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Effects of intratesticular injection of bupivacaine and epidural administration of morphine in dogs undergoing castration

April 11, 2013April 18, 2013adminLeave a Comment

Objective -To determine the intraoperative and postoperative analgesic efficacy of intratesticular or epidural injection of analgesics for dogs undergoing castration. Design-Randomized controlled trial. Animals-51 healthy male dogs. Procedures-Dogs were assigned to a control group that received analgesics systemically (hydromorphone [0.1 mg/kg {0.045 mg/lb}, IM] and carprofen [4.4 mg/kg {2.0 mg/lb}, SC]; n = 17), an epidural treatment group […]

Outcry over new Victoria dog laws

September 9, 2012September 27, 2012adminLeave a Comment

Veterinary groups have been highly critical of Victorian laws which led to two dogs being euthanased. The dogs, named Bear and Kooda, were destroyed in June under Victoria’s new dangerous dog laws following a legal battle to save them. The dogs had not engaged in antisocial behaviour, but were put down after an officer from […]

Respect and the rat room

April 19, 2012May 7, 2012adminLeave a Comment

When my rodent-fearing sister-in-law asked me if I would remove a mouse she had caught in a trap early that morning, I told her I would come over in the evening. I arrived and was informed that the mouse was still alive. Remembering how mice were sometimes “humanely” killed in laboratories, I held the tail […]

Vet Ethics: Can we justify generalisations?

February 17, 2012February 21, 2012adminLeave a Comment

Following the heart-breaking death of Ayen Chol, a young child from Melbourne who was mauled by a dog widely reported to be a pit bull crossbreed, there has been both new State legislation and intensified public debate about dog breeds and breed-types. Of late the excitement has been around the pit bull terrier or American […]

Effectiveness of breeding guidelines for reducing the prevalence of syringomyelia

December 27, 2011December 8, 2011adminLeave a Comment

Several toy breed dogs are predisposed to syringomyelia (SM), a spinal cord disorder, characterised by fluid-filled cavitation. SM is a complex trait with a moderately high heritability. Selective breeding against SM is confounded by its complex inheritance, its late onset nature and high prevalence in some breeds. This study investigated the early outcome of existing […]