Lifestyle Factsheets

Yearly animal health planner for your lifestyle block sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, alpaca and their young.

The answers to 5 commonly asked Lifestyle Block questions including appropriate animal numbers for your block size, vaccination, drenching, breeding & rearing.

Every lifestyle block with stock should have stockyards or pens to ensure handling your stock is easier and safer.

Learn the key facts around the internal parasites which affect sheep and the treatment and management practices throughout their life cycle.

Unlike sheep & cattle, goats remain susceptible to internal parasites throughout their lives.

Learn key facts about cattle drenching, including treatment & prevention, when to use and how to manage.

Abomasal bloat can cause up to 30% of reared lambs to die before weaning. Learn about causes, prevention & yoghurtising milk.

Many NZ pet sheep are overweight and this can make them prone to a whole lot of health issues.

There are 3 main external parasites to watch out for in sheep in NZ – ticks, lice & flystrike. Learn about prevention & treatment.

Foot scald and foot rot are bacterial infections in the feet of hooved animals: sheep, goats & cattle. Even pigs and alpaca may be affected. Learn what to look for and how to treat.