LATEST NEWS FROM VSS

LATEST NEWS FROM VSS

6 August 2020

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Update Regarding QLD/NSW Border August 6

Update Regarding QLD/NSW Border August 6

by VSS
Updated on 7 August: To learn more about the border restrictions that will take effect from 1.00am on 8 August 2020, visit this page on the QLD Gov website. --- Posted on 6 August: We are monitoring the information available around the...

31 July 2020

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Tick Paralysis Warning

Tick Paralysis Warning

by VSS
Over the past 2 weeks, a significant number of dogs and cats presented to Veterinary Specialist Services after being affected by tick paralysis. Ixodes holocyclus, more commonly known as the Australian paralysis tick, can produce and inject a neur...

10 July 2020

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VSS Underwood is 3 years old!

VSS Underwood is 3 years old!

by VSS
Well, doesn't time fly by! We're celebrating our birthday this weekend to mark 3 years since our Grand Opening weekend back in July 2017. We've seen a lot of patients, met a lot of new clients and made plenty of new friends in th...

28 April 2020

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Update on SARS-CoV-2 in Cats

Update on SARS-CoV-2 in Cats

by Rachel Korman
New information is rapidly emerging regarding SARS-CoV-2 virus as a human pathogen. Coronaviruses have long been identified as animal pathogens, but as we know, not all coronaviruses are equal. There has been much alarmist reporting in the press r...

17 April 2020

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Dr Philip Moses Conducts Online Koala Conservation Lecture

Dr Philip Moses Conducts Online Koala Conservation Lecture

by Philip Moses
On Monday, April 6 Dr. Philip Moses of VSS conducted a live lecture on Zoom about koala conservation for Purdue University. The lecture covered the main threats koalas face and rehabilitation practices. Dr. Moses also covered a couple of cases, in...