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Vets are encouraging farmers to prepare for a dry summer and to figure out how best to manage livestock through this time.

Summertime brings its own demands on hard-working King Country dogs that work the hills and valleys for their bosses, day in and day out.

The vets’ national body says it is looking forward to greater transparency and enforceability of animal welfare standards when the Animal Welfare Act Amendment Bill is passed in mid-2015.

COWS THAT have become ill, with some dying, after grazing on swede crops has seen veterinarians in Southland practices at the forefront of dealing with this animal health issue.

The New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) is appealing to all New Zealand communities to work together with veterinarians to ensure all antimicrobials are used wisely.

Rural Women New Zealand will highlight the devastating impacts on families of leptospirosis, a disease that can be passed from infected animals to humans, at the New Zealand Veterinary Association conference in Hamilton next week.

Massey University will spend $75 million upgrading and expanding New Zealand's only veterinary school, increasing its capacity to train vets by 180 students.