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Vets struggle to keep up with ticks
BY BREANNA TUCKER
27 Dec, 2010 01:00 AM
Canberrans might think twice about taking their pets on holiday this year, due to a severe outbreak of paralysis ticks.
Unseasonally humid weather has created such perfect breeding conditions for the pests that veterinarians are struggling to treat pets fast enough.
Sydney clinics have run out of anti-venom serums.
South Coast veterinarians are working through the night to nurse paralysed patients.
Some animals have died.
Moruya Veterinary Hospital veterinarian Dr Janelle Dunkley said her staff normally treated about 40 cases in November before these cases generally eased by Christmas.
This year they treated 68 cases in November and a similar number in December, including a foal and some alpacas.
''We've lost about six pets [compared to one last year] and certainly the severity of the ticks is quite bad,'' Dr Dunkley said...
Vets struggle to keep up with ticks
BY BREANNA TUCKER
27 Dec, 2010 01:00 AM
Canberrans might think twice about taking their pets on holiday this year, due to a severe outbreak of paralysis ticks.
Unseasonally humid weather has created such perfect breeding conditions for the pests that veterinarians are struggling to treat pets fast enough.
Sydney clinics have run out of anti-venom serums.
South Coast veterinarians are working through the night to nurse paralysed patients.
Some animals have died.
Moruya Veterinary Hospital veterinarian Dr Janelle Dunkley said her staff normally treated about 40 cases in November before these cases generally eased by Christmas.
This year they treated 68 cases in November and a similar number in December, including a foal and some alpacas.
''We've lost about six pets [compared to one last year] and certainly the severity of the ticks is quite bad,'' Dr Dunkley said...