An Australian veterinarian practicing in Singapore, Dr Shane Ryan, is the newly elected President of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA). Dr Ryan, a member of the WSAVA’s Executive Board and, until recently Chair of its Animal Wellness and Welfare Committee, was elected to the presidency during WSAVA World […]
The recently launched Purina Institute has become the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s (WSAVA’s) first Diamond Partner. Its support will underpin the running of some of the WSAVA’s key clinical committees and initiatives. These include: The Global Nutrition Committee (GNC), which produces research and resources to help the veterinary healthcare […]
Dog breeds are an insufficient gauge of behaviour and legislation regarding dog bites should be evidence based, said the AVA. Kersti Seksel discussed the topic at the AVA’s mid-August Australian Small Animal Veterinarians conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre. Seksel said dog bites are a complex issue, yet solutions are […]
Delegates at the 2017 AVMA meeting asked the AVMA to develop and disseminate information on marijuana as it pertains to four areas: (1) current legal status of cannabis as applied to veterinarians; (2) unified definitions of cannabis and its derivatives; (3) current research on the use of cannabis in animals; […]
The rise of the ibis in Sydney may be the result of a 1970s Taronga Zoo breeding program, the ABC reports. In 1973, 19 ibis from Healesville in Victoria were held at Taronga and encouraged to breed as free ranging birds. A recently unearthed report on the program described the […]
