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Registrar's
Reflections
The Registrar reflects on impermanence and the deregulation of
the veterinary profession.
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Q
Fever
WorkSafe
and the WA Department of Health are concerned that some workers
in the meat and livestock industries are not adequately protected
against Q Fever.
Q
Fever is a bacterial infection that is usually transmitted from
infected animals by inhaling airborne droplets of their urine,
milk, faeces or birth products.
Sheep,
cattle, goats, kangaroos, cats, dogs, bandicoots, feral rodents,
birds and ticks can transmit Q Fever.
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Vaccination
Boosters
Do
we need a new dog and cat vaccination policy for WA Vets?
Discussion
has been stimulated in the veterinary community with some recent
research challenging the standard annual booster protocol.
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Vaccination
Adverse Reaction
Veterinarians
need to be up to date - a case report.
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Vet
in the firing line
When
pets are sick emotions can run high and the vet can find themselves
in the firing line.
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Perceptions
of our profession
Veterinarians
continue not to communicate with each other, which gives clients
a bad perception of our profession when they seek a second opinion.
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Two
dollar vet
Some
clients demand services and diagnostics but are aghast if the
veterinaty professional charges a fee comesurate for the skill
and work applied to the task.
But
are vets to blame for this perception after years of competitive
pricing?
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Ovine
Johnes Disease
Ovine
Johne's Disease (OJD) is a wasting disease of sheep.
It can affect goats and deer but does not affect cattle.
It
is caused by the sheep strain of the bacterium Mycobacterium
paratuberculosis).
Johne's
disease affects animals by causing a thickening of the intestinal
wall which blocks the normal absorption of food.
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Prescription
writing
It
has been brought to the Board’s attention that some veterinary
surgeons are in breach of the Poisons Regulations 1965 regulation
37.
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Words
of Puddha
"What
we are today comes from out thoughts of yesterday and our present
thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is a creation of
our mind."
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When
a pet dies
"It
is now well established that the death of a companion animal is
a serious loss, provoking a grief response comparable to that
for a human being ..."
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