A new canine kennel facility for firearm and explosive detection dogs has been opened by the Australian Federal Police at Murwillumbah in the Tweed Valley of northern NSW. The kennel facility is the first of nine federal police canine facilities to be opened near major airports across Australia. It was built through the federally funded […]
Continue ReadingThe Tasmanian devil, the world’s largest marsupial carnivore, is facing possible extinction in the wild due to a transmissible facial cancer known as Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) (Figure 1). DFTD is spread when living cancer cells are spread between animals by biting. In DFTD, the living cancer cell itself is the infectious agent […]
Continue ReadingThis essay is one of a number selected for The Veterinarian magazine Prize for Written Communication for Sydney University third-year veterinary science students. Military working dogs (MWDs) are employed worldwide to assist in law enforcement and military operations. They are trained to display controlled acts of aggression during defence situations, such as in the case […]
Continue ReadingHip dysplasia is an important and complex genetic disease in dogs with both genetic and environmental influences. Since the osteoarthritis that develops is irreversible the only way to improve welfare, through reducing the prevalence, is through genetic selection. This study from the Kennel Club Genetics Centre at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK, aimed to […]
Continue ReadingMany Australian pet owners are unaware they live in one of the few countries where rabies vaccination is unnecessary. But people and animals as close to as on Bali, one of our most popular holiday islands, are vulnerable to this preventable disease which kills someone, somewhere on the planet, every 10 minutes. Virtually free of […]
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