Trichobezoars are known to cause gastrointestinal obstructions in cats, but as Cromwell veterinarian David Fennell can attest, not all are created equally. On January 5, Fennell and colleagues at Cromwell Vet Group in the UK removed a monster fur ball weighing 214 grams and measuring 12cm in diameter from a cat. It may well be […]
Continue ReadingMurdoch University veterinarian and specialist anaesthetist Peter Gray has assisted in the development of a safe anaesthetic technique for racing camels in the United Arab Emirates. Gray worked with an old university friend of his, Alex Tinson, who is the head vet at the Scientific Centre for Racing Camels in the city of Al Ain […]
Continue ReadingNew Zealand’s Massey University has led the wildlife response to the oil spill caused by the grounding of the Rena cargo ship on Astrolabe reef at the entrance to the port of Tauranga, in October. The National Oiled Wildlife Response Team is trained, managed and co-ordinated by specialists at the university’s New Zealand Wildlife Health […]
Continue ReadingAn expert panel led by NSW Health is continuing work to determine the source of a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak at Taronga Zoo. In February media reported the TB diagnosis of Pak Boon, one of Taronga’s elephants. In September Taronga issued a statement on its website which said a male chimp with the disease had been […]
Continue ReadingA University of Adelaide scientist says much more could be done to predict the likelihood and spread of serious disease – such as tuberculosis (TB) or foot-and-mouth disease – in Australian wildlife and commercial stock. Corey Bradshaw and colleagues have evaluated freely available software tools that provide a realistic prediction of the spread of disease […]
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