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Viv is a six-month-old female entire Italian Greyhound. She presented to the Animal Emergency Centre (AEC) with a non-weight bearing lameness in her right forelimb after jumping off a couch. Radiographs revealed a fracture of the distal radius and ulna. Analgesia was provided overnight, and fracture repair performed the following day at the Veterinary Referral…

Warning! Please read this paragraph regarding MAGPIE FLEDGLINGS. Magpies have a 2 week period as part of their lifecycle where they live on the ground, learning to forage, hide, and strengthen their wings. Their parents are watching and do swoop to deter cats and dogs. We understand it may be distressing to observe but it…

An 18kg, two-year-old female spayed Australian Kelpie cross presented to the Frankston Animal Emergency Centre after a visit to the beach, where she had ingested a significant volume of seawater over a number of hours. After emerging from the water at the beach the dog vomited, collapsed and developed mild convulsions. On presentation the dog…

A 5-year-old male castrated Border Terrier presented to the Animal Emergency Centre following massive bee envenomation (exposure to toxin). His owners had come home to find him distressed and surrounded by multiple dead and dying bees. Diagnosis Upon presentation, the dog was mildly obtunded (in a state of lethargy), panting and with injected mucous membranes….

While the fear that the devastating impact to property, land and lives only seem to grow with each new bushfire season, some forethought, preparation and a written Bushfire Survival Plan that encompasses your family pets is key to minimising riskes and reducing stress for both your family and your pets. Consider the following when preparing…

Another scorcher! Heatstroke is one of the most serious conditions we see at the Animal Emergency Centre. It is life-threatening, requires intensive veterinary care, and is totally preventable. Heatstroke is defined as a state of extreme high body temperature resulting in thermal injury to tissues. It occurs when heat generation exceeds the body’s ability to…

Wally is a four-month-old male entire Brittany Spaniel who presented to his regular veterinarian for peracute severe abdominal pain and vomiting. He was immediately referred to the AEC Gold Coast for evaluation and treatment. His prior history was unremarkable, other than a right undescended testicle, with no trauma or dietary indiscretion that his owners were…

A 9-month-old female spayed Whippet weighing 11.8 kg was examined at the Veterinary Referral Hospital Dandenong (formerly the Hallam Animal Emergency Centre), after her owners returned home and noticed a chewed up Ventolin multi-dose inhaler. They noticed that she was trembling with a pounding heart visible against the chest wall. An initial physical examination revealed…

Spike is a 4-month old domestic shorthair cat who came to the Hallam AEC after his owners had witnessed him vomiting some cotton thread. His owners were uncertain when he may have eaten the thread, but commented that it was possible that a sewing needle may have been attached to the thread prior to ingestion….

Chloe’s owner came home from work one day to find, to her horror, Chloe sitting with a torn-up box of iron-based snail pellets. Chloe, a young kelpie cross, thought it was her lucky day when she found the box of yummy, rusty red pellets left outside following some gardening the previous day. There were very…