Sunshine Coast veterinary nurse Alyce Murphy has become the first Australian to receive the Hill’s Vet Nurse of the Year Award. The inaugural award was presented to the 23-year-old in Sydney in conjunction with National Vet Nurse Day. Murphy, who was nominated by her employer at Lamington Terrace Vet Surgery […]
Further victims as Hendra outbreak continues
While Queensland and NSW authorities continue the struggle to control the latest hendra outbreak, the virus claimed an unexpected victim almost six weeks after the first case was detected. Towards the end of July a pet dog from a property where three infected horses had already been found tested positive […]
First vets to graduate from JCU
North Queensland’s depleted veterinary profession is about to receive an injection of new blood, when the first cohort of Veterinary Science students graduate from James Cook University. Five years’ hard work from both staff and students will pay off this month when the first batch of JCU animal doctors enter […]