Spider named after heroic veterinarian Scientists have discovered four new species of spider that live in caves under the Nullarbor Plain, and one of the new species has been named after veterinarian Dr Craig Challen – one of the caver divers who helped rescue...
Contemplating retirement, veterinarian Dr Will D’Arcy will be leaving the profession on a high. After a rewarding four-decade career, Will is planning to put his successful practice on the market to spend more time with his wife and three children. Located...
If you’ve wanted to write creatively, but haven’t known where to start, this creative writing workshop could be for you. Led by award-winning author Tracy Sorensen, the workshop will run over two evenings in March. The emphasis in the first workshop is on writing tips...
The New Zealand Veterinary Association has reported that a declaration of New Zealand’s freedom from the equine blood disease Theilera equi was recently posted on the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE) website. In April 2020, a four-year-old thoroughbred...
A research study published in the journal Nature, found that whilst there had been a shift towards desexing younger cats, it also highlighted that many cats will have had opportunities to reproduce before they are desexed. Desexing of kittens prior to the onset of...
Biotech company PharmAust has put the call out for dogs to participate in a trial of its canine lymphoma drug treatment trial. As reported on the Small Caps website, PharmAust is testing the effects of their anti-cancer drug monepantel, and for the trial, they require...
