September issue of the Australian Veterinary Journal out now!

Did you know?

• That veterinary students experienced workplace incidents and injuries at rates higher than both veterinarians and veterinary nurses?
• Almost 30% of alleged offenders who have been investigated for poor non-dairy livestock animal welfare reoffend?
• Commonly used antivirals in cats with FeLV did not increase survival compared with untreated cats?
• Almost 50% of samples collected in 2 small animal emergency and referral hospitals showed resistance to high importance antimicrobials?

Find out this and more in this month's Australian Veterinary Journal - sign in and select ‘Latest Issue’, Volume 102, Issue 9, September 2024.

There are 30 quiz questions and 3 VetEd (CPD) points available for AVA members via My Learning.

The September issue showcases the following papers:

Education, Ethics & Welfare

Emerging infectious disease prevention: Veterinary action required. RG Alders.

Frequency of workplace incidents and injuries in veterinarians, veterinary nurses and veterinary students and measures to control these. L Johnson, L Fritschi.

Production Animals

Analysis of substantiated welfare investigations in extensive farming systems in Victoria, Australia. N Williams, L Hemsworth, S Chaplin, R Shephard, A Fisher.

Small Animals

Antiviral therapy in cats progressively infected with feline leukaemia virus: lessons from a series of 18 consecutive cases from Australia. ME Westman, E Hall, JM Norris, T Meili, R Hofmann-Lehmann, R Malik.

Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance at two private veterinary referral hospitals. SO Border, CAD Morris, RE Donaldson.

Successful treatment of feline pancreatolithiasis associated with an ascending Providencia rettgeri infection using a novel surgical technique. JR Loh, N Cleland, R Korman.

Wildlife & Zoos

Immunoreactivity of eastern small eyed snake (Cryptophis nigrescens) venom towards species-specific antibodies of five medically important venomous Australian elapids. AM Padula.