1182. Video: How to remove maggots efficiently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_q4qWj_scM&feature=youtu.be

There are many tasks to do in a veterinary practice. If the staff takes a much longer time to remove maggots from a wound, this time is gone and some other tasks cannot be done. This video shows how maggots are removed efficiently, starting with pain relief of the Golden Retriever.  

1183. The coach was burglarised. How did he do it?

 

Can the above pictures tell a story without text?


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The police responded to a call from the hotel in New Jersey at 9 am on a bright October 2013 morning

 

The victim was the coach which was broken into overnight. The door of the coach was still locked. Sherman unlocked the door for the police to investigate. I admired the pretty police car. "To Protect, Defend and Serve".  Why not "Protect, Defend, Serve" just like the book "Eat, Pray, Love"?

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Nothing of value was inside the coach as the tour guide had advised the 35 Singaporean tourists to take all valuables and their luggage back into the hotel room last night. The stolen items were water bottles, packages of chips and the coach driver's sunglasses. A camera was not taken.   In the television, there would be the CSI taking evidence of finger prints and any other matter. But nothing was taken and so the police woman and a police man left soon after taking some notes. 

 

 

There was no suspect.  It could be a "home-less" person stealing food and water. Or was it the work of the cab driver who had been honked at by the coach driver to drive off as he was blocking the hotel entrance last night? Pure speculation. Why should the "home-less" be blamed for this petty theft? It could be the youngsters and pranksters. But why would he or they lock the coach door after burglary?  We assume he or they enter by the coach door at the side. We were not experienced in CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) and would think only of the door. The windows were not smashed. I presumed the police thought so as the burglar could have a master key.  

 



We all boarded for the Factory Outlet. The men were not thrilled to spend the whole day there. I considered it as a waste of time. So many things to see in the USA, in Washington, in New Jersey and this packaged tour catered to the retail therapy of many Singaporean women. The stereotypical Singaporean female tourist is one who would shop till she drops. I am sure many are immune to this retail therapy.  As the coach zoomed past to the happy hunting grounds or I would say, shopping outlets, a whooze and a big squarish gap appeared on the ceiling of the bus. 



 

1182, Feedback forms for tour guide - Coach broken into

Can these travel pictures tell a story without words?

At 9 am, after the hotel breakfast, in New Jersey, a group of Singaporean tourist prepared to board the bus but it had been burglared. The door was locked. How did the burglar unlock and did he lock the door?  The police was called.

 

 

 

 

 The coach drove off. The police woman took some notes. The items stolen inside of the coach were some bottles of water, chips, newspapers and the coach driver's sunglasses. A camera was not taken nor was a jacket. The luggage had been off-loaded and taken into the hotel as advised by the tour guide and so no valuables were lost.  About 10 minutes of driving to the Factory Outlet, with visions of shopping the whole day for the lady tourists, the ceiling of the coach flew off. Sunlight and a gentle breeze streamed in. I was sitting to the left of this vent and the gap was a surprise. A "Ah Ha" moment for the 36 tourists from Singapore. 35 adults and one girl of 13 years of age who must have left school after the PSLE to go on this trip with her parents. This was how the burglar came in. 

 

Sherman stopped the coach on a safe spot and inspected this gap. He had to U-turn back to the hotel to make the police report and then to re-trace his path on the expressway to look for the missing safety vent. All 36 pairs of eyes glued to the expressway for this piece, some to the right side of the coach, some to the left. The tour guide in front would scan both sides. "There's the missing vent!" somebody shouted. It was lying on the grass patch and not crushed by the large trucks wheezing past the expressway. The tour guide and Sherman went to retrieve this item.

We continued our journey. The day was bright and sunny. The skies were blue. Everybody was relieved as they have a covered coach in case of rain. The October weather was fine, but who knows whether there would be rain and without this vent, we would be soaked.

1181. Social media and veterinary medicine

Social media and vet medicine evolve

Geni Wren, Bovine Veterinarian Magazine  |  Updated: 03/18/2013

http://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/industry/198775011.html

2,600 veterinarian/staff from companion-animal practices in the US use social media while food-animal practices like bovine veterinarians are starting to use social media for communication with clients using Facebook or educating clients using You Tube videos.

Smartphones and mobile tables (e.g. iPads) are used more nowadays in Singapore for social media (Facebook, Twitter etc), web browsing, e-mails and reading e-books.

Social media platforms, 81.3% said they used one more of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, Linkedin, YouTube or Instagram.  The purposes of using these platforms were:

• 48% to educate and connect with vet clients
• 45% to connect with veterinary peers
• 38% to get veterinary news updates
• 33% to follow information about veterinary events
• 15% to follow leaders in the veterinary community
  
  Facebook was the most popular personally and professionally.

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2.  http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/veterinarycareers/gr/Social-Media-For-Veterinary-Professionals.htm
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Social Media for Veterinary Professionals

By Janet Tobiassen Crosby, DVM


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1180. HAMSTER ANAESTHESIA & SURGERY - Medications

1. Common antibiotics for treatment of respiratory diseases in rodents

Enrofloxacin  5-10mg/kg orally, SC, IM q8-12h.  50-200mg/l drinking water x 7 days.
Trimethoprim/sulphmethoxazole  30mg/kg orally q12h
Oxytetracycline  60mg/kg SC q24h, IM q3 days. 3gr/l drinking water.
Doxcycline  5mg/kg orally q12h.
Chloramphenicol 20-50mg/kg orally, IM, SC q8-12h
Tylosin  10mg/kg orally, SC q24h.  500mg/l drinking water.

2. NSAID

meloxicam  0.3-0.6 mg/kg PO, SC q 24h

3. Coritcosteroids

Dexamethasone  0.2-0.5mg/kg SC


4.  Mucolytics (bromexine 0.3mg/animal on food)
5. Bronchodilators (clenbuterol and terbutaline used at dog's and cat's doses, orally).

1179. HAMSTER ANAESTHESIA & SURGERY - References

Mancinelli, Elisabetta. Common Respiratory Diseases of Rodents.
www.gwexotics.com/wccms-resources/1/5/3/a/aa9f70a4-a65e-11e0-a685-0050568626ea.pdf


Mancinelli, Elisabetta. Ovariohysterectomy in a Campbell's Russian Dwarf Hamster with Ovarian Neoplasia. www.gwexotics.com/library/4-rodents

Painful and itchy swollen lump

Sunday Nov 17, 2013

It is a high risk surgery if the tumour is massive as there will lots of bleeding.