Human error is cited as the main cause of steam sterilisation process failures, followed by equipment mal-function and steam quality/performance (Figure 1) (Chandrapati, 2008)..
On the day after the storm Tatiana, a 13-year-old female Eastern Long-neck Turtle, was presented to the Karingal Veterinary Hospital after her owners found her seeking shelter under some trees in...
‘Fear is defined as an unpleasant emotion caused by threat, danger or harm (Oxford Dictionary, 2013). This is a natural response to any perceived aversive stimuli and is related to a natural survival...
Rabbits are obligate herbivores and their cyclical digestive process requires high amounts of fibre to meet nutritional needs. In the wild, rabbits primarily consume tough fibrous grasses and leafy...
Purebred dogs are at increased risk for PSS. EHPSS are most frequently diagnosed in young (under 1 year of age) toy/miniature breeds dogs such as Yorkshire Terrier, Shih Tzu, Lhasa Apso, Maltese and...
Nociception is the process by which a signal caused by a noxious stimulus is communicated from the site of tissue injury to the brain (Farquhar-Smith, 2008). There are four basic steps involved in...
Ticks are temporary ectoparasites as they attach to a host for a short period of time to take a blood meal. They are haematophagous and have a remarkable ability to transmit a wide variety of...
The evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria such as meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the clinical challenge they pose to wound management has been well publicised (Guyot and...
House calls for fish cases are the preferred method for investigating fish diseases for several reasons including the ability to view the fish in its natural environment, having access to chemicals...
A gossypiboma is the direct result of iatrogenic harm, as the act of leaving a swab in situ arises from a failure to account for all the swabs at the end of a surgical or other invasive procedure...
The patient was found collapsed outside the owner's home and was presented to the hospital with cold extremities, profuse diarrhoea and active muscle tremors. The owner had applied a canine...
FIV is a retrovirus that causes immunodeficiency in cats. It is in the same subfamily (lentiviruses) as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (Irwin, 2011). It was initially named the Feline...