Archive for the ‘death’ Category

Thumbnail Audit of Adverse Vaccination Events

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

If justifying your decision against vaccination in terms of feared side effects, it’s important to get your facts right.   Here we’ll look at the types of side effects dogs and cats may suffer… Read more

Dispatching Beached Whales

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Vets living in beachside towns may be called to attend a beached whale, more commonly to euthanase than heal.   Here’s a few pointers on declaring or inducing death in marine megafauna, and the use… Read more

Parvo Outbreak, Ocean Shores, NSW

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Scattered around the environment, like deadly confetti, Parvovirus is a hardy, virulent and highly contagious virus that strikes down hundreds of dogs each year. With a mortality rate up to 90%, it’s… Read more

Stories of freakish pet injury or death

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

This is a cumulative list of horror stories of pet ownership: accidents, rare but predictable, from which we can learn and try to avoid;  and the totally freakish,  nobody could foresee. There’s… Read more

Lily toxicity in cats: clarification

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Recently a client threw me a question that had me stumped, and curious.  Are all members of the lily family toxic to cats? Online message boards had the answer in minutes. If you’re a cat… Read more