Online videos indicate human and dog behaviour preceding dog bites and the context in which bites occur


YouTube videos of dog bites present an unexplored opportunity to observe dog bites directly. We recorded the context of bites, bite severity, victim and dog characteristics for 143 videos and for 56 videos we coded human and dog behaviour before the bite.



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Greencross sent to doghouse over earnings downgrade


Investors have sent pet care group Greencross to the doghouse, slicing 22 per cent off its share price in a single day, after a decline in the number of animals visiting its vet clinics forced it to downgrade its earnings guidance.


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Vet's tour shares fertility insight


South African veterinarian Martin Ferreria has wrapped up a 12-day tour across Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia to highlight the benefits of trace minerals on bull reproduction.


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Complaints against ACT vets revealed


Thirty-nine Canberra veterinarians have had complaints levelled against them in the past five years. Two vets have been the subject of more than three complaints each. In one case, a dead dog was found to have surgical swabs still inside its body from two years prior when it was desexed.


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Gutsy 'moove' as Australia leads the herd in cattle microbiome research


Acidosis is the build-up of organic acids in the rumen from the ingestion of fermentable carbohydrates and lack of fibre, and affects a large proportion of dairy cattle.


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