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Abstracts: The effects of diazepam or midazolam on the dose of propofol required to induce anaesthesia in cats

April 30, 2015April 29, 2015adminLeave a Comment

OBJECTIVES: Assess effects of benzodiazepine administration on the propofol dose required to induce anaesthesia in healthy cats, investigate differences between midazolam and diazepam, and determine an optimal benzodiazepine dose for co-induction. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, randomised, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial. ANIMALS: Ninety client-owned cats (ASA I and II) with a median (interquartile range) body mass of […]

Vet Ethics: The business of animal abuse

April 25, 2015April 29, 2015adminLeave a Comment

Over the last few years there have been two explosive Four Corners reports about animal abuse associated with Australian animal industries. The first, as you will recall, was the expose on live animal export. In that report, the public learnt that many Australian animals exported to overseas destinations were subject routinely to the most shocking […]

Pigeon Post: Ian Neville writes from the UK

April 23, 2015April 29, 2015adminLeave a Comment

February saw the status of veterinary nurses in the UK enhanced by a Royal Charter conferring professional recognition and requiring accountable regulation. From now on Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) will be subject to rules similar to those governing their veterinary surgeon colleagues. The RVN’s will be overseen by the vet’s regulatory body the Royal College […]

Abstracts: Iatrogenic traumatic brain injury during tooth extraction

April 18, 2015April 29, 2015adminLeave a Comment

An 8 yr old spayed female Yorkshire terrier was referred for evaluation of progressive neurological signs after a routine dental prophylaxis with tooth extractions. The patient was circling to the left and blind in the right eye with right hemiparesis. Neurolocalization was to the left forebrain. MRI revealed a linear tract extending from the caudal […]

Happy event in breeding program

April 16, 2015April 29, 2015adminLeave a Comment

A Very Important Primate arrived at Melbourne Zoo when western lowland gorilla Kimya delivered her firstborn in the Gorilla House night dens. Zoo Director Kevin Tanner welcomed the first gorilla birth since 2000, the result of the international introduction of two young gorillas born on the opposite sides of the world thanks to the endangered […]