scholarly journals A survey of veterinary professionals about their interactions with free-living native animals and the volunteer wildlife rehabilitation sector in New South Wales, Australia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Haering ◽  
Vanessa Wilson ◽  
Annie Zhuo ◽  
Peter Stathis
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Free Living ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Wildlife Rehabilitation ◽  
Pro Bono

ABSTRACT The views of veterinary professionals were surveyed to inform the New South Wales Government about the extent, cost and nature of services they provide to free-living native animals and their interactions with the volunteer wildlife rehabilitation sector. Our aim was to better understand the challenges faced by veterinarians and veterinary nurses and the veterinary practices they work from. The survey was part of an extensive review of the New South Wales wildlife rehabilitation sector to inform strategic improvements to volunteer standards and service delivery. We found New South Wales private veterinary practices and their staff provide an essential network of support for the rehabilitation of sick and injured free-living native animals. Nearly all responding private veterinary practices provided some type of service pro-bono. The annual value of free services and products was estimated to be $1,038,650. Reported average weekly animal caseload was about five with birds the most frequent patients. Cost of services was the main challenge faced by practices, followed by knowledge and skill of staff. Veterinarians and veterinary nurses considered their formal training to not be very useful in teaching skills relevant to free-living native animals and sought further professional development opportunities in animal assessment, treatment and rehabilitation techniques. Most respondents were satisfied with the standard of care afforded to native animals by volunteers. Complaints focused on delays in native animal pick-ups and communication with practice staff. We make recommendations for improving veterinary capacity and strengthening relationships with the volunteer wildlife rehabilitation sector.

Morphological observations on the Erthrocytes, Leukocytes and Platelets of Free-Living Platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw) (Monotremata : Ornithorhynchidae)

1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
PJ Canfield ◽  
RJ Whittington
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Ornithorhynchus Anatinus

Blood was collected from the bill sinus of 10 healthy, mature platypuses captured in the Upper Shoalhaven River of New South Wales. Blood from all 10 animals was used for light microscopic morphometrical studies, and that from four of them was used for ultrastructural studies. The erythrocytes presented no unusual features and were similar to those described for other monotremes, marsupials and man. Platelets were of a mammalian type and uniform. Features of the leukocytes were compared and contrasted with those of other monotremes, marsupials, domestic mammals and man. Unusual features of the leukocytes of the platypus included the consistent presence of Dohle bodies within segmented neutrophils, and the nonsegmented nature of nuclei of eosinophils and basophils. Ultrastructural studies confirmed these findings.

Towards a more effective model of wildlife care and rehabilitation: A survey of volunteers in New South Wales, Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Haering ◽  
Vanessa Wilson ◽  
Annie Zhuo ◽  
Peter Stathis
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Care Service ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Service Capacity ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Wildlife Rehabilitation ◽  
Training Standards ◽  
Governance Training ◽  
Insight Into

The provision of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation services in New South Wales (NSW) relies heavily on the volunteer sector. The NSW Government regulates the sector and is responsible for identifying measures for its support and delivery of services. To inform this process, we undertook an extensive review of the sector. We report here on the results from our survey of NSW volunteer wildlife rehabilitators, who have collectively reported over 1,000,000 rescues of sick and injured free-living wildlife over the past 16 years. The survey provided a unique insight into the demographics of the sector, the challenges faced, and the value of their contribution to wildlife rehabilitation. Volunteers’ views on the operation of wildlife rehabilitation providers cover five key areas: governance, training, standards of care, service capacity and reporting, as well as the support received from other stakeholders, NSW Wildlife Council (the peak body for the sector), veterinary professionals and government. We found that the volunteer wildlife rehabilitation sector in NSW provides a significant public good that is of high value to the environment, community and government. We make recommendations for investment and strategic improvements to the capacity of the sector to continue to deliver services including transitioning wildlife rehabilitation providers towards a system of accreditation in the future.

ADOPTing a new method of partner management for genital chlamydia in New South Wales: findings from a pilot implementation program of patient-delivered partner therapy

Sexual Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Lorch ◽  
Christopher Bourne ◽  
Leanne Burton ◽  
Larissa Lewis ◽  
Katherine Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Implementation Program ◽  
Pilot Implementation

Background Patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) for chlamydia is an effective and safe additional partner management strategy. Some Australian regulatory changes have been made to support PDPT, but implementation guidance is lacking. This paper describes a pilot implementation program of PDPT in New South Wales (NSW), the Australian Development and Operationalisation of Partner Therapy (ADOPT). Methods: ADOPT involved: (1) clarification of the NSW PDPT legal and policy framework; (2) development and implementation of PDPT service models, resources and data collection tools for select publicly funded sexual health services (PFSHS) and Family Planning (FP) NSW clinics; and (3) evaluation of PDPT uptake. Results: PDPT can be undertaken in NSW if accompanied by adequate provider, patient and partner information. Regulatory amendments enabled medication prescribing. The pilot implementation took place in four PFSHS and five FPNSW clinics from January to December 2016. In PFSHS, 30% of eligible patients were offered PDPT and 89% accepted the offer. In FPNSW clinics, 42% of eligible patients were offered PDPT and 63% accepted the offer. Most partners for whom PDPT was accepted were regular partners. Conclusions: A close collaboration of researchers, policy makers and clinicians allowed successful implementation of a PDPT model for chlamydia in heterosexual patients at select PFSHS and FPNSW clinics, providing guidance on its use as standard of care. However, for the full public health benefits of PDPT to be realised, it must be implemented in general practice, where most chlamydia is diagnosed. Further work is recommended to explore feasibility, develop guidelines and promote the integration of PDPT into general practice.

Sandy beach meiofauna of eastern Australia (Southern Queensland and New South Wales). III. Revision of the nematode genus Onyx Cobb, 1891, with a description of three new species (Nematoda : Desmodoridae)

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1483 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Blome ◽  
F Riemann
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sandy Beach ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
The Status ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of the desmodoroid genus Onyx are described from ocean beaches of northern New South Wales, Australia: Onyx macramphis, sp, nov., Onyx adenophorus, sp. nov., and Onyx cannoni, sp. nov. The genus Onyx is revised, the status of the type species, O. perfectus Cobb, 1891, is discussed and an annotated list of the species of the genus is presented. The precaudal position of the caudal glands in O. adenophoius prompts a discussion of the significance of the precaudal position of caudal glands in free-living marine nematode taxonomy in general.

scholarly journals Trends in wildlife rehabilitation rescues and animal fate across a six-year period in New South Wales, Australia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan B. C. Kwok ◽  
Ron Haering ◽  
Samantha K. Travers ◽  
Peter Stathis
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Physical Trauma ◽  
Animal Survival ◽  
Fate Modelling ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Wildlife Rehabilitation ◽  
Long Term Trends

Globally, millions of animals are rescued and rehabilitated by wildlife carers each year. Information gathered in this process is useful for uncovering threats to native wildlife, particularly those from anthropogenic causes. However, few studies using rehabilitation data include a diverse range of fauna, cover large geographical areas, and consider long-term trends. Furthermore, few studies have statistically modelled causes of why animals come into care, and what are their chances of survival. This study draws on 469,553 rescues reported over six years by wildlife rehabilitators for 688 species of bird, reptile, and mammal from New South Wales, Australia. For birds and mammals, ‘abandoned/orphaned’ and ‘collisions with vehicles’ were the dominant causes for rescue, however for reptiles this was ‘unsuitable environment’. Overall rescue numbers were lowest in winter, and highest in spring, with six-times more ‘abandoned/orphaned’ individuals in spring than winter. Of the 364,461 rescues for which the fate of an animal was known, 92% fell within two categories: ‘dead’, ‘died or euthanased’ (54.8% of rescues with known fate) and animals that recovered and were subsequently released (37.1% of rescues with known fate). Modelling of the fate of animals indicated that the likelihood of animal survival (i.e. chance of: being released, left and observed, or permanent care), was related to the cause for rescue. In general, causes for rescue involving physical trauma (collisions, attacks, etc.) had a much lower likelihood of animals surviving than other causes such as ‘unsuitable environment’, ‘abandoned/orphaned’, and this also showed some dependence upon whether the animal was a bird, reptile, or mammal. This suggests rehabilitation efforts could be focused on particular threats or taxa to maximise success, depending on the desired outcomes. The results illustrate the sheer volume of work undertaken by rehabilitation volunteers and professionals toward both animal welfare and to the improvement of wildlife rehabilitation in the future.

scholarly journals Initial effects of rabbit haemorrhagic disease on free-living rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations in central-western New South Wales

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen Saunders ◽  
David Choquenot ◽  
John McIlroy ◽  
Rossanne Packwood
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Free Living ◽  
The Third ◽  
Rates Of Change ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease ◽  
Haemorrhagic Disease ◽  
Variable Influence ◽  
Two Populations

Quarterly spotlight counts of rabbits were conducted at three sites in central-western New South Wales. These counts commenced two years before the arrival of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) in the winter of 1996. The existing data on quarterly rates of change in rabbit abundance for the three populations provided a unique opportunity to study the effects of RHD on rabbit demography. Prior to the arrival of RHD, all three populations underwent phases of sequential increase and decrease in each year. On the basis of these patterns, RHD had a variable influence on the demography of the three rabbit populations. In 1996–97, the density of two populations declined over an expected period of increase, while at the third site the density increased as expected from pre-RHD patterns. Twelve months after their failure to generate expected positive rates of increase the two affected populations had returned to the normal sequence of increases and decreases in density although still at comparatively low numbers.

Radiotherapy utilization in New South Wales from 1996 to 1998: Comment

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
JH Kearsley
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

Plants of New South Wales

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Von Mueller
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

Notes and Sketches of New South Wales

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louisa Anne Meredith
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales
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