Acute kidney injury (AKI) in cats is associated with high mortality, partially attributed to late recognition of the disease when using currently available markers. Feline chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a variable progression rate. This study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of urinary heat shock protein-72 to urinary […]
Face to Face: Wild, wild life: from volunteer to visionary
Anne Layton-Bennett talks to Greg Irons, director of Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary. Greg Irons is one of those fortunate people who always knew what he wanted to do when he grew up, and that it would involve animals in some way, shape or form. Animals fascinated him, and while his parents […]
Solving a piece of the DFTD puzzle
Scientists have long puzzled over how and why the fatal facial tumour disease that continues to ravage populations of Tasmanian devils in the wild became a transmissible cancer, given tumours usually grow exclusively in the organism where their cell of origin derives from. An international study that involved scientists from […]
Abstracts: Plant-based (vegan) diets for pets: a survey of pet owner attitudes and feeding practices
People who avoid eating animals tend to share their homes with animal companions, and moral dilemma may arise when they are faced with feeding animal products to their omnivorous dogs and carnivorous cats. One option to alleviate this conflict is to feed pets a diet devoid of animal ingredients-a ‘plant-based’ […]
Eagle Post: A consideration of the past year in the US
The year 2018 brought turmoil to the US veterinary profession, making it a miniature reflection of the turmoil in the US. Mergers and acquisitions Coming off its multibillion-dollar buy in 2017, of the second-largest veterinary hospital chain in North America (Veterinary Clinics of America or VCA), Mars Inc. (yes, the […]