BOOK REVIEW -McInnes, E. F. 2012, ‘Background Lesions in Laboratory Animals; A Color Atlas’ Elsevier Ltd.

This book will be an important contribution to the science of laboratory animal and toxicological pathology. It is a concise summary of lesions attributed to species, strains, age, and sex etc., i.e. designated ‘background lesions, seen in the primary animal species used in research laboratories’. These lesions are frequently misconstrued as pathology secondary to infectious agents, parasites, therapeutic or toxicological agents by students, researchers, and pathologists (medical and veterinary alike).
The book has been edited by a widely-published and experienced toxicological pathologist, Elizabeth McInnes, aided by several world-renowned authorities.
There is a chapter for each species; non-human primates, rats, mice, dogs, rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs, and minipigs; and each chapter is divided into organ systems with brief, complete descriptions of lesions which are well referenced and illustrated with color plates.
There is a separate chapter dedicated to artefacts in histopathology, which will be invaluable for novice pathologists and non-pathologists looking at histology slides. This is again illustrated by color plates.
Reproduction is dealt with in the last chapter, given that each species has different reproductive cycles and possibly anatomy. It is divided into male and female with the changes associated with the unique reproductive cycles/organs given for each of the species.
The book is well referenced and indexed, enhancing its utility for daily slide interpretation.

Dr Lorna Rasmussen
Pathology Manager
Cerberus Sciences
Unit 2, 7-11 Rocco Drive
Scoresby VIC 3179

Tel: +61 3 9763 8290
Fax: +61 3 9763 8920
Email: lorna@cerberus.net.au

For more information to purchase the book, Background-Lesions-in-Laboratory-Animals
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CL Davis European Pathology meeting, Sept 2012

C L Davies program for the CL DAVIS EUROPEAN DIVISION PATHOLOGY SYMPOSIUM to be held in Leon, Spain 3-5 September, 2012

Please click here for more information
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Text books for Malawi

This is an email received from Peter Hooper:

I would like to thank all the ASVP members who contributed and helped in the wonderful collection of textbooks donated and assembled together by ASVP members. Books were generously supplied by members and also by a number of libraries in the NSW Department of Agriculture. These books will now be the foundation of a real veterinary library at the Mikolongwe College of Veterinary Science, Malawi. With Malawian finances, I can’t conceiveof any way that the library could have developed without them.

It has been an excellent outcome. I didn’t count them but I am sure there were well over 200. While I was pleased to see so many veterinary pathology books (at least 6 sets of Jubb, Kennedy and Palmer), I was equally impressed with the range as well as the volume of books e.g. books on anatomy, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, surgery, materia medica, medicine etc. A good example was a big textbook on the poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa!

I am now temporarily in Australia and have been able to take delivery of the majority of the books from Bronwyn Murdoch who kindly looked after them at Attwood after their assemblage at the ASVP meeting. They are now on their way by sea and land freight to Malawi and should arrive in mid December.

The assistance of the Australian Volunteers International should be acknowledged by way of AVI’s provision of a special grant that reduced the cost of freight to a very small amount. Prior to this, I was rather terrified by this aspect, especially as at the time, I was in Malawi and remote from being of much use. Although I have been disappointed that I had to leave Malawi early, it had the benefit of me being on site here to complete the task of dispatch.

I would finally like to thank ASVP members who have helped me in the preparation of lectures. I had little time to prepare for the last semester so the assistance of the following in the way of lecture-material has been much appreciated – Roger Cook, Christine McCowan, Helle Bielefeldt-Bohman, Jim Taylor, Rob Foster, Roger Kelly, Jenni Scott, Peter Daniels, and Tony Ross. I would have been in a hopeless position otherwise.

I intend to return to Malawi n December and plan to use the books myself in the preparation of lectures on clinical medicine and perhaps other veterinary subjects in 2012.

Peter Hooper.
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Membership Examinations -Australian College of Veterinary Scientists

Membership exams in Pathology are held every 2 years, and the exam will be held next year in 2012.

So far only one application has been received for that exam.  The College needs to plan the number of examiners, so please forward your application ASAP.

Applications to sit membership need to be in with the College by the end of October (in 5 weeks). They will accept applications until the end of November, but if received after the end of October the applicant will have to pay a $50 late fee.

Please contact:
Allan Kessell
Phone : 02- 69334353
Fax : 02-69332991
Mobile : 0424750381
akessell@csu.edu.au

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SCHOLARSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE, CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH OF AQUATIC, AERIAL AND TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE

13-18 February 2012

Due to generous financial support from the Cybec Foundation, we are pleased to offer 3 scholarships for wildlife health professionals to attend the Wildlife Pathology Short Course in Sydney during February 2012.These scholarships are aimed at assisting wildlife veterinarians from developing countries, however, other veterinarians in financial hardship who are studying or working in the field of wildlife health are eligible to apply.  As the course will be delivered in English, applicants will require reasonable written and oral communication skills in English.

 This Short Course is being coordinated by The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health in collaboration with the C. L. Davis Foundation, University of Sydney and supported by the Cybec Foundation.

 Scholarship application forms are available to download from our website: http://www.arwh.org/short-course 

 The course program and registration form are also available to download from our website: www.arwh.org.

 For further information please contact the Registry at arwh@zoo.nsw.gov.au or phone (0061) 2 9978-4749.

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Wildlife Pathology Short Course Feb 2012

To register for the short course please visit the website at www.arwh.org/short-course

For more information about the Short Course, Wildlife Pathology Flyer

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Closure of the regional veterinary laboratories at Orange and Wollongbar

5 March 2009

Letter of protest to the NSW Government
The letter was sent to:
NSW minister for primary industries, the premier of NSW, relevant opposition ministers, local members, NSW farmers association and ‘the land’ newspaper.

27 April 2009

This is the response letter afer meeting the Minister on the 15th April with recommendations from The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA), NSW Farmers’ Association, Australian Society of Veterinary Pathologists (ASVP) and the District Veterinarians Association