Oamaru
The Oamaru Veterinary practice is the regions leading veterinary service provider. After serving the Waitaki region for over 30 years they boast a team with an incredible wealth of experience. Alongside this experience comes a drive for furthering education, ensuring they can offer clients gold-standard and cutting edge care and advice for both pets and farming clients.
With dedicated small animal veterinarians overseeing patient care, an enthusiastic team of support staff, and a suite of diagnostic and surgical equipment (including ultrasound) the clinic is well placed to serve your pets needs. Our staff have a high level of experience and knowledge in all surgical procedures, with complicated soft-tissue surgery and advanced orthopaedic procedures routinely being performed. Having in-house blood analysers and staff with a high level of training in cytological examination means a quick turn-around for diagnosis of sick patients. With the clinic open Monday to Friday 8am – 5.30pm, Saturday 9am - 4pm, and Sunday 10am - 12pm our team is readily available to help you and your pet with both routine procedures and emergencies.
Oamaru Veterinary Services has long been seen as a specialist Dairy practice, but retains strong skills in the areas of Sheep and Beef, Deer, and Horses. The practice boasts skilled ambulatory vets, as well as trained In-Calf, Healthy Hoof, Mastitis, and Nutrition advisors who can help with your animal health planning, as well as assisting in disease investigations. Whether it be a sick animal or whole farm advice our vets goals are to work with your business to drive profitability by offering you gold-standard service and advice. Contact our team today to take your farming venture to a new level.
You will find our 14 vets situated in our purpose built building on Thames Street. Just follow the "Big Blue Cross".
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311 Thames Street Oamaru, 9400 Phone (03) 434 5666 Fax (03) 434 5661 |
