jan 1-2, but otherwise will be open for business as usual - including the Saturday morning clinics. For any emergency’s during the closed periods please contact, Waikato After Hours Vet Hamilton Ph: 07 839 5656 The team at VE vets want to wish you and your furry friends a safe and happy Festive Season. TE AWAMUTU 442 Sloane Street Phone 07 871 3091 Email: [email protected] www.vevets.co.nz In November the second annual Pooch Racing event was held in Cambridge. This was a community event to help raise money and awareness for non-profit organisations dedicated to helping animals. KITTY HEALTH KOOL KITTENS The staff at VE vets want to help you raise a happy, healthy and well behaved kitten who enjoys trips to the vets. Too often our adult cat patients are stressed by coming to the clinic making it unpleasant for them and their vets! This can mean that giving treatments becomes a negative experience for them and a difficult task for us. Our dedicated nurses have started a Kool Kitten Club which provides FREE clinics for your kitten. Clinics include socialisation, husbandry, handling, nutrition and total wellbeing. Members of the Kool Kitten Club will also benefit from FREE flea treatments, toys, health checks and food samples, as well as discounted de-sexing, booster vaccinations and micro-chipping. Please phone the clinic to book your kitten in. FIV IN CATS GO IN THE DRAW TO WIN $75 BACK! One lucky customer who completes the FIV course in their cat will win back $75. Offer available until the end of February 2015. New Zealand is a country with high levels of FIV in the cat population ranging from 7% in healthy cats to 27% in sick cats. FIV (the feline form of HIV) is the precursor to cat AIDs, and is spread via bite wounds from an FIV positive cat. All cats with outdoor access are ultimately at risk of contracting FIV - cats that fight regularly are at a particularly high risk. There is no treatment or cure for an FIV infected cat. While some infected cats show no obvious signs of disease, others may display weight loss, painful gums and dental disease, eye lesions, chronic infections, cancer or neurological disease. As happens in AIDS, the immune system becomes too weak to fight off infections eventually resulting in death. Vaccination is the only way to prevent contracting FIV and we recommend it for all cats and kittens with outdoor access. There is a vaccine available which requires three doses at 2-4 week intervals to build immunity, which must be followed up with annual boosters to maintain the best chance of protection. The FIV vaccine is safe and effective. Talk with your veterinarian today about making sure your cat has the best vaccination program in place to provide protection against all preventable diseases including FIV. ORAL FLEA PRODUCTS WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY WORK? There are now several oral (tablet form) flea control products. Although it can be unnerving to think you are giving you pet something orally which is used to control pests on their outside – it is actually quite reassuring to know that these products are extremely safe. Comfortis has been on the market for over a year now and we rarely see any side effects. Its active ingredient Spinosad was discovered naturally occurring in soil microbes. Similarly, the active ingredient in Nexgard (Afoxalaner) is derived from a compound found in sea molluscs. The advantages of these products is their fast kill-time on fleas and the fact they can’t wash off like some topical products. Here is a rundown of the products we stock in the clinic: COMFORTIS Can be used from 14wks of age in cats and dogs Give with a meal Kills fleas for 4 wks Sold as singles or in packs of 6 NEXGARD Can be used from 8 wks of age in dogs Give as a treat Kills fleas and ticks for 4 wks Sold as singles or in 3 packs BRAVECTO Safe from 8wks of age in dogs; safe in breeding/ lactating bitches Give with a meal Kills fleas and ticks for 12 wks Sold as singles FIV COURSE WIN $75 BACK (offer ends end Feb 2015) REVOLUTION currently with every packet of Revolution purchased you will go in the draw to WIN vet care for life (offer ends 15 Jan) We also still stock a range of topical products – Frontline, Advantage, Advocate and Revolution, plus the 8-month flea/tick collar Seresto – so please ask a staff member which product will best suit your pet. COMFORTIS $10 OFF EVERY PACKET COMPETITION WINNER Big congratulations to our Frontline Winner. Bill and Faye Jenkins Te Awamutu One lucky customer who completes the FIV course in their cat will win back $75. (until 16 Jan 2015) SERESTO $10 OFF EVERY COLLAR (until 31 Jan 2015) Treat yo ur pets flea an d tick fre now with Sere sto and AND in e to Autu from Spring keep th th m in one easy ap n. All from on rough Summ em plicatio er e long-la n. sting co llar, Buy a n in Octo y Seresto C $10.0 0 ber and rec ollar e OFF a t VE V ive ets! Offer expir Call the es 31/01/20 15. clinic for more inf o. Seresto® ACVM is a registered act 1997 trad , No. A107 emark of 50. Baye Bayer AG, Leverkus r NZ Ltd, en, 3 Argu s Place, Germany. Sere Hillcrest, sto® Auckland is registered , www.bay purs eranimal uant to the .co.nz Admin Manager: Mandy Merson | Trading Manager: Bill Barker Receptionists: Les, Sonja, Sylv, Cherie & Christine | Nurses: Kate, Amy, Tania & Kerrie Veterinarians: Steve Herbert BVSc; Andrew Mansell BVSc; Paul Truscott BVSc; Julian Usher BVMed; Susan Lyon BVSc; Bridget Dallinger BVSc; Petra Price BVSc; Patrick Foley BVSc; Jess Salisbury BVSc; Mike Conlon BVSc; Leanne Norman BVSc 442 Sloane Street, Te Awamutu | Phone 07 871 3091 | www.vevets.co.nz