Please find below links to recent articles written by Awanui Veterinary staff for VetScript, New Zealand Veterinary Journal and other publications.
Companion animals
- Under the skin – skin tumours in guinea pigs (VS Aug/Sep 2025)
- Canine BRAF mutation detection (VS June/July 2025)
- Skin deep – dog with rare autoimmune condition (VS Feb/March 2025)
- Hormone troubles – Addison’s disease in dogs (VS Dec 2024 / Jan 2025)
- An unusual eyesore – conjunctivitis in a rooster with canine implications (VS Oct/Nov 2024)
- Cellulitis in cats (VS Aug/Sep 2024)
- Liver trouble – diagnosis and treatment of chronic canine hepatitis (VS Feb/March 2024)
- On a cellular level – improving diagnostic quality of cytology samples (VS Dec 2023/Jan 2024
- Investigating peri-anaesthetic mortality (VS Oct/Nov 2023)
- Skin signs – diagnosing feline leprosy (VS Aug/Sep 2023)
- Skin deep – cytology as a tool for dermatophytosis (VS Oct/Nov 2022)
- Expecting the unexpected – parasitic lameness in a young dog (VS Aug/Sep 2022)
- Down in the mouth – prevalence of oral cavity proliferative lesions in dogs (VS Jun/Jul 2023)
- Smear campaign – importance of blood smear examination (VS Jun/Jul 2022)
- Behind the iron panel – understanding iron deficiency (VS Feb/March 2022)
- A tricky tumour to diagnose – no ordinary soft tissue sarcoma (VS Dec 2021)
- Avian post-mortem – a how to guide (VS Oct/Nov 2021)
- Feline pancreatitis – an update (VS Aug/Sep 2021)
- The strange case of a swollen lymph node (VS June/July 2021
- Vitamin toxicity in cats and dogs – uncommon but potentially devastating (VS April/May 2021)
- Canine infectious hepatitis – it’s still out there (VS September 2020)
- Feline cryptococcosis – the search for the source (VS August 2020)
- Toxoplasmosis (pulmonary) in a puppy (VS May 2020)
- Salt toxicity in cats – a lick too far (VS February 2020)
- Diagnosis and management of canine and feline urinary tract infections (November 2019)
- Endocrine testing – the trials and tribulations (VS October 2019)
- Breed-specific haematology in companion animals: One size does not necessarily fit all (VS July 2019)
- Was it clostridial? How do we prove it? (VetScript April 2019)
- In-house diagnostics: mean cell haemoglobin concentration as a quality tool in haematology (VetScript February 2019)
- Cytology and biopsy of neoplastic lesions (NZVA conference proceedings 2018)
- Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to Ancylostoma caninum infection (VetScript November 2018)
- Fanconi Syndrome (VetScript August 2018)
- Campylobacter culture in cats and dogs – money well spent? (VetScript May 2018)
- Leptospirosis in dogs: is infection increasing, and is there a need to consider multiple serovars? (VetScript April 2018)
- Margin Call (VetScript February 2018)
- Canine indolent lymphoma – why do we need to know about it? (VetScript November 2017)
- Can cytology provide prognostic information in canine cutaneous mast cell tumours? (VetScript August 2017)
- Haematology challenge – feline anaemia and icterus (VetScript September 2016)
- An uncommon case – feline fungal rhinitis (VetScript July 2016)
Production animals
- Fever pitch – malignant catarrhal fever in NZ cattle and deer (VS Dec 2025/Jan 2026)
- Helicoccus ovis – an emerging pathogen in NZ? (Hoofprint Jun 2025)
- An unusual eyesore – conjunctivitis in a rooster with canine implications (VS Oct/Nov 2024)
- FECRTs performed on cattle – 2023-2024 (Hoofprint Sep 2024)
- Salmonella Bovismorbificans: Epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility in New Zealand cattle HoofPrint June 2024
- A bothersome bacteria – overview of listeria in ruminants (VS April/May 2024)
- Recognising and diagnosing leptospirosis in lambs (VS Apr/May 2023)
- A gut reaction – causes of peritonitis in cattle (VS Feb/March 2023)
- A virulent virus – malignant catarrhal fever (VS Dec 2022)
- Diagnosing bacterial pneumonia in cattle (VS Apr/May 2022)
- Sneaky Salmonella (VetScript June 2020)
- Zinc toxicity in cattle (VetScript August 2019)
- Causes of bovine and ovine abortions diagnosed using PCR at Awanui Veterinary laboratories 2016–2018 (VetScript May 2019)
- Was it clostridial? How do we prove it? (VetScript April 2019)
- Mycoplasma ovis infection in a New Zealand sheep flock (NZVA conference proceedings 2018)
- Calf diarrhoea diagnostics (VetScript October 2018)
- Enteric listeriosis of sheep and cattle (VetScript July 2018)
- Update on anthelmintic resistance – sheep & cattle (VetScript June 2018)
- Zinc toxicity in dairy heifer calves associated with intra-ruminal bolus administration (HoofPrint NZ March 2018)
- Margin Call (VetScript February 2018)
- Clinical haematology and biochemistry profiles of cattle naturally infected with Theileria orientalis Ikeda type in New Zealand (NZVJ November 2017)
- Cluster analysis of the clinical histories of cattle affected with bovine anaemia associated with Theileria orientalis Ikeda type infection (NZVJ August 2017)
- The ins and outs abdominocentesis (VetScript July 2017)
Equine
- Grey area – genetics of greying and melanocytic neoplasia in grey horses (VS Ovt/Nov 2025)
- Best foot forward – investigative approach to laminitis (VS Apr/May 2025)
- Increased respiratory effort in horses – catch your breath (VetScript February 2021)
- Fatal Clostridium difficile enterocolitis in Thoroughbred foals (VetScript March 2020)
- Was it clostridial? How do we prove it? (VetScript April 2019)
- Margin Call (VetScript February 2018)