VetEnt is the trading name for veterinary practices owned by Veterinary Enterprises Group, a privately owned veterinary business, with branches centred at Waipa (Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, Te Kuiti); King Country (Taumarunui) East Coast (Gisborne, Wairoa, Napier, Havelock North) and South Canterbury (Ashburton and Timaru).  There are 65 veterinarians employed by VetEnt throughout New Zealand predominantly servicing dairy, sheep, beef, grazing operations and companion animal.  We offer comprehensive 24 hr/7 day emergency and routine veterinary services with an additional focus on contract research for pharmaceutical companies and preventative animal health programmes. VetEnt is New Zealands largest veterinary business with a wide range of capabilities.

We provide emergency and routine veterinary services to all animal species that is expected of rural veterinary practices. We strive for excellence and best practice in what we do and take a proactive approach to servicing the needs of our clients. Our focus is on continual improvement in our capabilities adding value to our clients farming operations.

We can offer farmers:

• Mastitis Consultancy
• Reproductive services and advice
• Nutrition Consultancy
• Lameness Consultancy
• Contract Research Capability
• Farm staff Training
• Sheep for Profit information management and analytic software

Infovet for an farm secure web based information management software package that consolidates your farm animal health information.

Amongst our 65 vets, we have a number with special interests: 

• Adrian Joe is a foundation member of the National Mastitis Advisory Committee and was a member of the original group that developed the SAMM plan. Ex chairman Vet Learn Foundation. He has presented at numerous overseas and New Zealand veterinary conferences and farmer meetings on mastitis and reproduction.

• Steve Cranefield initiated and developed the Leptosure programme and conducted pregnancy testing training on behalf of the Dairy Cattle Veterinarians at numerous venues throughout New Zealand.

• Chris Mulvaney is an advisor to two large scale farm business improvement projects and Manages several extensive on-farm research projects including iodine deficiency in pregnant ewes, long acting drench treatments, cost benefits of cattle worm control programmes, drench resistance, footrot and lice in sheep.

• Don MacColl was involved in MRDC monitor farms, industry video productions, AgResearch mentor groups and NZVA special interest group - office holder and conference contributor. He was involved in developing VeTech, a farmer funded animal health management programme for our sheep and beef clients and developing a freeze brand identification technique for pig dogs.  He is currently a director of Pasture Peak, Veterinary Enterprises and Agrinetworks, and also facilitates the Veterinary Enterprises Practice Support programme for new graduate employees.

• Ben Hodgson has interests in Sheep and Beef Cattle, Working Dogs, Deer and Horse work. He has strong involvement with Drystock, working with Clients throughout the northern King Country, Waitomo and Waipa Districts. He has particular interests in Beef Cattle reproduction and Trace Element management.

• Julian Usher has worked in dairy practice in the UK and New Zealand and is passionate about all aspects of dairy medicine. He has particular interests in lameness and reproductive problems and is both a DairyNZ Healthy Hoof advisor and a DairyNZ Incalf advisor.

• Ian Hodge has been working at Riverside Vets, which is a member of the Veterinary Enterprises Group of practices, for 10 years as a dairy practitioner. He is a member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (dairy cattle medicine) and now is working as a mastitis consultant in the South Island.