Artificial habitat structures for wildlife conservation: use with caution

An increase in the use of artificial habitat structures for wildlife species under threat from habitat loss or disturbance is not without risk according to the results of a study published recently in the journal Austral Ecology. Co-author Tenaya Duncan, a Conservation and Wildlife Biology PhD student at Western Australia’s Murdoch University, said artificial structures […]

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Cruel Sea’s kind hearts benefit Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital 

One of Australia’s best-known bands will play their first show in 10 years as part of a fundraiser for the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, after the hospital lost a $6 million NSW funding grant. The Cruel Sea, led by wildlife ambassador Tex Perkins, will headline the fundraiser, Wild Aid 2023 on Saturday 21 October at […]

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Vets1laser: Australia’s vet-to-vet direct medical laser company.

Our Australian veterinary & family owned business offers outright purchase options across our range of machines, along with lease purchase options.  If you are interested in purchasing a top quality laser machine, without any hype or spin or ‘weasel’ words re origin of manufacturing or fake claims re users or experience, then  join our growing […]

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WSAVA award winners named

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) have announced the recipients of several of their annual awards ahead of this year’s WSAVA World Congress in Lisbon, Portugal in late September.  WSAVA was established in 1959 and has grown to include 115 veterinary association members globally, representing more than 200,000 small companion animal veterinarians.  The 2023 […]

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UQ’s experimental canine cancer vaccine test

University of Queensland veterinary researchers are recruiting pet dogs diagnosed with cancer to test an experimental vaccine. The clinical research trial is for dogs recently diagnosed with canine appendicular osteosarcoma, a common bone tumour that affects 10,000 dogs a year globally. Abhilasha Dadhich from UQ’s School of Veterinary Science said researchers will assess two vaccine formulations. “These treatments […]

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