Phil Tucak, BSc, BVMS

Animal biotech startup VetChip’s recent success; AVBC releases new Day One Competency guidelines for veterinary graduates; and wildlife rescue mobile app empowering community to save injured wildlife

The role veterinary professionals can play in supporting best practice cat management and containment; and veterinary AI program identifying pathology on dental radiographs and photographs

Innovative universal health record platform locks health data to an animal’s microchip; and the veterinarian who skippered the winning yacht in the 2022 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Veterinarian helps fellow professionals strengthen their leadership skills, and the ambitious 2023 agenda for the Australian Veterinary Association

A veterinarian who has developed a dedicated canine weight management solution, and the winners of the Veterinary Business Group awards

The veterinary consultant helping improve practice workflow and well-being; and a vet who’s attempting to educate on the veterinary management of mythical creatures

Updates on initiative to increase veterinary capability to help wildlife in natural disasters, and online portal encouraging practice of good antimicrobial stewardship

An Australian zoo veterinarian is building a demonstration farm and cooking school guided by the principles of regenerative farming and animal welfare

dvm360®’s Australian correspondent provides updates on the zoo chimpanzees who were diagnosed with human respiratory syncytial virus, Australia on notice after a dismal environmental report card, and the threat of foot-and-mouth disease on the horizon.

dvm360®’s Australian correspondent provides updates on the Climate Care Program looking to integrate environmentally sustainable solutions into daily veterinary practice, and meet the new, youngest-ever AVA president

dvm360®’s Australian correspondent reports on an AI-driven app for pet owners and on outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease in nearby Indonesia

dvm360’s Australian correspondent reports on the veterinary ecologists working to improve the health of koalas and on a veterinarian driving change by rethinking and redesigning everyday pet products.

dvm360®’s Australian correspondent reports on the world’s-first certified B Corporation veterinary service and interviews the veterinarian who founded a sustainable running-shoe company.

dvm360®’s Australian correspondent reports on a website that connects potential puppy owners to dog breeders and an app that streamlines the collection of animal management data in Australia’s remote communities.

dvm360®’s Australian correspondent, Phil Tucak, BSc, BVMS, updates us on solving the workforce challenges facing veterinary practices, boosting wildlife surveillance to prevent pandemics, and supporting veterinary transfusion medicine.

dvm360®’s Australian correspondent Phil Tucak, BSc, BVMS, gives updates on a new biotechnology that monitors animal health, developments in making veterinary careers more sustainable, and a new CEO for the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA).

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, a female veterinarian from rural Australia writes a heartfelt plea for help, highlighting the challenges she faces running a veterinary practice amid a shortage of veterinarians.

With cats wreaking havoc on the country’s wildlife, the Australian government has proposed recommendations intended to ensure the continued survival of native species and ecological communities.

With the loss of well over a billion mammals, birds and reptiles, the Australian government has so far committed AUD $200 million to help native wildlife and their habitats recover from this devastating natural disaster.