May 2024 issue of Australian Veterinary Journal out now!

The May 2024 issue of the Australian Veterinary Journal (AVJ) is now available to view online. AVA members can access the AVJ via their My AVA log in on the Wiley Online Library.

This month features:

Production Animals

• Alternatives to conventional antibiotics for the prevention and treatment of commonly occurring diseases in feedlot cattle; PMV Cusack.
• The effect of humate as a feed additive on feed intake, production, and carcass parameters of Angus steers; F Ataollahi, BWB Holman, GR Casburn, JW Piltz.
• The effects of maternal calcium status during late gestation on lamb growth and survival in twin-bearing Merino ewes grazing pasture; AL Munn,  AMF Swinbourne,  B-J Brougham,  WHEJ van Wettere,  AC Weaver.

Wildlife and Zoos

• Toxoplasmosis epidemic in a population of urbanised allied rock-wallabies (Petrogale assimilis) on Magnetic Island (Yunbenun), North Queensland; RO Bowater,  B Gummow,  T Mackie,  AR Thompson,  DA Hayes,  K Goudkamp,  JD Taylor.

Small Animals

• What is the best treatment for hypotension in healthy dogs during anaesthesia maintained with isoflurane?; CT Quinn
• Cervical intervertebral disc disease in 307 small-breed dogs (2000–2021): Breed-characteristic features and disc-associated vertebral instability; T Aikawa,  Y Miyazaki,  S Kihara,  H Muyama,  M Nishimura.