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{"title":"Hospital safety culture in Australia: a nationwide survey using a safety attitude questionnaire.","authors":"Lcp Santos, N Perkins, W Goodwin","doi":"10.1111/avj.13474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patient safety culture is increasingly recognised as important in veterinary medicine; however, there is limited understanding of how safety attitudes vary across professional roles within Australian veterinary practices. This study investigates the perceptions of safety culture, focusing on its importance for enhancing workplace well-being and patient safety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 669 Australian veterinary care professionals across diverse practice types, roles and locations. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) assessed six dimensions: teamwork climate, safety climate, job satisfaction, stress recognition, perceptions of management and working conditions. Responses were collected on a Likert scale and analysed to compare perceptions across professional roles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall positive attitudes were highest for Stress Recognition (63.4%) and lowest for Working Conditions (25.4%). Managers reported significantly more positive attitudes than veterinarians and nurses across multiple dimensions, including teamwork climate (χ² = 29.1, P < 0.001) and perceptions of management (χ² = 31.1, P < 0.001). Academic clinicians reported notably low attitudes, with only 13.3% scoring positively for safety climate and none for perceptions of management. Comparisons between veterinarians and nurses revealed significant differences in stress recognition (Z = -6.0, P < 0.001), perceptions of management (Z = -2.1, P = 0.04) and working conditions (Z = -2.4, P = 0.01), with veterinarians consistently reporting higher scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Significant variability exists in safety attitudes across professional roles, with managers reporting the most favourable perceptions and academic clinicians and nurses reporting the least. Veterinarians also scored higher than veterinary nurses for several dimensions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144599233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sebaceous neoplasm in the lung of a dog.","authors":"D J McDonald, N Nakahara","doi":"10.1111/avj.13477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Skin neoplasia in dogs and cats is a common finding in practice and can include sebaceous gland tumours such as adenocarcinoma and adenoma. This report describes a 10-year-old Cocker Spaniel presenting with a sebaceous gland neoplasia in the caudal left lung lobe, with no evidence of a primary tumour. To the authors' knowledge, sebaceous gland neoplasia has never been reported as a primary tumour in the lungs of a dog.</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144582942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physiological parameter changes during field anaesthesia of bandicoots.","authors":"A F Bullen, J W Macgregor, B Corbin, K Warren","doi":"10.1111/avj.13472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13472","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Physiological responses to anaesthesia are described for the first time in eastern barred bandicoot (EBB; Perameles gunnii) and southern brown bandicoot (SBB; Isoodon obesulus).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two hundred and six field anaesthetics were carried out on free-ranging bandicoots (82 EBB and 66 SBB) in North West Tasmania. Animals were induced and maintained under general anaesthesia using isoflurane administered via a face mask.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>On average, animals required 3% isoflurane for anaesthesia maintenance and recovered within 2-3 min of isoflurane being discontinued. SBB had higher respiratory rates than EBB. Otherwise, we found no significant differences in anaesthetic parameters between the bandicoot species, between sexes or for females with pouch young. Hypothermia was the only anaesthetic-associated adverse event during this study, occurring in 26 anaesthetics (12.6%). At the start of anaesthesia, bandicoots had a mean body temperature of 35.0°C (SEM 0.8, SD 1.2), and 95% of animals lost temperature during anaesthesia. Bandicoots with an initial body temperature of less than 34.5°C had 20 times greater risk (odds ratio 20.52, 95% CI 5.58-77.19) of developing hypothermia (defined as T_b < 33°C). Heart rates ranged from 100 to >300 beats per minute, and respiratory rates ranged from 8 to 64 breaths per minute. Data support a heart rate reference interval of 140-285 (mean 208, SD 42.72) and a respiratory rate interval of 10-34 for SBB (mean 21, SD 8.89) and 8-20 for EBB (mean 12, SD 4.72) during maintenance of inhalant anaesthesia.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>With hypothermia the only anaesthesia-related adverse event during this study, results support the safety of this form of chemical restraint in the field and provide empirical data that may be used to guide anaesthesia for bandicoots. Results suggest that standard inhalational anaesthetic protocols are suitable for bandicoots irrespective of weight, sex and reproductive status.</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144551823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lumbar nerve root compression resulting from extrusion of intervertebral disc material after prophylactic disc fenestration.","authors":"F Harris, C Gordon, A Giles, L Wilson","doi":"10.1111/avj.13471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 5-year-old male neutered miniature dachshund presented with a 24-hour history of nonambulatory pelvic limb paraparesis. The dog was diagnosed with grade III myelopathy, Th3-L3 neurolocalisation. Computed tomography (CT) was consistent with intervertebral disc extrusion between the second and third lumbar vertebrae (L2/3) on the left side. Left-sided hemilaminectomy was performed to remove the compressive intervertebral disc material. Intervertebral disc fenestration was performed at L2/3, prophylactic intervertebral disc fenestration was also performed at L3/4. After surgery, persistent spinal hyperpathia and kyphosis was observed, with worsening of spinal hyperpathia 48 h postoperative. Repeat CT performed 4 days after index surgery revealed laterally extruded intervertebral disc material from the L3/4 fenestration site causing compression of the left L3 nerve root. A second surgery was performed and the extraforaminal extruded intervertebral disc material at L3/4 compressing the L3 nerve root was removed. Resolution of spinal hyperpathia and kyphosis was noted after the second surgery. To the author's knowledge, this is the first report of prophylactic disc fenestration causing nerve root compression necessitating repeat surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144537947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gastric gastrinoma in a dog: a case report, application of current WHO criteria for prognostication and validation of a local gastrin immunohistochemistry assay.","authors":"N S Lessels, L Woolford, D A Hayward","doi":"10.1111/avj.13469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuroendocrine neoplasms are rare in dogs. Gastrinoma has been reported in dogs however not in the stomach. This case report describes the presentation, emergency treatment, diagnostics, pathology, histochemical staining and recovery of a 7-year-old male entire pure-bred Pit bull terrier who had a neuroendocrine tumour resected. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the mass to be a gastrinoma with application of the current WHO criteria for classification of neuroendocrine neoplasms confirming this to be an intermediate grade tumour (NET G2).</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feeling the heat: associations among daily ambient temperatures, extreme heat days and risk mortality in Australian dogs from New South Wales (1997-2017).","authors":"J S Tripovich, K Gopi, G G Morgan, I Hanigan, F H Johnston, P D McGreevy, A Quain","doi":"10.1111/avj.13468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13468","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Global warming is expected to drive increases in daily temperatures and extreme heatwaves which are in turn expected to lead to increases in heat-related illness (HRI) morbidity and mortality in humans and animals, including dogs. The most severe form of HRI is heat stroke which is potentially fatal in dogs. The temperature range that increases the risk of mortality in dogs, and the impact of heatwaves, is not known. Twenty years of veterinary data from New South Wales (1997-2017) were analysed to explore potential associations between rates of mortality in dogs and both daily ambient maximum temperatures and extreme heat days. Extreme heat days were defined as any day that was over the 95th percentile (32°C) of daily maximum temperature in the study region across the study period. Results show that mortality increased as daily maximum temperature exceeded 25°C. There was a broadly linear increase of 0.6% (95% CI: 0.1% to 1%) in the risk of mortality for each 1°C increase in daily maximum temperature above 25°C. There was a 9.5% increased risk (95% CI: 4.3% to 15%) of mortality on extreme heat days compared with nonextreme heat days. Controlling for the effects of temperature, risk of mortality on public holidays increased 1.5 times (155%, 95% CI: 137% to 173%) compared with nonpublic holidays, and Sundays had nearly double the risk of mortality compared with all other days of the week. New Year's Day had the highest reported rate of mortality, followed by Christmas Day. This information should be used to inform veterinary public health policies in general and to inform key messaging about reducing the risk of death in dogs due to high ambient temperatures.</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144493829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Equine zoonotic disease risks in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a critical review.","authors":"E Christofi, J Hoopes, C El-Hage, J Coffin, T Riley, B Cumming","doi":"10.1111/avj.13462","DOIUrl":"10.1111/avj.13462","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since their arrival in the 1700s, horses have played a significant role in shaping the identity of rural and remote communities. However, Indigenous perspectives on the historical role of horses in communities have been largely underrepresented. In remote regions, where access to veterinary and medical services is limited, interactions between people and free-roaming horses present a potential risk for zoonotic disease transmission. This review identifies potential pathways for the transmission of equine zoonoses in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, aiming to inform participatory prevention programs. Despite an expansive review across 20 databases, only six studies discussed the risk factors and transmission pathways for equine zoonoses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Across these six studies, five equine zoonoses were discussed, including diseases caused by Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Hendra virus, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. These studies cover only a small portion of the equine zoonoses that can potentially impact public health. The review also discusses the role of emerging equine zoonoses, including those caused by Chlamydia psittaci and vector-borne viruses, such as Ross River virus, West Nile virus and Japanese encephalitis virus. Together, these studies emphasise the need for greater focus on One Health in remote Australian communities. Recommendations for participatory approaches to disease prevention and key areas for future research on zoonotic disease transmission in these regions are also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disseminated Penicillium labradoris (synonym: P. labradorum) in three dogs from Western Australia.","authors":"L J Tong, J Thng, N Lester, T Caporn, D Gardam, D Kocic, S E Kidd, C Yeo, R Malik","doi":"10.1111/avj.13459","DOIUrl":"10.1111/avj.13459","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This case series presents three new cases of disseminated Penicillium labradoris (syn. P. labradorum) infection in unrelated dogs from Western Australia, illustrating varied clinical presentations and outcomes. P. labradoris infections are rare in dogs, with only three prior cases reported worldwide. Typically considered low-virulence mycotic pathogens, Penicillium species can occasionally cause severe disease in dogs likely affected by some genetically programmed immune defect.</p><p><strong>Case histories: </strong>Case one was a three-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier crossbreed who presented for lameness, metatarsal swelling and lymphadenomegaly. Radiographs showed osteomyelitis and P. labradoris was cultured from both bone and lymph node biopsy specimens. Treatment included en bloc metatarsal excision and long-term antifungal therapy, initially with voriconazole and terbinafine, and subsequently delayed-release posaconazole. Currently, 1217 days post-diagnosis, the dog remains clinically well with only mild biomarker elevations. The second case featured bilateral asymmetrical forelimb fungal osteomyelitis with more severe left forelimb involvement and demonstrated a good clinical response to delayed-release posaconazole and terbinafine. The third case presented with severe disseminated infection affecting multiple organ systems, including lymphadenomegaly, gastrointestinal and pulmonary involvement, and tri-cavitary effusion. Despite treatment with posaconazole, terbinafine, and voriconazole, the dog succumbed.</p><p><strong>Discussion and relevance to australian clinical practice: </strong>This series underscores the variability of P. labradoris presentations in dogs and highlights potential for successful long-term management with posaconazole therapy. Serial biomarker determinations and therapeutic drug monitoring play a crucial role in guiding treatment. These cases suggest intriguing aspects of pathogen virulence and potential genetic susceptibility in individual unrelated dogs. Although this fungal species is present in the US, France, and Brazil, it is of great interest that all three Australian cases were from Perth, Western Australia.</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and characterisation of a fully recombinant competition ELISA for the diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease virus infection.","authors":"S Ye, N S Balasubramanian, O Dolezal, A Foord, G Beddome, W P Michalski, B J Shiell, G R Peck","doi":"10.1111/avj.13467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13467","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infection of livestock by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus (FMDV) has serious economic implications due to productivity losses and trade restrictions. In countries that are free from foot and mouth disease, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) provides two proof of freedom from disease status categories; namely, FMD-free without using vaccination or FMD-free with use of vaccination. Serological surveillance of livestock after an incursion forms one part of a country's emergency disease response plan as it is an important condition in attaining a WOAH declaration of freedom from FMDV. The development of a competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant antigen (FMDV 3B-maltose-binding protein fusion) and recombinant antibody (anti-FMDV 3B scFv-alkaline phosphatase fusion) reagents from two independently developed tests is described. The characteristics of the recombinant reagents and performance of the assay are presented and provide evidence of an improved, fully recombinant, competition ELISA suitable for sensitive and specific identification of antibodies to FMDV non-structural protein 3B in cattle sera, making it suitable for differentiating infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA).</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144324332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A contemporary map of Fasciola hepatica distribution in sheep and cattle in New South Wales.","authors":"S N Vyas, J Mckay-Demeler, M P Ward, Ned Calvani","doi":"10.1111/avj.13465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fasciola hepatica is a global threat to livestock production, human health, and food security. Infection causes significant reductions in milk production and quality, feed conversion efficiency, wool quality, and reproductive performance. In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, data on the distribution of F. hepatica are more than 50 years out of date and lack species-specific insights for cattle and sheep. Accurate, up-to-date distribution data are essential for livestock producers to implement targeted control programs, for veterinarians to provide timely and effective treatment recommendations, and for researchers to identify emerging trends, such as those influenced by climate change. This study addresses this knowledge gap by using diagnostic samples submitted to the Elizabeth MacArthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI) between 2019 and 2023 to update the distribution of F. hepatica in cattle and sheep in NSW. Diagnostic records were extracted, cleaned, analysed, and geospatially mapped at the postcode level to reveal temporal and spatial trends by livestock species. Our findings suggest that F. hepatica hotspots in sheep are concentrated in the southeastern regions of NSW, whereas in cattle, hotspots extend along the coast. These results reinforce the existing dogma of F. hepatica distribution in NSW, providing evidence-based insights that are key to improved surveillance, refining precision parasite management, and mitigating the ongoing impacts of F. hepatica on animal health and production in NSW.</p>","PeriodicalId":8661,"journal":{"name":"Australian Veterinary Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144324331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}