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Alpacas – the basics
Mixed vet Katie Turner gives a step-by-step guide to carrying out a clinical examination on an alpaca. ...
Life as a fish vet
Fish can be an interesting and rewarding option in veterinary medicine, as David Sutherland explains. ...
Cockatoos can create tools of different lengths
Birds made much longer cardboard strips when a food reward was further away Researchers assess birds’ tool-making behaviour Goffin’s cockatoos...
New test for early TB identification in zoo animals
The Actiphage test offers a new way to detect and manage bTB in zoo animals and wildlife. Actiphage method detects...
Government urged to ‘give snakes some space’
“Snakes often get a raw deal in society and are generally misunderstood, mis-sold and mistreated by the pet industry" –...
Deadly fungus could spread to UK newts, scientists say
The private trade in amphibians could result in Bsal spreading to wild populations of newts and salamanders in the UK....