This literature review analyses the historical development of polo, its organizational structure, the course of the game, as well as the breeding, rearing, and training practices of polo horses. Frequently occurring ailments, such as musculoskeletal injuries, respiratory diseases, and internal illnesses, are highlighted. Lameness is a major problem, with injuries to the superficial digital flexor […]
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This month A Day in the Life heads to Western Australia, where Zoe Devine works as a Behavioural Vet at Animal Sense near Fremantle. Devine was inspired to become a veterinarian at the age of six after watching Harry’s Practice on television after school and fulfilled a childhood dream when she graduated from Murdoch University’s […]
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Results of a study published recently in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution found that wild African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) may address each other with name-like calls that, similar to personal names used by humans, do not appear to imitate sounds made by the individual being addressed. Lead author Michael Pardo, a behavioural […]
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The other week I was lucky enough to get to the NZVA Conference in Christchurch. Over three days, 14 different streams provided hundreds of attendees with first class and thought provoking content to help keep their interest alive. Some of it was super technical- geeky stuff about data and binomial distributions and long tails and […]
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A leading all-species wildlife hospital dependent on donations could close in a month due to uncertain funding and a 70% patient increase driving up veterinary care costs for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife. “The economic climate makes it extremely difficult for charities like ours to raise funds to continue operating,” Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital Founder […]
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