Adapted from a joke my kid told me.
I turned it a little fishy of course.
Guinness crowns 30-year-old world’s oldest living cat, but did you know that pet fish can live far longer?
Guinness World Records has named a 30-year-old male Siamese cat called Scooter the oldest living cat in the world. Scooter was born on March 26, 1986, and still lives with the same owner in Texas. Scooter’s veterinarians say the cat has a "strong will to live," and his owner says she has worked to keep him active, to which she credits his longevity.
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But did you know that the average pet koi can live to well beyond 30 years? They can achieve greater than 50 years! I’ve clients with pet koi that’ve been passed down a generation, that are now the only living memory of their parent/s that had passed on. I’ve treated populations of fish where some were as old as me!
And, “How old am I,” you might ask? I’ll let you take a guess 🙂
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPh (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
THE FISH VET, AUSTRALIA – PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
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
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This has been a week of interviews!
This week I had an interview with a writer for "The Veterinarian", Clinical Zoo section. They wanted to profile the work life of a fish vet. What do fish vets do? Who are their clients? How do they do it?
I was stoked to be given the opportunity to increase awareness that fish need vets, and that vets can help. The main theme is, "Do fish, or refer it."
I briefed her about The Fish Vet’s team located in different parts of Australia, and expanding. I spoke of the types of clients we get, ranging from pet goldfish, to breeders of koi, and people with backyard aquaponics. I spoke of our aquaculture clients with barramundi, silver perch, abalone and shrimp. I spoke of servicing public aquariums, and clients at research institutions dealing with zebrafish and sharks. How we also provide health certification for live fish exports. We also have the capacity to provide Aquatic Veterinary Pathology Laboratory services, research and training. If you’re dealing with TheFishVet’s Team, then you’ve pretty much got it all.
I am so passionate about the subject, that I think I chewed the ear off the reporter, or kept them way past their bedtime over east.
The reporter remarks, "You have such a fascinating job and it was really great to talk to you, and I love the advocacy work you do for fish!"
Look out for the article in "The Veterinarian."
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
How do you do operation on fish?
Fish surgery is not uncommon with many clients. Removal of skin tumours, and deflating swimbladders are the most common surgical procedure in fish.
The patient is first anaesthetised, and then removed from the water. Gills and skin are irrigated to maintain moisture, and to deliver oxygenated water and anaesthetics.
It’s done with fish out of water to preserve an aseptic surgical field.
Check out the video my client put together on surgery of their goldfish –
https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1229584153725972&substory_index=0&id=100000231978462
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
JJJ Hack takes an interest with Australia’s KHV release.
Yesterday, I was interviewed by a reporter from JJJ Hack, asking about the risks of the Carp Herpesvirus to pet koi.
"Imagine if the killer virus works on carp (but also inadvertently kills pet koi fish), which of the feral pest species will they try on next? Horses, cats, dogs? Pigs, rabbits, goats, birds, mice, rats or deer?"
The carp were originally introduced by recreational fishers. 12% of the world’s population engages in recreational fishing. Recreational hunters-and-fishers have a lot to answer for. KHV release is not a good way for saving the environment. It’s merely a political experiment to satisfy the recreational fishers.
Keep an eye out for the online article.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/
For more information on KHV and its potential impacts on your pet koi fish, search my blog – http://thefishvet.com
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Conspiracy carp. Something you will find interesting.
Some digging done by one of my clients in response to one of my posts:
"I read a few articles on the history on the introduction of carp and they described how the Government assisted angling groups to introduce carp and their first attempts to introduce carp failed because the waterways were healthy and the natives out competed them, it wasnt until after farmers destroyed the waterways and natives were struggling that the later introduction of carp became a success, now the carp get blamed for all the damage done by farming/agriculture."
Looks like the presence of carp is merely an indicator of the poor state of health of the waterways. They’re not the pest that’s causing environmental devastation.
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Happy Volunteers Week!
It’s certainly very satisfying to volunteer, and it’s so great to meet people from around the state, country and world!
Professionally, I’ve given my time to the veterinary profession through volunteering with the following organisations:
*World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association
*Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists
*Australian Society for Veterinary Pathologists
*Australian Veterinary Association
The best part is to finally meet all these people you only knew by name, in person!
Australia would stop if it weren’t for dedicated volunteers.
Have a Happy Volunteers’ Week!
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Fish joke for Monday-itis: Who is the dolphin’s favourite singer?
Q:
Who is the dolphin’s favourite singer?
Answer: Tin-a-tuna!
With thanks to RN.
Have a FINtastic week! R <+>{
Prawn health and disease monitoring – FREE Webinar – Dr Giana Gomes
Why do surveillance and health monitoring? We hear it a lot from the government perspective, and it sounds so very time-consuming and laborious. Why we do it on commercial farms is much different. It’s for your bottom-line. Profit or loss, or worse, profit or bust.
Each farm has a responsibility for its own prawn health, and indirectly, by each farm maintaining healthy populations, you’re less at risk of generating diseases that can spread to other farms.
Dr Giana Gomes relates, “The most effective biosecurity actions you can take are monitoring and keeping a record of the health of your shrimp crops.”
But how do we do this?
- What are the monitoring tools?
- What equipment do you need?
- What do you examine for?
- How do you record these?
Such are things and more, will be covered in the presentation by Dr Gomes. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel. So much of these are being done in farms globally. Here we’ve an expert who has overseas experience, who can show you what she does, and how it can help your farm.
As fish farmers, and diagnosticians, we know that early detection of problems is key.
An early diagnosis will save you.
Join our Webinar next week, on Friday the 13th, and learn more
MORE DETAILS, go here.
It’s FREE!
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPh (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
THE FISH VET, AUSTRALIA (Perth, Melbourne & Townsville).
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
The world’s newest course on Aquatic Veterinary Medicine is coming to you, in Hong Kong.
Check out this excellent course that will be taught in Hong Kong. So many have asked what’s the best course for studying aquatic veterinary medicine. The course at University of Stirling has been the most reputable and established. Now Hong Kong City University is bringing that course to a more central location, recruiting experts in their fields to give instruction. I’ve taken a look at this course and I’m impressed by the curriculum. And the best part, I’ll be teaching the introductory unit, "Aquatic Animal Biology and Health".
Read on, for more information.
City University of Hong Kong’s School of Veterinary Medicine working jointly with the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, is introducing a MSc course in AQUATIC PRODUCTION & VETEIRNARY HEALTH.
A team of experienced staff of aquatic veterinary medicine and higher education from Hong Kong and Scotland has created this MSc programme.
The programme covers professional subject areas such as:
- Aquatic Animal Biology and Health
- Aquatic Animal Production Systems
- Bacterial, Viral, and Parasitic Diseases
- Aquatic Animal Reproduction and Genetics
- Aquatic Animals in the Environment
- Aquatic Animal Nutrition
- Epidemiology and Health Control
- Systemic Pathology
- Immunology
- Ecotoxicology
Principles of the science of AQUATIC PRODUCTION & VETEIRNARY HEALTH are central to this programme. Graduates will have a thorough understanding of aquatic animals’ needs, the environment they live in, various productions systems and the relevant disease conditions that can occur. Graduates will be able to plan and deliver the best possible health outcomes.
Duration:
1 year
Mode of Teaching & Learning:
Full time, face-to-face & thesis research project
Start Date:
September 2016
Programme Details:
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/svm/en/Programmes/MSAPVH/Introduction/index.html
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Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPh (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
THE FISH VET, AUSTRALIA (Perth, Melbourne & Townsville).
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
