Eminent veterinary ophthalmologist and award-winning teacher David Maggs returns to Australia to speak at this year’s FASAVA Congress on the Gold Coast. Maggs grew up in Lilydale, north-east of Melbourne, and graduated with honours from the University of Melbourne in 1998. He spent two years working in mixed practice back in Lilydale, before locuming throughout […]
Continue ReadingThe results of an international study published recently in Scientific Reports has confirmed the fatal facial tumour disease that has decimated populations of Tasmanian devils in the wild for over 20 years, can be cured using immunotherapy. Led by the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research, the study involved scientists from the Universities […]
Continue ReadingA new agreement between the University of Sydney and the University of California, Davis will see academics benefit from new access to research collaborations and shared funding. In February, leaders from both institutions joined a partnership signing event. Vice-Chancellor for Research Professor Cameron Carter of UC Davis and Vice-Chancellor and Principal Michael Spence AC both […]
Continue ReadingStewards from Racing NSW have opened an inquiry in to alleged animal cruelty by the Mounted Division of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). Allegations of mistreatment, illegal sedation and cruelty to horses surfaced in a Sydney Morning Herald report last month. Racing NSW began to act following a mid-January incident at the Falls Music & Arts Festival […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority from Canberra to his own electorate has spurred bosses to consider pay rises of up to 15 per cent to convince staff to remain with the APVMA, Fairfax has revealed. The pay rises are in addition to a 1.5 per cent […]
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