Read the latest from the Australian Veterinary Journal’s November issue!

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This month’s issue has a range of articles relevant for vets as we prepare for the summer season including several important papers on tick paralysis in dogs and cats and our lead article on the relationship between extreme heat days and the risk of mortality in Australian dogs.

❓ That mortality risk for dogs on hot days begins to increase from days with temperatures of only around 33 °C

❓ That even one productive episode of vomiting or regurgitation observed in dogs with tick paralysis following admission to hospital could lead to aspiration pneumonia and respiratory complications

❓ That attachment sites of ticks are more common on the heads of dogs and necks of cats? They also differ depending on whether they are immature or mature and in reporting almost eleven thousand attachment sites, Teo and colleagues point out some less common sites.

❓ That high flow nasal oxygen therapy can be used as a weaning strategy after mechanical ventilation of dogs with tick paralysis

The November 2025 issue features:

Small Animals

• Feeling the heat: associations among daily ambient temperatures, extreme heat days and risk mortality in Australian dogs from New South Wales (1997–2017). JS Tripovich, K Gopi, GG Morgan, I Hanigan, FH Johnston, PD McGreevy, A Quain
• Prevalence and significance of vomiting and regurgitation in dogs with tick paralysis caused by Ixodes holocylus. Y Uetsu, A Godschalk
• Attachment-site preferences of Ixodes holocyclus, the eastern paralysis tick of Australia: insights from 10,311 cases of tick infestations in dogs and cats. EJM Teo, RB Atwell, H Russell, T Lambert, R Webster, A Yappa, P McDonagh, G Harper, D Barker, S Kelava, RO Bowater, AA Walker, R Nakao, SC Barker
• High flow nasal oxygen therapy after mechanical ventilation in dogs with tick paralysis: a case series. CAD Morris, WZ Lim, RE Donaldson
• High flow nasal oxygen therapy after mechanical ventilation in dogs with tick paralysis: a case series. CAD Morris, WZ Lim, RE Donaldson
• Gastric gastrinoma in a dog: a case report, application of current WHO criteria for prognostication and validation of a local gastrin immunohistochemistry assay. NS Lessels, L Woolford, DA Hayward
• Lumbar nerve root compression resulting from extrusion of intervertebral disc material after prophylactic disc fenestration. F Harris, C Gordon, A Giles, L Wilson
• Invisible variables: how erythrocytes and leukocytes define platelet-rich plasma efficacy in veterinary medicine. K Sharun, SA Banu

Correction

• Correction to “Brucella suis in feral pigs in Australia: What is the risk?”

Wildlife & Zoos

• Acute onset neurological deficits and hypocalcaemia associated with nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism in three juvenile servals (Leptailurus serval). JL Austen, JW Wheelahan, J O'Dwyer, S Beths, NL Rourke, BR Gardner
• Wildlife representation in social media: An ethical analysis of the 2025 influencer-wombat encounter and implications for professionals involved in wildlife handling and care. ML Campbell-Ward, I Tammen, A Quain