While Scan Spec is a recent endeavour, our team has been in the New Zealand dairy farming industry for over 35 years. Based in Waikato, we have been providing the best care and imaging techniques possible since director Lief Johansen formally started the company in 2009 to provide a more personal approach to animal pregnancy testing and ultra sound scanning. Lief’s history began when he and a colleague introduced Dairy Herd Scanning to the New Zealand dairy farmer. This provoked worldwide interest. Following on from that venture, Scan Spec NZ Ltd was created to provide farmers a greater choice of expertise in a profession that had become tainted with less than optimum results.
About Us
Dairy Herd Ultra Sound Scanning in Waikato
Having a vested interest, Scan Spec NZ Ltd aim to benefit the future of Dairy Farming by employing cost effective, comprehensive and up to date ultra sound pregnancy testing practices in the Waikato district. Our state of the art methods provide unbeatable on farm ultrasound scanning results that are crucial in meeting the demands of our progressive and diversifying industry.
What We Offer
Modest fees, since we are not a franchise with conglomerate overheads.
Person to person professional consultation.
20 years of ultra sound scanning experience during 35 years in the Dairy industry.
Technical advantage through years of personally developing cutting edge pregnancy scanning systems that have been accepted as the industry standard.
Our technicians are Qualified AB technicians and experienced Dairy farmers.
On Site Data Recording, & “MINDA".
Our experience and expertise in ultra sound scanning is unparalleled. While sheep pregnancy scanning had become common practice; the ultra sound pregnancy testing of dairy herds was deemed impractical. This presented a problem for our industry which we have overcome through dedicated research and skilled application of the resulting technical innovations. Based in Morrinsville and Te Aroha, we are able to offer unsurpassed experience and skill in on farm Ultra Scan testing to maximise the earning potential of your herd.
Dairy Herd Specialists
While our expertise is in providing the best ultra sound scanning technologies commercially available, at Scan Spec we are also fully qualified and willing to provide many other services, such as:
Artificial Insemination
Calf Disbudding
Tagging
Castrating
Bolus application
Goat Hoof Trimming
Industry Leaders in Animal Pregnancy Scanning
While the dairy industry in the Waikato district has, for the most part, been experiencing high commodity returns, we face a serious dilemma as low fertility and conception rates have begun to have a negative impact on our industry. Whatever the cause, there is an increasing need for high quality technicians in the field of ultra scan pregnancy testing, fertility detection and aid, in order to counteract the effect of so many missed calving opportunities. Inexperienced technicians and poorer quality techniques can lead to more lost opportunities for your business. Our innovative new methods of pre mating and pregnancy scanning for dairy herds has the potential to revolutionise the sector. Scan Spec has been active in pioneering pre-mating scanning to detect infections and ovarian cysts which can affect the health and fertility of your animals. It is our hope that this process will in time become a normal part of pre-mating just as scanning for pregnancy has become a standard practice after mating. At Scan Spec, we are dedicated to the future of the dairy industry. Help us ensure the health of your cows and goats today to keep dairy farming at the forefront of New Zealand’s economy.