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

Did you know?

❓ There is no increased odds of survival with administration of more than 4000 units of antivenom for eastern brown snake envenomation?

❓ Delayed fulminant pulmonary haemorrhage can occur in dogs over 20 hours after presentation of eastern brown snake envenomation and is usually fatal?

❓ That there is a new Leptospirosis serovar causing disease in Dogs in NSW and some vaccines may not be as effective?

❓ The recent outbreak of Melioidosis in northern Queensland in people after the flooding is caused by the zoonotic bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei reported in Pademelons in this issue

Find out this and more in this month’s AustralianVeterinaryJournal  (login and select ‘Latest Issue’, Volume 103, Issue 3, March 2025) which showcases 10 papers across small animals and wildlife, and features 2 articles on Eastern brown snake envenomation, 2 on canine leptospirosis, and 2 case reports on mycobacterial disease.

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

The March issues includes the following articles:

Small Animals

A retrospective analysis of clinical features, management and outcomes in dogs and cats with Eastern Brown Snake envenomation (2016–2022). SK Day, KJ Nash, MJ Midwinter, WA Goodwin.

Same story, different endings: clinical course and outcomes of two dogs treated differently for delayed fulminant pulmonary haemorrhage 20 h after eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) envenomation. HY Mak, S Hardjo.

Serovar Australis replaces serovar Copenhageni as the most common cause of canine leptospirosis in New South Wales, Australia. C Griebsch, N Kirkwood, MP Ward, JM Norris.

A comparison of risk factors for canine leptospirosis and seropositivity in New South Wales, Australia. C Griebsch, N Kirkwood, JM Norris, MP Ward.

Multifocal nodular facial disease in a 5-year-old Whippet cross dog. BJ Pullens, B Remaj, BA Hedgespeth.

Rectal mast cell tumour in a dog with lower grade features of biological aggressiveness. LYC Tay, L Brockley.

Atypical presentation of disseminated mycobacteriosis due to Mycobacterium avium in an aged cat. A Teh, J Robertson, SL Donahoe, T Crighton, S Boyd, R Malik.

Gas gangrene due to Clostridium haemolyticum in a cat with aortic thromboembolism treated using clopidogrel and rivaroxaban. C Simpson, M Baranger-Ete, J Leung, K Worthing, R Malik.

Wildlife & Zoos

Clinicopathological findings of melioidosis in captive red-legged pademelons (Thylogale stigmatica) in northern Queensland, Australia. RO Bowater, T Mackie, J Picard, I Huisman, L Hayes, JD Taylor.

Causes of mortality and morbidity in the endangered southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus). AJ Breidahl, E Jansen, E McKee, S Maclagan, J Charles, J Samuel, I Beveridge, P Whiteley, R Traub, J Hufschmid.