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Search results for "Animal health services"
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Health and Safety Conversation Prompts
Use these conversation prompts to help you have great conversations with contractors about getting work done safely.
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•People
•Health and Safety Conversation Prompts

Use these conversation prompts to help you have great conversations with contractors about getting work done safely.
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•People
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Pest animals (Waterway Technote)
Animal pests can cause havoc on your farm, ruin your planting and cause major problems in and around waterways.
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•Environment
•Pest animals (Waterway Technote)
Animal pests can cause havoc on your farm, ruin your planting and cause major problems in and around waterways.
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•Environment
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Animal Welfare (Painful Husbandry Procedures) - Code of Welfare 2005
This code covers all painful husbandry procedures and provides specific information for castration, tail docking, and disbudding and dehorning.
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•Welfare
•Animal Welfare (Painful Husbandry Procedures) - Code of Welfare 2005

This code covers all painful husbandry procedures and provides specific information for castration, tail docking, and disbudding and dehorning.
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•Welfare
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Health and safety meeting minutes
Use this template to record health and safety meeting notes.
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•Health and safety
•Health and safety meeting minutes

Use this template to record health and safety meeting notes.
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•Health and safety
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Health And Safety Acknowledgement
Go through the list of points with your employee to confirm they understand and agree.
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•Health and safety
•Health And Safety Acknowledgement

Go through the list of points with your employee to confirm they understand and agree.
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•Health and safety
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Example Health And Safety Policy
Use this example policy as a starter for your own farm health and safety policy.
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•Health and safety
•Example Health And Safety Policy

Use this example policy as a starter for your own farm health and safety policy.
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•Health and safety
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Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD) Terms Agreed
DairyNZ and LIC formal agreement setting out the terms of the transfer of the Core Database.
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•Breeding decisions
•Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD) Terms Agreed

DairyNZ and LIC formal agreement setting out the terms of the transfer of the Core Database.
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•Breeding decisions
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Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD) Review Summary 2012
Summary of a review carried out in 2012 on the New Zealand Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD).
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•Breeding decisions
•Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD) Review Summary 2012

Summary of a review carried out in 2012 on the New Zealand Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD).
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•Breeding decisions
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Does Once-a-Day (OAD) Milking Improve Animal Welfare?
Proceedings of The Once-a-Day Milking Conference.
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•Milking
•Does Once-a-Day (OAD) Milking Improve Animal Welfare?
Proceedings of The Once-a-Day Milking Conference.
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•Milking
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Submission to the National Animal Identification and Tracing Amendment Bill (No. 2) (28 August 2019)
DairyNZ submission to the primary production select committee on the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) amendment Bill in 2019
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•Regulations
•Submission to the National Animal Identification and Tracing Amendment Bill (No. 2) (28 August 2019)
DairyNZ submission to the primary production select committee on the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) amendment Bill in 2019
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•Regulations
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Smartsamm Guideline 25 - Test service and upgrade milking machines
Test, service and upgrade milking machines
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•Mastitis
•Smartsamm Guideline 25 - Test service and upgrade milking machines

Test, service and upgrade milking machines
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•Mastitis
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Smartsamm Guideline 24 - Service teat spray units and review teat disinfectant
Service teat spray units and review teat disinfectant
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•Mastitis
•Smartsamm Guideline 24 - Service teat spray units and review teat disinfectant

Service teat spray units and review teat disinfectant
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•Mastitis
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PlantainPlantain is a herb that grows in New Zealand and is liked by animals, with a fibrous and coarse root system. This page discusses its various uses on dairy farms.
Feed•11 min read
Plantain

Plantain is a herb that grows in New Zealand and is liked by animals, with a fibrous and coarse root system. This page discusses its various uses on dairy farms.
Feed•11 min read
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Flexible Milking ProjectLooking for information on milking three times in two days? This research programme will investigate the human, animal and pasture response to milking three times in two days (3-in-2).
Research•3 min read
Flexible Milking Project

Looking for information on milking three times in two days? This research programme will investigate the human, animal and pasture response to milking three times in two days (3-in-2).
Research•3 min read
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Moving dayMoving Day is a big day in the farming calendar and requires good planning and communication to ensure success. For some, Moving Day not only involves shifting a household of belongings, but it also involves relocating farm equipment and animals.
Business•5 min read
Moving day

Moving Day is a big day in the farming calendar and requires good planning and communication to ensure success. For some, Moving Day not only involves shifting a household of belongings, but it also involves relocating farm equipment and animals.
Business•5 min read
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Inside Dairy - New dry cow advice supports selective useMatching the right treatment to the right cow at dry-off protects herd health and the long-term effectiveness of antibiotics.
Inside Dairy•3 Mar 2026
•2 min read
Inside Dairy - New dry cow advice supports selective use
Matching the right treatment to the right cow at dry-off protects herd health and the long-term effectiveness of antibiotics.
Inside Dairy•3 Mar 2026
•2 min read
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Types of lamenessLameness in New Zealand's dairy herds is primarily caused by five types of hoof lesions. This page shows what each looks like, which claws are affected, and the main risk factors. Understanding how they occur helps ensure the health of your herd.
Animal•3 min read
Types of lameness

Lameness in New Zealand's dairy herds is primarily caused by five types of hoof lesions. This page shows what each looks like, which claws are affected, and the main risk factors. Understanding how they occur helps ensure the health of your herd.
Animal•3 min read
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Inside Dairy - Working towards cooler cowsDairyNZ researchers have mapped regions where cows are most at risk from rising temperatures, and are developing resources to help farmers mitigate the effects of excessive heat load on their animals, which can impact feed intake and milk production.
Inside Dairy•9 Dec 2025
•4 min read
Inside Dairy - Working towards cooler cows
DairyNZ researchers have mapped regions where cows are most at risk from rising temperatures, and are developing resources to help farmers mitigate the effects of excessive heat load on their animals, which can impact feed intake and milk production.
Inside Dairy•9 Dec 2025
•4 min read

