In TENTacles!
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Fish Jokes for Monday-itis: Where does the octopus sleep when camping?
In TENTacles!
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FREE Webinar on “Aquatic Veterinary Conservation Medicine.”
Join us for a webinar Join us for a webinar on Friday, 25 Sept. 2015 11:59 PM – Saturday, 26 Sept. 2015 1:30 AM AWST (+8 GMT).
Click on http://tinyurl.com/oc6p356 for the correct time in your time zone.
Speaker: Mohamed Faisal, DVM, PhD, CertAqV (Professor, Depts. Pathobiology & Diagnostic Investigation / Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine & College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University.
About this webinar
In their hostile aquatic habitat, fish are subjected to a multitude of stressors. As a result, many fish species have extirpated or at the brink of extinction. Over the last three decades, bacterial and viral pathogens have decimated fish populations throughout the world and the sight of miles-wide mats of dead fish became very common in marine and freshwater environments alike. This presentation gives an overview of conservation medicine as an emerging veterinary discipline with an emphasis on the role played by aquatic veterinarians in rehabilitating wild fish stocks and managing fish health issues.
Learning Objectives
Participants will understand:
1. the discipline of Conservation Medicine.
2. the role played by pathogens in causing serious fish kills.
3. the role played by aquatic veterinarians in saving fish species from extinction…
About the Speaker
Professor Faisal started his aquatic veterinary professional career in 1977, when his doctoral thesis at the Veterinary School of the University of Munich, Germany, focused on the Spring Viremia of Carp Virus. Since then he practiced aquatic veterinary medicine in academia where he combined field observation, clinical examination, and laboratory studies harmoniously. His clinical experience included teleosts, molluscs, and amphipods. His research focused on understanding the host-pathogen interactions. Currently he directs the Aquatic Animal Medicine Program at Medicine, Michigan State University and oversees fish health issues for Michigan, including fishery rehabilitation programs. He is proud to have served as WAVMA President in 2013.
This webinar is suitable for veterinarians, vet techs/nurses, vet students and veterinary practice staff. Feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues.
Interested but can’t join the live webinar? If you register for the live webinar and are unable to attend, you will be e-mailed a link to view the webinar at a later time.
Want CEPD credit? (Registration is required)
Information on how to access the recorded webinar (at no cost), and a short knowledge & skills assessment (KSA or quiz) covering the webinar’s principle learning objectives, in order to earn veterinary Continuing Educational & Professional Development (CEPD) credit will be e-mailed to all registrants in 1-2 weeks after the webinar.
As CEPD credit can be used towards re-licensing or registration requirements to practice veterinary medicine, and requirements for becoming a WAVMA Certified Aquatic Veterinarian. We provide WAVMA Members a discount off the US$25.00 fee for earning CEPD credit ($5 for student members, $15 for all others).
Register now for this free live WAVMA WebCEPD webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7725893643494691586. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet
President WAVMA 2014
Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.
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WARNING graphic content: Dancing-squid rice-bowl dish (ika odori-don, a variation of ikezukuri) – is the squid still alive or dead?
A veterinary student at Murdoch asked me an interesting question about this Japanese “zombie” squid dish.
She recently came across an article about the dancing squid dish from Japan, and had been trying to find out more about the science behind it. Here is the link:
Or
She was trying to find out whether the squid really dead. Is it true about the sodium from the soy sauce being taken up in this way to cause the contractions? Are there any welfare issues involved in this dish?
I found a link to another useful video to explain the physiology behind it. In short, yes the squid is really dead.
Take a look at this –
https://youtu.be/JGPfSSUlReM
Feel free to make comments. What do your friends think of it?
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Fish Vetting Techniques & Practical Tips
The DAFF has just purchased 5 of my instructional DVDs (link) to be used to train their quarantine inspectors on what to look for in diseased fishes. They’ll be sent to their locations in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Fish Vetting Techniques & Practical Tips reveals the best ways to treat any type of fish.
This DVD is the most valuable resource for all fish vets, aquarists, fish shop owners, vet schools and zoos – so buy it now!
All your questions about veterinary procedures on treating all fish types are answered in this DVD.
Experienced Australian fish vet Dr Richmond Loh takes you on an absorbing journey into the world of fish vetting: learn how to take skin mucus scrapes and blood samples, inject fish and even perform surgery.
Buy a copy now – soon you will be able to treat any fish with full confidence!
Don’t wait! Order a copy of Fish Vetting Techniques & Practical Tips at http://thefishvet.com.au/shop/shopping.html
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Fish Jokes for Monday-itis: Why don’t clownfish live in houses?
And the answer is…
because they don’t have anemone.
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Water quality problems – the invisible killer
What’s with your water? What are the unseen problems that can be devastating to your fishes?
Learn about water, by watching a free recorded webinar by The Fish Vet – http://www.wavma.org/Webinars/B-1010-Water-quality-101-for-Practising-Veterinarians
Fighting fish knocks out Brazilian fisherman
Fish don’t have limbs or hands, but can still slap you!
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/29315021/fighting-fish-knocks-out-brazilian-fisherman/
Fish are easy first pets… Really? Not!
What’s often the first pet many people recommend for beginners? A dog, a cat or a horse? You never hear such answers. What’s more common is, fish.
I was talking to a student this morning and it occurred to us that “fish keeping is easy”, is a very common misconception.
How easy can a pet be, that can just die on you in less than a month? No other pet can be more foreign to us, as air-breathing, land-dwelling beings, than fish.
We ask you these questions…
What pet needs life support systems as complex as the hospital’s intensive care unit? What pet needs their water to be monitored more closely than your average swimming pool? What pet has disease that can wipe out entire populations within the space of days? What pet needs food with energy contents higher than elite athletes? The list continues.
Fish are no simple creatures. They are not simply easy.
Bit if you keep them well, you can lean back, relax and enjoy their beauty and unique behaviours.
Fish Jokes for Monday-itis: How do fish pick their nose?
And the answer is…
With a fish finger!
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Why was a helicopter circling Cottesloe beach last weekend?
My suspicions were right. There was a shark sighting.
These fishermen were up close and personal with the great white shark! How lucky (to be on a boat, and not in the water)!
Though, I wouldn’t condone feeding the shark.
Luckily the only surfing is was doing was on the net!
