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Vaccinations rise following lyssavirus deaths

August 18, 2013July 30, 2013admin1 Comment

There has been a sharp rise in the number of lyssavirus vaccinations following the death of an eight-year-old boy who succumbed to the virus. Almost 300 people have sought the vaccination, up over 100 per cent on the same period last year. Lincoln Flynn was scratched by a flying fox about two months before becoming […]

Vet Ethics: A badger brouhaha

July 9, 2013July 30, 2013adminLeave a Comment

The badger is one of those animals to have shuffled its way into the human imagination. My first exposure to badger folklore was when my father told me that a harassed badger could be uncommonly fierce, and that, like a wolverine or a Tasmanian Devil, he packed a punch beyond his diminutive size. This idea […]