Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital has marked its fifth anniversary – and treatment of more than 10,000 wildlife patients – with the launch of a permanent hospital facility and a refreshed mobile hospital ready to tour nationally in 2026. Under its parent organisation, Wildlife Recovery Australia (WRA), the charity now operates three state-of-the-art treatment and rehabilitation centres […]
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Australia’s only all-species wildlife veterinary hospital between Sydney and the Gold Coast will begin operating from a permanent location from August 11, following the acquisition of a general veterinary practice in Lennox Head. After nearly five years of operating out of a mobile facility, Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital (BBWH) will transition to a purpose-equipped, bricks-and-mortar […]
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Given that pregnancy has been occurring since the start of humanity, we need not be surprised that we are going to be working with team members who are pregnant or trying to conceive, or we may be that staff member ourselves. And yet, the phenomenon still seems to catch some clinics unprepared! The reality is, […]
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Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital and Port Stephens Koala Hospital have partnered in a cross-regional effort to treat, rehabilitate, and release a young injured peregrine falcon, the world’s fastest bird. In early January, Port Stephens Koala Hospital (PSKH) veterinarian Dr. Tom Tran transported the injured raptor more than 600km to Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital’s newly established […]
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P. J. Guzmán Ramos LV, MSc, DVMS, PhD, Dip. ECVIM-CA A/Prof in Small Animal Medicine School of Veterinary Medicine Murdoch University Canine hypoadrenocorticism is an uncommon endocrinopathy with reported prevalence that ranges from 0.06 per cent to 0.08 per cent1. Primary hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s disease) is referred to as ‘typical’ when describing glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid deficiency with hyponatraemia and/or hyperkalaemia. […]
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