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blogtalk16 · 3 years ago

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Best Vet Clinic in Singapore | Comprehensive Care for Your Pet|

If you are looking to get a new vet in Singapore, you surely will have doubts. What are the questions to ask when you choose a new vet?

This can be a problem for many new owners, but today we will pay comprehensive attention to it as this is one of the most important decisions. You should always know that there is a certified and trained vet constantly taking care of it behind every healthy pet.

After taking education for years and then from the vet school, they have everything from nutrition to health issues. They are taught medicines and genetics to understand more about pets. They also have the known ongoing surgeries that tend to be a need at times.

Undeniably as we all know that becoming a vet requires passing some of the toughest exams and years of practice and education, but does all of them are the same? Let us have a look at it.

Types of Vets:

Keeping aside the obvious benefit of an animal practitioner of a vet for larger animals, there are various other choices that you should consider.

Most owners will be in constant need of a general practitioner. Someone who is skilled in several manners like routine checkups, vaccines, medicines, tests, and much more can be a good choice. These are some of the basic needs when your pet starts showing symptoms.

Specialty Vet:

The specialty vets are the one who receives training beyond their area of specialization like reproductive sciences, Cardiology, Ophthalmology.

There are several specialists in veterinary medicine like it is for humans. Generally, someone would contact the specialty vet only when there is a need for undergoing surgery. These operations require more education than just medicines. This requires proper study about pets to conduct such an extraordinary process.

Generally, the local vets will refer and will let you know about the expenses associated with it. Most vet medicine schools have the equipment and facilities that help diagnose and even offer great treatment to complex health issues.

Emergency:

Emergency vet hospitals are the ones that offer round the clock service along with having the ability to handle the crisis like when your pet has been struck by the car or was poisoned accidentally.

There is no doubt that none of us wants to think about the extent of such possibilities but only then, when you have knowledge of the vet clinic in Singapore that offers round the clock service. Therefore, you will always have the mindset that even if you get into such a situation, the emergency vet in Singapore is there for help.

Conventional Vs. Holistic:

Even if you have always wanted a great vet, I bet you have never considered the decision of whether you are looking forward to working with a person with a conventional approach or someone who is mostly in holistic therapies.

There are several owners available who are mostly into a holistic approach when it comes to taking proper care of the pets.

In the holistic approach, the vet makes use of alternative medicine methods for treating the pets. This is an approach where the animal is considered as whole but not any symptoms.

The only agenda is for encouraging health by offering appropriate diet homeopathy treatments, natural remedies, acupuncture, and nutritional supplements. The only agenda of such an approach is helping the vet to heal themselves.

While you are moving forward to choosing a vet, there is always a need for thinking about their core philosophy.

Holistic vets are the ones who differentiate themselves in the way they practice. They are mostly devoted to treating the modalities, which are said to be one of the most conventional nature compared to the alternatives.

The most crucial thing is the need to feel comfortable with vet choice. Always keep in mind that pets require both the skills of humans and dogs.

Beyond everything, vets require being an able diagnostician, a great communicator, and a skilled surgeon. So do you know the most crucial things to ask while choosing a vet?

So let us check these few questions.

What are their operation hours?

Hours of operation is one of the very first things that you need to check. When you are choosing a pet vet clinic in Singapore, you will need to check if they are offering round the clock service. If a clinic has restricted timing along with the vets, it won’t be a great choice for the emergency hours.

When the clinic is open 24/7, it means that the vets are available throughout, which is certainly a big need and aspect of a good vet clinic in Singapore.

Are they clean?

When it comes to ensuring the health and health care sector, there is always a need for maintaining sanitization. Therefore, being an owner who wants to take proper care of your pet, you should always emphasize clean and tidy surroundings.

Suppose your pet requires surgery, and you have chosen a clinic that is not tidy at all. All it will do is increase the risk factor. Therefore make sure you choose a vet clinic that is clean and tidy and maintains sanitization.

What are their charges?

This is a subjective topic as it differs a lot from one to another. Financing is the very first question that comes in our mind. Therefore while choosing, don’t forget to check their charges for the different services. This will help you to proceed forward.

Bottom Line:

When you are choosing a vet in Singapore, you should always make sure to ask a few questions. Hopefully, the above mentioned points will become a lot helpful in understanding the different types of vets.

Always make sure that you make a thorough check beforehand. Only this will ensure that you have taken the right decision for your pet. Therefore, even if some legwork might be a need, make sure you do that for your pet’s best health.

So choose effectively and enjoy having a healthy and happy companion.

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animalpracticesg · 4 years ago

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Dewroming through Cat Vet in Singapore

When you want to improve the cats' health and remove the parasites from the body of the pet, deworming is the only available process. The cat vet in Singapore can help your pet in the deworming process, as the animal will not transfer the parasite to your family.

There are some interesting types of worms that can develop in the felines, and you need to take them to the clinic to get healed up. Let’s check out the types of worms and healing processes in detail.

Tapeworms

Often cats can pick up tapeworms, which is a common parasite. While composed of multiple segments, these are flat and long worms. Since fleas carry these worms to the host feline, tapeworms are commonly found in cats.

Roundworm

When it comes to the roundworm, there are two types of such worms found in cats. One is Toxacara cati, and the second one is Toxascara leonine. While being four inches long, these roundworms resemble the shape of noodles.

Hookworm

Your feline can suffer from a parasite named hookworm if the roundworm and tapeworm are not enough. There are two types of hookworm - Ancylostoma Braziliense and Ancylostoma tubaeforme.

Treatment Of Tapeworm

You need to treat the cats since fleas contracted tapeworm. These worms will come back, and felines will suffer from flea and worms again if the vet doesn’t care about the flee source and worms at the same time. You need to discuss with the veterinary specialist and take the proper medicines for such worms.

When you administer such medicines and pills to the cats, they will not develop such worms shortly.

Treating Roundworm

Before the treatment of roundworm starts, the vet will test your feline. There will be collection and testing of the stool sample of the feline. The vet will mix a special solution, as the stool will be tested by mixing a small number of feces. The eggs will rise to the top of the solution if larvae are present.

The treatment will start once the test confirms the presence of roundworms. There will be medicines prescribed by the best cat vet in Singapore, which can be administered easily and inexpensively.

Treating The Hookworm

To get rid of the worms, you need to take the cat to a veterinary clinic and continue the treatment. The treatment should be done via any type of cycle. While detecting what sort of eggs floats in such worms, the vet will need to get the feline's stool sample, which will be placed under the microscope.

For preventive care, you need to talk with the vet specialist. There should immediate deworming process which is needed to be done if you are carrying the kitten from the unhygienic condition or any animal rescue center.

Final thoughts

There are necessary and effective ways to deworm the cats. You need to learn the sign of the presence of such worms and should take prompt action before it becomes too late. If you feel that your feline is suffering from such conditions, you can take the pet to the cat vet clinic in Singapore, providing suitable treatment.

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oasisvetclinic · 4 years ago

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Pet Dental Scaling And Polishing In Singapore The specialists who have completed their 4 years of doctorate after four years of under graduation in the field are known to be veterinarians; and the experts who have completed extra formal training programs related to veterinary dentistry are the ones eligible to treat your pet's teeth. It is also required for these dentists to pass a training requirement examination before they can get their license to perform all kinds of pet dental scaling and polishing in Singapore.

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thinktosee · 5 years ago

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IT’S A DOG’S LIFE

KIng and Oscar. Circa 1981

This essay is in memory of Loki.

We see and yet not feel. While the blind feel to see.

Loki was a youthful and healthy dog. Not long ago, his owner made the heart-breaking decision to put him down. (1) Sensible questions were raised by the public in singapore regarding his passing. Among these :

Why did the veterinarian put him down if he was healthy?

Did the owner have a right to do this?

Did the veterinarian go beyond medical ethics?

Could things have been done differently, to spare his life?

These questions are no doubt emotive and quite rightly so. Public sentiments should always be taken seriously, especially since our body of laws is founded on social morality. Having regard to law and morality, there are instances wherein the legal and ethical framework has yet to catch up with evolved social mores. Here’s an example of evolved social mores :

“In the 1960s, I knew people who, before going on vacation, would take their dogs to a shelter to be euthanized. They reasoned that it was cheaper to have a dog euthanized – and buy a new one upon returning – than pay a kennel fee.

Two decades later, I was working at Colorado State’s veterinary hospital when a group of distraught bikers on Harley-Davidsons pulled up carrying a sick chihuahua. The dog was intractably ill, and required euthanasia to prevent further suffering. Afterwards, the hospital’s counselors felt compelled to find the bikers a motel room: their level of grief was so profound that the staff didn’t think it was safe for them to be riding their motorcycles.” (2)

- Bernard Rollin, Professor of Philosophy, Animal Sciences and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University

It is possible the law and medical protocols in Singapore, where they pertain to the treatment and welfare of animals, including pets, may require some review. Loki deserved better from us. Somehow, I feel we failed him, tragically.

The law and medical guidelines in general, accept an owner has the primary responsibility and duty of care to the pet. Animals are sentient and autonomous beings, that is, they feel pain, are imbued with emotions, and can function independently. The communicative aspect however, is an issue which imposes added responsibility and authority onto the owner and veterinary specialist in connection to the animal’s health and welfare. To put it simply – we don’t know what the animal is thinking or feeling, so a moral and ethical approach should always be adopted.

Before we go and exclaim, “Aha!” And to blame Loki’s tragic passing on a perceivably irresponsible owner or unethical veterinarian, let us pause for a moment to consider the words of Marcela Rebuelto, from the Veterinary Sciences Faculty of the University of Buenos Aires :

“Euthanasia of small animals, as cats and dogs, is a highly stressful situation not only for the owner of the animal to which euthanasia will be done, but also to those who have responsibilities in performing such procedure, as veterinarians or workers on animal shelters. Owners most common response to euthanasia is grief at the loss of his or her pet and guilt about their consent to euthanize their pet. As a proof of how distressing this situation is for the owner or client, in dogs, cats and horses or other animals regarded as pets, euphemisms such as “put to sleep” or “put down” are used for euthanasia. Veterinarians are also affected negatively by euthanasia, as the animal has usually been his or her patient for long, and they have become affectionately attached to it, or because they sympathize with the owner, and cope with different ways to the euthanasia of their patients.” (3)

There is a massive body of medical and veterinary literature which supports the statements of Dr. Rebuelto. No one wants to put an animal down unless guided by medical and ethical questions. However, there are no doubt instances wherein the decision regarding the on-going welfare of a pet was not given exhaustive consideration. This then raises an ethical and moral dilemma :

What more could have been done to save the life of a healthy pet? The following, again by Dr. Rebuelto, places the issue in some context :

“….when an owner of a perfectly healthy pet asks it to be euthanized, because of treatable sickness or behavioral problems (inappropriate elimination, aggressive behaviors, excessive barking), or because social reasons (being no longer useful, moving to a smaller home). In these circumstances, some veterinarians consider a moral dilemma how to comply with the client’s right to make decisions regarding his or her pet versus the responsibility the veterinarian has to alleviate the suffering of his patients and provide and ensure them humane and scientific care. These are difficult situations in clinical practice, and probably one of the most stressful for a veterinarian. American bioethicist and philosopher Bernard Rollin states that the fundamental question of veterinary ethics is: To whom does the veterinarian owe primary obligation: animal or owner?” (4)

To this, the following suggestion may be useful to consider :

Where a veterinarian has legitimate concerns about euthanizing a healthy pet, and this after the owner/client has exhausted every possible avenue for re-homing or engaging a shelter, a 3rd party medical and veterinary specialist, with a background in medical ethics, shall be consulted to determine the most compassionate and ethical approach towards the welfare of the pet. While it is generally acknowledged under the law and by professional animal welfare guidelines, that the owner/client has an overriding interest and responsibility toward the animal, it does not necessarily extend to euthanasia, particularly if the animal is medically healthy. The 3rd party medical specialist should therefore base their recommendation, after consultations with the veterinarian, owner, pet shelters and animal welfare agencies, in order to assure every possible remedy is given due consideration. (see Rebuelto, p.24). This too allows for a time-out for all, including the owner, to reconsider their respective positions in this emotive matter.

The above proposal should apply only to the extent the client and veterinarian agree to it, especially since, their relationship is privileged, and hence, confidential. To go beyond the constraints imposed by the very nature of the doctor/client relationship may however, require legislation and or added professional and ethical guidelines for the veterinarians.

Having said this, we should always be mindful that animals have feelings and emotions. The owner and veterinarian should essentially work to compose and administer an acceptable programme of health and medical care throughout the lifetime of the pet. We should also keep in mind that the American SPCA estimates that 670,000 in-shelter dogs and 860,000 cats in the USA alone, are put down annually. (5) I wonder how many among these, were healthy animals like Loki. These are difficult medical, ethical, moral and animal management issues. They do impel us to give more thought to the welfare of animals in our care. Here’s Professor Rollin once more:

“For thousands of years, humans have kept animals as pets. But only during the past 40 years have they come to be viewed as family.” (6)

In the Spirit of David Cornelius Singh

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- David’s father

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Sources/References

1. https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ava-clarifies-euthanasia-guidelines-says-clinic-followed-protocol-putting-down-pup

2. Rollin, Bernard. “When is it ethical to euthanize your pet?” The Conversation, 2015

3. Rebuelto, Marcela. “Ethical Dilemmas in Euthanasia of Small Companion Animals.” p.22-23, Bentham Open, 2008, 2, 21-25

4. ibid.

5. https://www.aspca.org/animal-homelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics

6. Rollin, Bernard. “When is it ethical to euthanize your pet?” The Conversation, 2015

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myhealthcarestory · 6 years ago

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allergy testing

Dog allergy testing is conducted as standard procedure before immunotherapy, or allergy shots are normally given. Being the main diagnosis, the information gained from the canine blood test and skin scratch test can provide the fundamental information required to correctly diagnose a condition of hypersensitivity does exists and will determine exactly which allergens are responsible. Thus, this testing afford them the ability to conduct immunotherapy.

Dog allergy shots get to be able to inject a vigilantly created vaccine, each one of these is individually designed to bring in regards to the desensitization of specific allergies that have been shown in testing to be the reason for the physical reactions to allergens.

Preparations

Before you begin any procedure, a few things must be done.

First, all lingering skin allergy test Singapore must be cleared-up. These generally include flea, mite, yeast, fungal, and bacterial infections. Occasionally this may take many weeks to totally cure these conditions. Still, this is necessary to ensure that your pet's allergies would be the problem-- and not the infections.

Secondly, if it has not occurred earlier, your pet will undoubtedly be placed on a diet of hypoallergenic food for a period of about 90 days prior to proceeding. This is done to be able to make fully sure your pet is not reacting to a food allergy, which will be usually treated by identifying the situation food involved and eliminating it from the diet. Desensitization of a food allergen is generally not attempted except in cases of very special circumstances because of especially poor success rates.

The IDST

When all is ready, an Intradermal Skin Test (IDST), or allergy skin testing, is conducted to be able to concur that: 1) the physical reactions are indeed caused by an allergen, and 2) to find out specifically which allergens are responsible.

In theory, the IDST is really a very straight-forward procedure, yet sometimes it may become somewhat complex as a result of incredibly huge range of possible allergens. Re-testing may also be performed to help expand understand the scope of the problem.

Whom to Select

Occasionally a family veterinarian will conduct the canine blood test and skin test leading to desensitization therapy (dog allergy shots), and then the household vet can even supply the shots based him or herself. I'd like to say there are some family vets which are competent in doing this, although most are not-- primarily simply because they lack the proper training and do not have enough experience, except for very easy cases.

That's why it is preferred that the animal with increased than simple inhalant allergies be taken to a veterinary dermatologist. They're highly-trained specialist in the field of diseases of the skin. Going to a vet dermatologist from the beginning will often avoid wasted time and money. You will discover most veterinary dermatologists may wish to do their own dog allergy testing according to their own standards and specifications; and these will probably be distinctive from those of the household vet. The straightforward simple truth is that veterinary dermatologists are greater suited to understanding and applying the artwork of specialty diagnosis.

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kathleenseiber · 4 years ago

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Cosmos Q&A: Why we must value parasites

Parasites don’t get great PR or a lot of consideration when we’re talking conservation. An international team hopes to change that, however, and has published a paper in the journal Biological Conservation laying out a global plan to protect them, including 12 specific goals for the next decade.

Cosmos spoke to Melinda Moir from the University of Western Australia, an entomologist with a background in invertebrate conservation, who was invited to be a part of the working group.

You appear to have joined a support group for parasites. Please explain yourself.

Unfortunately, parasites are vastly under-represented in the conservation sphere, with only a handful represented on official conservation lists like the IUCN red list. This is despite published estimates of one in every three parasite species at potential risk of extinction in the next 50 years.

Our group includes people from many different institutions (museums, universities, research centres, government agencies) and countries (US, Panama, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore) who are all interested in advancing parasite conservation.

While we all recognise that the greatest risk to parasites is co-extinction – loss with their host species or with some change in the host species’ populations – parasite conservation is more complicated than it at first appears. There are many different drivers that are increasing the risk faced by parasites that we have addressed in our 12-step plan to counter parasite extinctions.

From a scientific perspective, what are “parasites”? Do we use that term in the same way that we do “insects” or “birds”?

“Parasite” can encompass a much broader range of taxa than terms such as “bird” or “insect”, as these latter terms are based on taxonomy (the classification of living organisms), whereas “parasite” is a term based on ecology or lifestyle. The term parasite is most often associated with an invertebrate animal that lives on, or in, another animal while feeding from it, such as lice on birds or roundworms in mammals.

Vampire bat (Desmodontinae). Credit: dataichi – Simon Dubreuil / Getty Images

However, parasite can actually encompass a much wider range of taxa, from parasitic plants like mistletoe utilising the nutrients of trees, herbivorous insects that eat plants, fungal infections of humans, to vampire bats feeding on mammals. Basically, a parasite is anything that feeds off another living organism (the host), without killing the host organism when the parasite load is low.

Do we fully understand what they do?

Parasites are a large and important part of global biodiversity. We do know that they play important roles in wildlife population control, ecosystem stability and flow, nutrient cycling, and potentially even buffering against the emergence of virulent diseases. There is some evidence of parasites being beneficial for their hosts, such as intestinal parasites possibly helping humans with disorders caused by inflammation of the intestines (e.g., Crohn’s disease), by activating the immune system.

Certainly, those parasites which alter the behaviour of one of their hosts can then benefit other organisms. For example a Nematomorph parasite has been found to alter their host cricket’s behaviour to seek water, which creates a large food supply for an endangered trout in rivers in Japan, accounting for 60% of the trout’s annual energy intake.

Parasites have been described as one of the last frontiers in the world of biodiversity because there are so many species yet to be discovered and aspects of their ecology are still being uncovered. So although we don’t fully understand or even know about the existence of most parasitic species, we do know that most are an essential component of ecosystems.

Why have so few be identified and named?

There are a number of problems here, but one major issue is the lack of parasite taxonomists (scientists who describe species). It isn’t exactly the sexiest job in the world to be discovering new mites, lice or internal worms! So attracting undergraduate students into this realm and away from the cute, the furry and the fluffy animals is difficult. The students most likely to encounter parasites do so from the medical or veterinary or agricultural perspective, where the aim is to eradicate the parasite, to improve the health of the host.

Most parasites are difficult to collect, as collecting them may require harming the host individual. Parasites are often hard to see, and their taxonomy can be very difficult, usually requiring specialist equipment and curation techniques to be able to identify any differences between species. It takes years of study to work in this world, and then there are few jobs worldwide that allow people a full time job of describing new species. A consequence of this is that there are few established mentors in academia grooming the next generation of parasitologists. So the cycle of neglect continues.

Do parasites tend to affect us directly, or indirectly via their impact on other parts of the environment?

Brown Dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus). Credit: Pia Scanlon, Western Australian Agricultural Authority.

An extremely small percentage of parasite species directly impact humans either by parasitising us or our livestock and pets. An even smaller percentage act as vectors to viruses and bacteria, which tend to have more detrimental effects on the host than the parasites themselves do by simply feeding on the host. For example, the Brown Dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is host to the bacterium Ehrlichia canis, which has just recently arrived in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Although the tick is present across northern Australia and has limited impact on dog health if in low numbers, the bacterium causes Ehrlichiosis, which can be fatal.

The extinction of parasites can imbalance the system and then impact humans. A good example of this is general host-tick coextinction in the tropical rainforests of Panama reducing competition. One tick, Amblyomma oblongoguttatum, a vector of spotted fever group rickettsiosis (causing Rickettsia in humans) has become dominant as a consequence. This means that there is more potential for us to catch Rickettsia in these forests because of the lack of a diversity of tick species.

Do we affect them as much as they affect us? Is that changing?

Our impacts on parasites, either directly or indirectly, far outweigh their negative impacts on us. And unfortunately, this impact is increasing. Up to 10% of parasite species could be threatened by climate change alone, and when you add in co-extinction risk (the loss of the parasite with the extinction of the host species), this rate jumps to one in every three parasite species being threatened with extinction.

Evidence of the threat faced by parasites is clear in a study that compared seagulls in the 1960s versus today. The scientists found that two thirds of flatworm parasites are now missing, representing a “systematic collapse” of the parasite ecosystem. Parasites are highly threatened because they face a double threat: they’re sensitive on their own to disturbances like climate change or habitat loss, but are also highly threatened with extinction if their host experiences reductions in population size or density. But parasites are still mostly neglected by conservation research and practice. Furthermore, as some recent cases have uncovered, we are actually to blame for increasing the impacts of parasites on humans, as in the example of the coextinction of ticks in Panama above.

Can you conserve or save parasites in the same way that you do endangered wildlife? Do we need to save them, or just get out of their way?

Red mistletoe (Peraxilla tetrapetala). Credit: Michal Klajban

Parasites need active management on several fronts, and we need to stop actively trying to eliminate them from the ecosystem. Currently, the management of many threatened species of potential host (plant, vertebrate) includes actively removing the host species from their natural environment and/or actively removing the parasites through pesticides or anti-parasitic drugs. For instance, to conserve the Tasmanian devil, insurance populations against the deadly Devil Facial Tumour Disease have been necessary, but this management has also included the routine use of anthelmintics. Luckily, this practice has now been stopped in recognition of the need to also conserve the devils’ parasitic fauna.

Every effort should be made to survey the parasite diversity on these highly threatened hosts. Once a parasite is identified as being threatened, it should feature on conservation lists such as the IUCN Red List. Threatened parasites may need adaptive management just as their threatened host do. For example, the tuatara tick has been translocated with its host the New Zealand tuatara lizard. However, scientists subsequently found that tick populations were declining despite the tuartara population remaining stable. The problem appeared to be that the density of tuatara was too sparse for the tick. This example is quite typical; the loss of the parasite occurs before the host because of a change in the host species population [The genome of the tuatara lizard has just been sequenced. Read the Cosmos report here.]

Our new global plan encompasses such remedial efforts within 12 goals for the next decade that could advance parasite biodiversity conservation through an ambitious mix of research, advocacy, and management. These goals fall within four categories: data collection and synthesis, risk assessment and prioritisation, conservation practice, and outreach and education.

What is the appeal in studying parasites? What’s your elevator pitch to the next generation of scientists?

Parasites are one of the few great unknowns in biodiversity where young scientists can really make their mark. It is almost impossible to discover a new bird, mammal or amphibian in the world today; however, there are likely to be numerous undescribed parasites just in your backyard – whether that be microscopic parasitic wasps laying eggs in other insects feeding on your vegies in the garden, or the internal worm of the little brown honeyeater nesting in the backyard tree. And many parasites are weird and wonderful, changing their host’s behaviour, morphology or colour – if you like being at the forefront of science, this field is definitely for you.

Is this work part of what we now hear called disease ecology?

Cephalotes atratus infected with Myrmeconema neotropicum. Credit: George Poinar Jr.

Parasitism is a large component of disease ecology, but work on parasites is called parasitology and is a world unto itself. Disease ecology largely evolved around infectious disease and, set against a backdrop of pandemics, veterinarians and treatment, often has negative connotations associated with parasites. So although the theory of disease ecology can help to inform mechanisms of transmission of parasites across host individuals, it is at odds with parasite conservation becomes it comes from a different perspective of eliminating the parasite rather than conserving it.

What’s your favourite parasite story or memory?

Recently I was told by a colleague of the South American nematode Myrmeconema neotropicum,which lives inside the black ant Cephalotes atratus. The nematode requires two hosts to complete its lifecycle; an ant and a bird. To move from the ant to the bird, the nematode changes the ant’s black abdomen to resemble a red berry, and the bird consumes the berry-abdomen plus nematode.

Much closer to home, I’m worried for the Numbat acanthocephalan or spiny-headed worm (Multisentis myrmecobius). It requires two hosts to complete its lifecycle, the numbat and an invertebrate, most likely termites, as these are the main food source of numbats. Currently, all translocated numbats are treated for this spiny-headed worm, which has only been found in one population of the endangered numbat at Dryandra in southwest Australia.

Although the worm isn’t recognised on any conservation lists, it is highly likely that it is either critically endangered or extinct. No one has, however, assessed the threat status of the worm, despite one of its hosts being an iconic threatened Australian marsupial. This particular example highlights the complex, unseen and perilous nature of parasite existence.

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data-bridge-market-research · 6 years ago

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The global veterinary equipment and disposables market is expected to reach USD 2.8 billion by 2025, from USD 1.5 billion in 2017 growing at a CAGR of 8.1% during the forecast period of 2018 to 2025. The upcoming market report contains data for historic years 2016, the base year of calculation is 2017 and the forecast period is 2018 to 2025.

Market Definition: Global Veterinary Equipment and Disposables Market

Veterinary equipment and disposables are required for treatment and analysis of animal illnesses. Accessibility of research center symptomatic equipment, analysers and disposables for treatment of different animal related illnesses are profoundly esteemed by pet lovers and proprietors, this has raised the demand of veterinary equipment and disposables advertise. An estimation analysis demonstrated that pet proprietors spend billions of dollars every year for treatment of diseases influencing their venerated pets. Veterinary equipment and disposables has developed with quickest pace in recent years and established extensive variety of refined veterinary items.

The imperative components affecting the development of the market for veterinary equipment and disposables all around incorporate the growing animal wellbeing spending, rising digit of veterinary specialists and their developing wage levels, increment in partner animals and the mounting demand for pet protection. However, the mounting cost of pet consideration, extreme shortage of talented and expert veterinarians, and low animal wellbeing understanding are few factors that can restrict the market development.

For instance, according to statistics the pet care and medicine cover a major part of the all pet market sales. Cost of incidence coverage for an 11 year old dog in New York which comes under Embrace Insurance amounted to an annual cost of 10,260 U.S. dollars per owner in 2016.

Market Drivers and Restraints:

Growth in companion animal population

Rising demand for pet insurance with growing animal health expenditure

Growth in the number of veterinary practitioners and income levels in developed economies

Rising pet care costs

Market Segmentation: Global Veterinary Equipment and Disposables Market

The global veterinary equipment and disposables market is segmented based on type, animal type end user and geography.

Based on type, the market is segmented into critical care consumables, anesthesia equipment, fluid management equipment, temperature management equipment, patient monitoring equipment, research equipment, rescue & resuscitation equipment. The critical care consumables are further segmented into wound management consumables, fluid administration and therapy consumables, airway management consumables, gastroenterology consumables, needles, reproduction consumables, urology consumables and consumable product accessories. The anesthesia equipment is segmented into anesthesia machines, ventilators, vaporizers, waste gas management systems and gas delivery management systems. The fluid management equipment is segmented into large-volume infusion pumps and syringe pumps. The temperature management equipment is segmented into patient warming systems and fluid warmers. The research equipment is segmented into lab evacuation systems and induction chambers. The rescue & resuscitation equipment is segmented into resuscitation bags and oxygen masks.

Based on animal type, the market is segmented into small companion animals, large animals and other animals. The small companion animals are further segmented into dogs, cats and other small companion animals. The large animals are segmented into equines and bovines and other farm animals

Based on end user, the market is segmented into veterinary clinics, veterinary hospitals and research institutes.

Based on geography, the market report covers data points for 28 countries across multiple geographies namely North America & South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and, Middle East & Africa. Some of the major countries covered in this report are U.S., Canada, Germany, France, U.K., Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, China, India, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and, Brazil among others

Key Developments in the Market:

In February 2016, Analogic Corporation in collaboration with Oncura Partners Diagnostics LLC developed a cloud-based ultra-sound Telehealth service that applied real-time remote ultrasound imaging and services to the veterinary market.

Competitive Analysis: Global Veterinary Equipment and Disposables Market

The global veterinary equipment and disposables market is highly fragmented and the major players have used various strategies such as new product launches, expansions, agreements, joint ventures, partnerships, acquisitions, and others to increase their footprints in this market. The report includes market shares of veterinary equipment and disposables market for global, Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and South America.

Major Market Competitors/Players: Global Veterinary Equipment and Disposables Market

Dre Veterinary, Henry Schein, Smiths Group, Midmark, Jorgenson Laboratories, Mindray Medical, Nonin Medical, Vetland Medical, B. Braun, Digicare Biomedical, Hallowell Emc, Grady Medical, Mila International, Burtons Medical, Medtronic Plc, Smiths Medical, 3M Company, Digicare Biomedical Technology, Inc., Vetland Medical Sales and Services LLC, DRE Veterinary, Midmark Corporation, Mila International, Inc. and Hallowell Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation.

Research Methodology: Global Veterinary Equipment and Disposables Market

Data collection and base year analysis is done using data collection modules with large sample sizes. The market data is analyzed and forecasted using market statistical and coherent models. Also market share analysis and key trend analysis are the major success factors in the market report. To know more please Request an Analyst Call or can drop down your inquiry.

Primary Respondents

Demand Side: Doctors, Surgeons, Medical Consultants, Nurses, Hospital Buyers, Group Purchasing Organizations, Associations, Insurers, Medical Payers, Healthcare Authorities, Universities, Technological Writers, Scientists, Promoters, and Investors among others.

Supply Side: Product Managers, Marketing Managers, C-Level Executives, Distributors, Market Intelligence, Regulatory Affairs Managers among others

Reasons to Purchase this Report

Current and future of veterinary equipment and disposables market outlook in the developed and emerging markets

The segment that is expected to dominate the market as well as the segment which holds highest CAGR in the forecast period.

Regions/countries that are expected to witness the fastest growth rates during the forecast period

The latest developments, market shares, and strategies that are employed by the major market players

Customization of the Report

All segmentation provided above in this report is represented at country level.

All products covered in the market, product volume and average selling prices will be included as customizable options which may incur no or minimal additional cost (depends on customization)

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ambervet-blog · 7 years ago

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Why Vaccination for Pets is Important?

Introduction

There is evident that the general veterinary advice of getting the booster shots to your pet yearly may have certain unwanted side effects. Some vet specialist Singapore embraces the school of thoughts however; it’s a reason for concern. Do some people ignore the fear that them a in source of income might fade away? Or do they actually believe that constant exposure to chemical and biological compounds is really important for the health of the pet?

The increasing voice among the newer substitute practitioners suggests that the former is true. Holistic, organic, and natural medicine and techniques are definitely not new however;they are new to the world of pet care.

Vaccination for Pets – Associated Problems

The new veterinary world suggests that vaccination for pets actually work more closely with the human diversity, which means that consistent annual booster shots might not be required.

For example, Tetanus shots last for around 10 years in the humans before any booster is needed. Let us observe some potential health related complications for pets with yearly shots.

These complications consist of immune related hemolytic anemia, vaccination induced skin cancer for cats,immune interceded skin disease, arthritis, leukemia,skin allergies, neurological conditions and inflammatory bowel diseases.

Why Vaccination for Pets is Needed?

There could be a bit doubt that vaccination for pets is generally very important for your pet’s health as vaccinations help in preventing serious illnesses, however they need to get used with some attention. Actually, it’s very difficult to precisely assess merits of different arguments considering the absence of consensus science. You just need to include that under the category"stands with a reason".

Conclusion

You might get important veterinary advice through auser-friendly digital manual,which allows the pet holders to rapidly diagnose as well as solve the host of general ailments related with dogs and cats.

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mondaymorgue · 7 years ago

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The Wild Boar had attacked a man at Hillview Road. Photos: Olga, Brianna Degaston Twitter

Man injured after Boar attack at Hillview Road; AVA monitoring situation 19th October 2017;

A man in his forties was injured and taken to hospital after being attacked by a Wild Boar (Sus scrofa vittatus) near a bus stop at Hillview Road on Thursday morning (Oct 19).

Sales specialist Olga, 30, told Channel NewsAsia that she was walking to the MRT station with her husband at around 8.30am when she saw the attack.

"I saw an animal - I thought it was just a big dog with owner - but in two to three seconds, (the) animal start(ed) to attack the man and he fell down and scream(ed), he was really in pain," she said.

She rushed over to help with her husband, and was joined by another man, who took a bamboo cane from his car and started to hit the Boar. "It worked, and (the) Boar made his escape down to the road," Ms Olga said.

The Boar was then hit by a bus, she added. Channel NewsAsia understands the Boar has died.

Another man then stopped his car and brought a first aid kit, which he and Olga's husband used to start bandaging the man's wounds.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to an incident outside 25, Hillview Avenue at 8.43am and dispatched an ambulance. The man had "cuts and lacerations" on both his legs, said SCDF, adding that the victim was taken conscious to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

IT consultant Dan Ranjith, 33, was on his way to work at 8.50am when he noticed the commotion on the other side of the road. "I was walking on the streets and noticed that the Boar was lying down and surrounded by police," he told Channel NewsAsia.

"When I saw the Boar (it) was still alive and moving," he added.

Photos circulating online showed the Boar lying on its side on the pavement next to a bus stop. At least two police cars were at the scene and the area was cordoned off with police tape.

The Boar appeared to still be on the pavement nearly two hours after the attack, with lawyer Maurice Oon, 54, telling Channel NewsAsia that he was in a taxi when he saw the "big, dead Wild Boar lying on the pavement" at around 10.15am.

Member of Parliament for Chua Chu Kang GRC (Bukit Gombak) and Mayor of South West District Low Yen Ling said in a Facebook post that the injured man was receiving "the medical care that he needs" in hospital.

She added that she has been in touch with the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), Land Transport Authority and the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society to ensure that "follow-up procedures are in place" regarding the Boar and the safety of members of the public.

"Should you encounter any Wild Boars, please be advised to not approach or provoke the animal," she added.

WILD BOAR SIGHTINGS IN THE AREA NOT COMMON: AVA

The AVA said in a statement that Wild Boar sightings in the area are not common and the animal likely emerged from nearby forested areas.

The authority will be putting up signs and will educate residents on what to do when they encounter Wild Boars.

"AVA is monitoring the situation and is working with relevant agencies to put up signage," it said. "AVA is also working with the community to create awareness and educate residents on what to do when they encounter Wild Boars."

It is also working with various agencies, such as the National Parks Board and Wildlife Reserves Singapore, to implement measures to "mitigate encounters with Wild Boars and ensure public safety".

Some possible measures AVA is exploring include putting up signs about wildlife crossings at specific locations to warn motorists, and erecting barriers to prevent wildlife from encroaching onto roads.

This comes after a series of incidents involving Wild Boars in Singapore.

Two people were injured in September after a Wild Boar at the Ayer Rajah Expressway caused an accident. One day later, three others were injured in a car accident involving a Wild Boar at Lentor Avenue.

A woman was also attacked by a Wild Boar in July this year, and needed 60 stitches for a wound in her right leg after the incident at a park in the Upper Thomson area.

A large group of Boars was also spotted near Tuas bus terminal earlier this year.

The AVA said it would like to remind members of the public not to approach, disturb or try to catch Wild Boars.

"The public should keep a safe distance from the Wild Boars and avoid confronting or cornering them. Do not interact with the Wild Boars and keep young children and pets away from them," the authority said.

Source: Channel NewsAsia

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marketforecastreport-blog · 8 years ago

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animalpracticesg · 4 years ago

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Ways to Deworm the Pets at Animal Clinic in Singapore

When you are bringing a new pet in your house, or if a pet is born in your house, the first thing that will come to your mind is whether your pet should be dewormed or not? If you need to deworm your pet, then you need to bring it to the nearest animal clinic in Singapore. There can development of various types of worms in the pet and the veterinary specialists will tell you first all the details about such worms and then will start with the deworming process.

Types Of Worms

Round Worms

In pets, the roundworm is a common problem. While in the case of dogs it takes the shapes of wet spaghetti, such worms are 3- 5” long. Often the feces of animal and by feeding on an infected animal, such roundworms can develop in the pet.

Tapeworm

Growing around as long as long 8 inches, the tapeworms are flat and long. When the pet dog ingests a host that is carrying tapeworm eggs, then it can develop such worms.

Hookworms

The hookworms are the smallest types of all sorts of the worm. While feeding on the blood, and approximately one inch in length, these worms are situated in the small intestine of the pet. These can cause threatening anemia to the pets and small baby pets can suffer from a serious problem.

Whipworms

Residing in the colon and cecum of the pets, the whipworms are very long. While considered as the most harmful worms, the presence of these worms can harm the pets in many ways. If such worms occur in your pets, you need to take the pet to the nearest animal clinic in Singapore, so that proper treatment can be done.

How the Deworming Process Is Done

Before things get out of control, it is necessary to consult the specialist in the animal health center. The veterinary specialists will recommend the oral medicines or provide the injections so that the worms do not develop in the dogs. Since in the case of pups, the worms are passed from the mother to baby, hence the puppies should undergo the deworming program as early as two to three weeks.

To provide the requirement of the individual needs, the specialist may specify some basic deworming process, which you can do it at home. To practice such processes, you need to take your puppy to the dog clinic in Singapore, when the specialist can explain to you everything. The worms are very easily treatable in dogs. The specialists will diagnose and examine the canine and then will provide the suitable medicine to the pet.

Based on the extent of infestation and parasite, the specialist will prescribe the proper administration protocol and deworming medicines for the puppies.

In the case of tapeworm for the dogs, it will appear too small in the feces, as the medication will break up the tapeworm in the intestinal duct. While extracting them, the medication will detach the roundworm inside the intestinal tracts. When the medications are applied for the hookworms, it kills the adult hookworms. While home remedies for these worms can be done, but it is advised that you need to bring the canine to the dog clinic in Singapore for professional advice.

#dog clinic #deworming

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