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Abstracts: Global health security must embrace a One Health approach: contributions and experiences of veterinarians during the COVID-19 response in Australia

October 29, 2021October 11, 2021adminLeave a Comment

SARS-CoV-2, a betacoronavirus of likely zoonotic origin, was first reported in December 2019. Its rapid worldwide spread precipitated a range of interventions, including by veterinarians, due to impacts on human health and well-being as well as animal health and welfare. We conducted 36 key informant interviews to explore the responses of Australian veterinarians, their engagement […]

Predicting trends in live reptile smuggling

October 27, 2021October 11, 2021adminLeave a Comment

The illegal wildlife trade has generally focused on species such as rhinos, elephants, and pangolins which are trafficked and killed for their use in traditional medicines, or for other consumptive practices, but the global trade in live animals is also considerable, and reptile species are particularly popular. The results of a study led by researchers […]

Australian frog species at risk of extinction

October 25, 2021October 11, 2021adminLeave a Comment

Due to their sensitivity to changing environmental and climate conditions frogs are considered one of the bellwether species by many scientists and ecologists, and a recently published study in Pacific Conservation Biology has identified 26 of Australia’s frogs are at the greatest risk of extinction unless urgent management and conservation measures are established. The research […]

Pigeon Post: Ian Neville writes from the UK

October 22, 2021October 11, 2021adminLeave a Comment

The UK has had a reasonable summer. Emerging from 16 months of COVID restrictions, ill health, and deaths beside the economic uncertainties of Brexit; a largely vaccinated population has, so far, been allowed to return to life largely as it was before March 2020. Warmer weather is always welcome and to this could be added […]

Abstracts: Use of remote camera traps to evaluate animal-based welfare indicators in individual free-roaming wild horses

October 19, 2021October 11, 2021adminLeave a Comment

We previously developed a Ten-Stage Protocol for scientifically assessing the welfare of individual free-roaming wild animals using the Five Domains Model. The protocol includes developing methods for measuring or observing welfare indices. In this study, we assessed the use of remote camera traps to evaluate an extensive range of welfare indicators in individual free-roaming wild […]