In 2012, UK and European vets will be able to sit Australian College of Veterinary Scientists Membership examinations in medicine of cats to demonstrate they have a high level of standing in the discipline. The college will conduct the examination with International Society of Feline Medicine support. It has offered examinations of proficiency for more […]
Continue ReadingThe recent earthquake in New Zealand’s second largest city, Christchurch, rated a bone-rattling 7.1 on the Richter scale – the same as San Francisco’s 1989 quake and larger than Haiti’s January quake. It occurred along a previously unknown fault line and sent sleeping residents into full earthquake defence mode. Animals affected by the quake also […]
Continue ReadingNorth Queensland’s depleted veterinary profession is about to receive an injection of new blood, when the first cohort of Veterinary Science students graduate from James Cook University. Five years’ hard work from both staff and students will pay off this month when the first batch of JCU animal doctors enter the veterinary industry. And the […]
Continue ReadingAnimal Management in Remote and Rural Indigenous Communities has announced Ted Donelan, a veterinarian from Melbourne who has worked with indigenous communities for more than 15 years, as its new President and Bayer Animal Heath as a partner. Both are set to give AMRRIC a boost as it strives to improve animal management in Australia’s […]
Continue ReadingScientists are confident that the acute viral disease rinderpest, that has devastated cattle and their keepers for thousands of years, has been eradicated world-wide. The eradication is being heralded as the biggest achievement in veterinary history and is expected to save countless lives in some of the poorest countries of the world. The United Nation’s […]
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