Q: Why is it best to confide in fish?
A: Because they’re good at keeping “Sea”-crets!
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Self-Assessment Color Review of Ornamental Fish (and Aquatic Invertebrates).
In my final year of university I was given a copy of this book (pictured left) by a close friend. I read it from cover to cover with great delight! It contains 265 different cases from 23 world renowned fish veterinarians. I thought it was just the most amazing book ever.
And, you can imagine it was such a great surprise and honour to be asked to contribute to the second edition (pictured right). The second book contains all new cases – 221 in fact. Contributors have increased to 34, includes some of the original from the first edition. This goes to show that the numbers of experienced aquatic veterinarians are on the rise. This is great news for all fish keepers globally.
After reading these books, you can appreciate the breadth and depth of knowledge required of an aquatic veterinarian. This is on top of the years of study to become a qualified veterinarian.
Get your copy from this site.
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Can people diagnose and/or treat their own fish in Australia? And, are there any exceptions for emergency situations, good samaritans and/or people helping others for free?
This is one of the commonly asked questions.
Fish are animals; and diagnosing diseases in animals, and treatment of animals are acts of veterinary science. So unless you are a registered veterinarian, you are not legally allowed to diagnose and treat animals of others.
To explain using humans as examples, we are able to self-treat to a certain extent, however, we are not allowed to treat others without being suitably qualified.
In Western Australia, the fine for the first conviction is $10,000. Subsequent fines are $20,000.
Read more in a previous post –
https://thefishvet.com/2015/08/04/what-educational-pathways-are-needed-to-be-an-aquatic-veterinarian/
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Fish joke for Monday-itis: Why do sharks circle their prey?
Two great white sharks swimming in the ocean spied survivors of a sunken ship.
“Follow me son” the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the mass of people.
“First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing.”
And they did.
“Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing.”And they did.
“Now we eat everybody.”And they did.
When they were both gorged, the son asked, “Dad, why didn’t we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and around them?”
His wise father replied, “Because they taste better if you scare the shit out of them first!”
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The world’s most expensive fish – dragon behind the glass.
Some people go to great lengths for their obsession!
You can’t not love the arowanas.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/dragon-fish-most-expensive-arowana-emily-voigt/
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
The Fish Doctor’s channel (featuring The Fish Vet) producing educational videos fit for university.
Check this out!
Our videos are being used to teach Veterinary students at Ross University (the largest Veterinary School in the world) – http://veterinary.rossu.edu/
See what they’re learning at
http://tinyurl.com/thefishdoctor
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Fresh Australian grown black tiger prawns will soon be a common menu item.
Project seadragon to farm prawns north of WA is going to plan. This is great news!
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Seismic testing for mineral reserves (firing soundwaves into the ocean floor to detect the presence of oil or gas), linked to mass destruction of seabed inhabitants.
Scallop deaths linked to seismic surveys being carried out on seabed, Tasmanian report finds – Environment News – ABC News.
"The industry blames the seismic activity for the death of virtually all the scallops in that bed which was 24,000 tonne — about $70 million worth."
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Fish joke for Monday-itis – Super Fishy Jokes part 2
Here’s a video of with some new jokes, and some classics.
Enjoy!
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The latest ABC Rural Fishing & Aquaculture stories.
Find out more at this link –
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/industry/fishing-aquaculture/
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383