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Fish joke for Monday-itis: what fish goes fishing?

Posted on 2015/05/032015/02/09 by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

Angler fish.

Have a FINtastic week!
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Medicine vs poison.

Posted on 2015/05/032015/05/03 by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

Doubling the dose, or using medicines unnecessarily does harm.

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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

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone

The loss of a pet fish is devastating.

Posted on 2015/05/02 by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

" Eventually, we all have to experience our first loss, and this little boy’s was caught on camera after his beloved goldfish died."

I’ve received countless calls about sick fish, dying from misdiagnosis and incorrect medications. Precious time is lost, and fish suffering is prolonged.

"The reality of the moment catches up with him and the boy suddenly bursts into tears, until his mom wraps him up in a hug while he sobs on her shoulder."

https://youtu.be/F-mbfDB9bN4

To avoid this situation in, make TheFishVet your first option.

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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
Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.

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A giant sea monster fish that can self-amputate!

Posted on 2015/05/012015/04/29 by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

Dudvyou know that the oarfish can self-amputate? Can they really predict earthquakes?

Study Finds Frozen Shrimp Are Totally Disgusting

Posted on 2015/04/302015/04/29 by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

I was directed to this article.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7164248

What are your thoughts?

For me,
I think farmed prawns are more environmentally sustainable since you can produce a lot more in limited resources. Prawns live in the bottom. Catching prawns in the wild entails trawling; and even though bycatch reduction devices are now used to exclude animals like turtles, there is still massive damage to the seafloor inhabitants.

There are more than 200 species of Vibrio. It’s ubiquitous in seawater. You can isolate them from water at the beach. Most are not significant as a cause of disease in aquatic animals. Moreover,only a handful can cause human disease. What I’d be more concerned about is if they don’t isolate anything from raw prawns!

Antibiotics residues are the real concern. But this can be avoided by farmers working closely with trained Aquatic Veterinarians on better farm practices and proper use of medicines.

Don’t ever touch this fish.

Posted on 2015/04/29 by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

Cute story 😄
http://io9.com/dont-ever-touch-this-fish-1698640534 ;

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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

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone

EU’s crazy homeopathy cure for Norway fish.

Posted on 2015/04/292015/04/27 by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

I say, medicine and science, meets “unmedicine” and “unscience”!

It’s way past April Fool’s!

Check this out.

Subject: AquaVetMed e-News: Norwegian & UK Vets Protest EU Homeopathy Regulations for Organic Farmed Fish
Sent: 26/04/2015 6:30 pm
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> April 26, 2015
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> EU’s crazy homeopathy cure for Norway fish
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> Norwegian vets are up in arms about a “scientifically illiterate” European directive that mandates the use of homeopathic medicines as the first line of treatment for organic farmed fish. “We think it’s totally unacceptable from a scientific point of view because there’s no scientific basis for using homeopathy,” Ellef Blakstad, scientific director of the Norwegian Veterinary Association, said after calling on the country’s Food Standards Agency to delay implementing the directive.
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> “If you start using homeopathy, you prolong the time when the animals are not getting adequate treatment and that’s a threat to animal welfare.” Norway this year began the arduous process of bringing the 2009 European regulation on organic aquaculture into national law. The directive calls on farmers to use “substances from plants, animals or minerals in a homeopathic dilution” as the first line of treatment should farmed fish or shellfish develop health problems.
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> They are only allowed to resort to mainstream “allopathic” treatments a maximum of two times per year if their product is not to lose its organic certification. Homeopathy is a field of alternative medicine which claims that diseases can be treated and prevented by using extracts of herbs and minerals diluted to such low levels that few if any molecules of the original substance remain, due to the ‘memory’ of water.
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> Drawing on extensive scientific research, the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety, has already ruled that the homeopathic medicine is ineffective in treating animals. The ‘placebo effect’, which can make homeopathic treatments helpful simply by raising the patient’s morale, does not apply to farm animals, and certainly not to fish.
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> In their official response to a consultation put out by Norway’s Food Standards Agency, the Norwegian Veterinary Association last week called on … … .
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> See the source (http://tinyurl.com/laewroe) for the full story
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> Vets condemn EU rules which demand organic fish farms must treat any signs of illness using homeopathy
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> Veterinarians have criticised EU rules on organic farming that demands that fish are treated with homoeopathic remedies. In line with EU regulations, the first line of treatment for organic fish should be ‘substances from plants, animals or minerals in a homeopathic dilution.’ British and Norwegian vets have called the directives ‘scientifically illiterate’, saying that the use of homeopathy could lead to ‘serious animal health and welfare detriment.’
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> After this, the ‘veterinary treatments’ section outlines that farmers may use ‘plants and their extracts not having anaesthetic effects.’ As well as the directive to use homeopathic treatments, organic fish farmers are only allowed to resort to mainstream medical treatments a maximum of twice per year, or their fish will lose its organic certification.
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> This has been criticised by the Norwegian Veterinary Association (NVA) as could mean that fish are not getting the correct treatment in time, causing them unnecessary suffering. ‘We think it’s totally unacceptable from a scientific point of view because there’s no scientific basis for using homeopathy,’ Ellef Blakstad, the head of the Norwegian Veterinary Association, suggested, ‘If you start using homeopathy, you prolong the time when the animals are not getting adequate treatment and that’s a threat to animal welfare.’
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> Farmers are only allowed to use mainstream medical treatments a twice per year, or their fish will lose its organic certification. The criticism from Norway has been echoed by the British Veterinary Association, saying use of homeopathy could lead to ‘serious animal health and welfare detriment.’ The British Veterinary Association (BVA) cannot endorse the use of homeopathic remedies, or indeed any products, making therapeutic claims, which have no proven efficacy,’ British Veterinary Association President John Blackwell told Mail Online. ‘As with any treatment for disease using medicines, BVA believes that veterinary medicinal products must be … … .
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> See the source (http://tinyurl.com/n9k3jdn) for the full story.
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> The amended EU Commission Regulation (EC 710/2009) that addresses rules for the implementation of the original EC 834/2007 regulations for organic aquaculture animal and seaweed production is accessible at http://tinyurl.com/y8zrxaw.
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> An important note: the US Food & Drug Administration is considering regulating human homeopathic remedies – see http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/ucm430539.htm for details. ________________________________
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