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Dental care of alpaca

In their natural environment, alpacas use their incisors to ‘rasp’ away moss and lichens growing on rocky surfaces

Farm

Weaner deer

Weaning is a stressful time for young deer and can result in compromised immune systems, disease and lowered

Pets

Guinea pigs and vitamin C

Guinea pigs, like humans but unlike all other domestic animals, cannot make their own vitamin C. Other mammals

Pets

Walking dandruff?

Walking dandruff (“cheyletiellosis”) in rabbits is caused by a common rabbit fur mite (Cheyletiella parasitovorax). They are nicknamed

Pets

Rat bait poisoning

Beware when you put out the rat bait to get rid of those pesky vermin. Most rat baits

Equine

Splints

A splint is a periosteal new bone formation, also called periosteal exostosis, that originates from the cannon and/or

Equine

Wound wise

Wounds are inevitable when keeping horses. Luckily they’re not all as bad. A lot of wounds can be