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All dogs and cats going to boarding accomodation and care for Christmas need to be vaccinated so get in early and make your appointment this month.

Feline AIDS is a serious feline disease that aggressively attacks a cats' immune system making them susceptible to a range of infections. Sadly, for some cats it is fatal. South Australia may have up to 18.69% of cats infected with this deadly virus. The good news is that there is a vaccine available to help protect your cat.

Like humans, animals that suffer from trauma, anaemia or bleeding disorders can also require life-saving transfusions. We are always looking for new recruits to join our blood donor program. To ensure all blood products used are of the optimum quality, we recommend donors to be a larger breed dog, aged one to six years of age with current vaccinations including heartworm prevention, and have a friendly and calm demeanour. Donors should not be on any form of medication and should live relatively close to the hospital.

Veterinary Nurse Onyx Taylor, the 'face' of our Burnside Vet Clinic, is sadly leaving us this month. She has been working at Burnside since 1997 and will be sadly missed by all. Onyx will continue to work some Saturday mornings at BVC. Vet Nurse Tanya Forbes will still be a regular face at BVC reception. Tanya will be joined at reception by Client Relations member, Helen Morris.

Congratulation to trainee vet nurse, Arin Collins on completing her Cert 2 in Vet Nursing. She received outstanding results. Well Done!

This months team member spotlight is on Leanne Bowen.  Leanne Bowen has been working at Adelaide Animal Hospital team since 1999. She is a qualified nurse and her nursing career spans over ten years.  Leanne is involved in Petpep - an education program for primary school children to teach them about the responsibility of owning pets. Leanne has two children, Yasmin 7 and Cooper 5 and is now working part time due to her busy schedule. She also has two dogs Skunk a Staffy cross, a 6 month old puppy Bull Terrior named Spud and a cat named Oliver. Leanne loves her role at the Adelaide Animal Hospital.

Congratulations to Leanne and her husband Leith on the announcement that they are expecting baby #3! Good luck from everyone at AAH and BVC.

To find out more about our team click on this link.

Linda has been working at Adelaide Animal Hospital since December 2006. Originally from Adelaide, Linda completed her Veterinary studies at Massey University in New Zealand. She really enjoyed her time in New Zealand however she is very excited about her return home. Linda's special interests include canine and feline medicine and behaviour.

The endoscope is a very helpful piece of equipment as it enables us to look down into the oesophagus and stomach of a patient. We can also use it to look down into the trachea and inside the bronchi of the lungs. Using the endoscope we can take biopsies, which are small samples of tissue, from the lining of the trachea, oesophagus and stomach.

Please extend a warm welcome to our new team member in our client relations team - Helen Morris. Helen migrated to Australia from the U.K. last November and is looking forward to meeting all our valued clients and their pets. Find our more about Helen and the rest of our team by selecting this link.