Abstracts: Development of an ethogram/guide for identifying feline emotions

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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 to thoroughly search the literature […]

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New age chicks for better gut health?

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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 Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and […]

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Abstracts: Comparison of genetic merit for weight and meat traits between the polled and horned cattle in multiple beef breeds

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Breeding for polled animals is deemed the most practical solution to eradicate horns naturally and circumvent management costs and risks on health and welfare. However, there has been a historical reluctance by some farmers to select polled animals due to perceived lower productivity of their calves.

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Will immigration solve veterinarian shortages?

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Veterinarians are included in a list of prioritised skilled migrants by the Department of Home Affairs, which will grant urgent processing to the profession.  The Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) recognises 19 critical occupations needed to assist Australia’s economic recovery amid the global pandemic, with vets joined by others including GPs, nurses, software engineers, […]

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