Caffeine is commonly used to treat pre-and postnatal injuries, including apnoea in premature infants, as well as neurological impairment caused by hypoxia or asphyxiation often associated with difficult birthing. As an adenosine antagonist, caffeine is metabolised rapidly and transported into many tissues. Caffeine stimulates the brain respiratory centre, improving respiratory […]
Kiwi Post: Mark Bryan writes from NZ
New Zealand’s biggest earners are tourism and agriculture- in particular, livestock agriculture. Nobody needs reminding that tourism hasn’t been all that popular – or easy- for the past 12 months. But agriculture has never been more important. COVID has highlighted the precariousness of our global economy. Our supply chains are […]
Face To Face: Nicole Rojas Marin lights the way in the wake of disasters
The summer of 2019-2020 will long be remembered in Australia as a dark and desperate time. Mere months before the world was engulfed by a global pandemic, much of our country was aflame. By the end of January 2020, more than 5 million hectares of land had been burned in […]
Abstracts: Development of an ethogram/guide for identifying feline emotions
Background: An accurate assessment of feline behaviour is essential in reducing the risk of handler injury and evaluating/improving feline welfare within veterinary practices. However, inexperience and/or suboptimal education in feline behaviour may cause many veterinary professionals to be ill equipped for this. In addition, busy veterinary professionals may not have time […]
New age chicks for better gut health?
Researchers at The University of Queensland are investigating the benefits of essential oils for animal welfare, productivity and sustainability in the Australian chicken meat industry. “The most critical period in a broiler chick’s life is the first hours after hatching,” nutritional chemosensing scientist and former veterinarian, Eugeni Roura, from the […]