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Merry Christmas to all creatures great and small but beware there are hazards for your pets
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Staff at the Veterinary Health Centre wish you and your pets a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Calici Virus fatal to pet rabbits – vaccines available at the Companion Animal Health Centre
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PIRSA announced this week they will be releasing the RHDV1 K5 calici virus in September to control pest populations of wild rabbits.
Let the horse breeding season begin at the Equine Health and Performance Centre
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We welcome Dr Bradley Newman to the Theriogenology team and look forward to working with him.
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Horse workshop trains Equine Health & Performance staff
A visit to the vet is often a foreign and stressful event for horses and their owners. As such, the staff at the EH&PC are interested in learning how to handle and interact with our patients in a more ethical and safe manner, that minimises stress to horses and their owners.
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HIP, HIP… NEIGH! Birthday time for the University’s oldest horses
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Roseworthy campus' oldest horses turned 28 and celebrated with carrot cake, party hats and lots of friends.
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Respiratory evaluations at a markedly reduced rate until the end of October 2019!
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Mild to moderate equine asthma has been identified as one of the main causes of poor performance (including reduced willingness to go forward) in race, pleasure and sport horses. It is a multifactorial syndrome, with a poorly defined cause and affects adult horses, of any age and breed.
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New Equine and Livestock vehicles come to you
If you didn’t recognise the Production Animal Health Centre and Equine Health & Performance Centre on site vehicles before you will now!
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New ‘vet tech’ degree to target emerging skills gap
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A new three-year Bachelor of Veterinary Technology at the University’s Roseworthy campus will train ‘paraveterinary’ health care specialists.
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Puppy Preschool at the Companion Animal Health Centre
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Take your puppy to uni! Register your interest in courses starting in July, August and September.
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