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Trocoxil is a long acting Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory indicated for dogs with Degenerative Joint Disease. This revolutionary medication represents the veterinary practitioner’s best chance to implement a ‘best practice’ approach in continuously…

The alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist drugs have analgesic and sedative/hypnotic actions, profoundly useful in most of our patients. Higher doses have utility for procedural sedation with analgesia. Lower doses are increasingly used for sedation and to…

This is a unique and less common disease in which the body’s own immune system turns on itself – in this case, components of the skin. We will discuss this disease in two broad categories, namely those diseases that are vesicular or pustular in…

Sterile inflammatory conditions of the central nervous system (CNS) of domestic carnivores are of utmost importance for the veterinary neurologist. There are indeed not uncommon conditions of the CNS of dogs mainly, they rarely affect cats on the…

Multi-drug resistant methicillin resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MDR MRSP) have been increasing in frequency since they were isolated in the late nineties. They have been more of an issue in Australia since 2013 and are now not uncommon,…

Dentistry composes a large part of daily small animal practice. Performing extractions is an important part of this. In this talk we will cover: Indications for tooth extraction, with some mention of possible alternatives Patient preparation,…

Radiographic positioning is essential for correct identification and diagnoses of lesions on radiographs. It is essential to understand how to acquire correctly positioned orthogonal radiographs and how positioning results in the projected image. The…

I love it when I get to treat a DKA patient. This is a condition that is easy to diagnose, and even though it is acutely life threatening, if we manage these patients correctly, the prognosis for discharge is good. The response of our treatment is…

Understanding why dogs can be aggressive is very important if we are to live with dogs in harmony. Aggression is a common issue in dogs and knowing how to not only recognise when aggression may be normal and when it is not and what to do about it is…

Cats are popular pets. Yet many pet owners are not aware that their beloved pet is stressed. Yet stress in cats is common- but Do you know what is meant by stress? Do you know why cats get stressed? What are the common triggers that stress…