Read the latest from the Australian Veterinary Journal's December issue!

06 Dec 2024
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Did you know?

  • The mean peri-parturient mortality of non-merino ewes in South Australia was 2.5% in year 1 and 2.0% in year 2, the most common cause of mortality being dystocia?
  • Australian researchers have developed a publicly accessible online dashboard (https://heartworm-mapping.adelaide.edu.au/shiny/) that helps identify periods of increased or decreased risk for transmission of canine heartworm based on the weather conditions?
  • Steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis has different breed susceptibilities in Australia compared to international publications?
  • Sulfonamide antibiotics can cause reversible thyroid dysfunction in dogs and cats postulated to be via inhibition of thyroid peroxidase?

Find out this and more in this month’s Australian Veterinary Journal (login and select ‘Latest Issue’, Volume 102, Issue 12, December 2024) which showcases 6 papers across small animals and production animals.

There are 30 quiz questions and 3 Vet Ed points available for AVA members via My Learning.

The December issue includes the following articles:

Production Animals

Peri-parturient ewe mortality in commercial, southern Australia, non-merino ewe flocks: establishing the frequency and investigating causes. MC McQuillan, E Glanville, C Jacobson, L Sherriff, DM McGill, A Whale, MB Allworth.

An evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of diagnostic tests for foot and mouth disease: are novel diagnostic tests for FMD more feasible than conventional tests in Southeast Asia? WY Tan, MP Ward.

Small Animals

‘Transmission Tracker – Dirofilaria’ – a public dashboard to assess in real-time the temperature-bounded transmissibility of canine heartworm across Australia. PJ Atkinson, M Stevenson, R O’Handley, T Nielson, C Caraguel.

Signalment, clinical characteristics and outcomes of an Australian population of dogs with steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis (SRMA) -124 cases (2013-2023). R Paterson, S Brady.

Clinical hypothyroidism in a cat associated with sulfonamide administration for the management of intracranial nocardiosis. CF Halman, BJ Gavaghan, RM Korman.

Zoonotic feline sporotrichosis: a small case cluster in Perth, Western Australia, and a review of previous feline cases from Australia. LHM Miranda, S Gillett, Y Ames, M Krockenberger, R Malik.