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Abstracts: Alcohol diluent provides the optimal formulation for calcium chloride non-surgical sterilisation in dogs

December 22, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

BACKGROUND: Surgical castration is widely used to sterilise male dogs, but has significant impacts on time to perform the operation, recovery of the animals as well as cost, which can limit population control programs. Previous research has shown intratesticular injection of calcium chloride dihydrate (CaCl2) in saline to be a promising alternative to surgery. However, […]

Eagle Post: Tom Donnelly reports from the US

December 17, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

Before this year, Ebola was a disease relegated to remote villages in Africa. Even public health officials did not worry about it spreading very far. Until recently, they would probably say that the virus typically burned out after ravaging only a handful of people. Then came 2014, a year that has, in many ways, rewritten […]

Abstracts: Smoke inhalation in dogs and cats – a retrospective study over 5.5 years

December 15, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

OBJECTIVE: Particularly during household fires, inhalation of hot air and smoke, and the formation of carboxyhaemoglobin and cyanide lead to respiratory tract and lung injury in small animals. Additionally, oxygenation is impaired in most cases. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse smoke exposure, physical examination findings and clinical pathology results as well […]

Vet ethics: A quick whip around the racecourse

December 12, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

Melbourne’s Spring racing has again raised the question of the use of whips as performance aids in thoroughbreds. Jockey Zac Purton was fined $3000 over his “excessive” whipping of Caulfield Cup winner Admire Rakti. For the same ride, Purton collected $87,500 prize money. Let’s begin an ethical investigation of this issue by imagining the following […]

Wildlife pioneer Bill Hartley dies

December 8, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

The veterinary profession is mourning William Hartley, OAM, founder of the Australian Registry of Wildlife Health. Hartley died at his home in September at the age of 92. Famous for his modesty, he requested no funeral service. William (“Bill”) Hartley was born in England in 1922. He graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1945. […]