MelbDVM - PAMS

Livestock vet Angus's feed for @FVASunimelb Doctor of Veterinary Medicine production animal medicine students (& others!). Continued at @LivestockGlobal

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Thanks for the great ride everyone! Come over to @LivestockGlobal to keep journeying towards practical, sustainable rural livelihoods for farmers, animals & the planet now that I'm at @UniMelbMDHS's Nossal Institute for Global Health @MackinnonProj @FVASunimelb

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Looking forward to "Health Security in Indonesia: Interdisciplinary & Regional Perspectives" tomorrow @UniMelbMDHS @FVASunimelb Register at https://t.co/x9eYCax8R3

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

New phone seems to be enhancing the skin tones of the drying cow placenta quite well. (Frying up & eating later.)

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Well done Brendan and family! @MackinnonProj

[Sheep Central @Sheep_Central]

The Finnigan family’s drive for carbon-neutrality and improved animal welfare in management of their Merino flock has made them the only producer finalist in the @SustainVic Awards. 🐑 👉 https://t.co/kLqSvPgGMB #SheepCentral @VicGovAu @VicGovAg

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Are you a vet interested in international agricultural development? Join our multidisciplinary team @unimelb @CSIRO to improve farmer livelihoods through applied livestock research in Myanmar! Closing date Nov 3. https://t.co/YKuzRGaWhz

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Found this fella at ~3800 m altitude in a high #Tajikistan gully. Wolves & snow leopards haven't left much, but I wonder about the rumen-shaped phytobezoar of prickly cushion plant - was that the cause of his demise? #vetstudent @FVASunimelb @wildlifecornell

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Second #Tajikistan #Pamirs field trip all done, including overnight hikes to sample in high summer pastures. Great @wildlifecornell, @FVASunimelb @MackinnonProj & Dushanbe Vet Institute collaboration - stay tuned for more stories

[John Hemingway @SheepVetShrops]

Here's a fantastic short animation explaining the life cycle, diagnosis and treatment of #liverfluke made by @MoredunComms and kindly lent to us to use alongside our #flukesentinel project. https://t.co/oCWZnphLzl #teamsheep

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Back at my favourite #Tajikistan bus stop with a portable freezer, liquid nitrogen & a watermelon waiting for ⁦@MgilbertMartin⁩ to do our summer livestock assessments. Warmer than last time! ⁦@FVASunimelb⁩ ⁦@Cornell⁩

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Interesting job opportunity for all you international agricultural/veterinary/health development types out there 🐮🦠💉

[FAO Livestock @FAOLivestock]

| #JobOp | #UNFAO is looking for an Animal Health Officer (Antimicrobial Resistance and Public Health). Deadline 24 May 2019. #ApplyNow #UNJobs

👉 https://t.co/wGm5CTJqKi

[Agriculture Victoria @VicGovAg]

Farmer Jason Pymer talks about how his SCA's have delivered a range of benefits to his farm including saving time and pasture. Get up to $5,000 for a new SCA or other infrastructure work as part of the On-Farm Drought Infrastructure Program. https://t.co/xqziLgOIRq #vicdryseasons

[Caspar Roxburgh @cwroxburgh]

Do you work in research / development in rural #Ethiopia #Kenya #Tanzania #Malawi or #Mozambique? Our #opensource analysis of households can help! We also gave context and tools for agricultural development for the region. 👇Read here👇#openscience #R4D https://t.co/v1SrgEWj07

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

@ReFashion2Wear @FVASunimelb @Cornell @MgilbertMartin PETA‘s against all animal use - not a view I support at all. Shearers are highly trained, experienced professionals & shearing shouldn’t be painful when it’s done properly. If retailers don’t like animal fibres they must use plant-sourced or synthetic & they aren’t zero-impact

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Finishing health assessments in Alichur, Tajikistan (4000 m elevation). Such tough nutritional conditions for people & animals

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

@ReFashion2Wear @FVASunimelb @Cornell @MgilbertMartin They're 'local' (i.e., mixed) breeds but some look like Cashmere-type. n.b. Angora goats produce mohair, and Angora rabbits produce angora. I haven't heard about ethical concerns: are they 'we shouldn't use animals' or is there something about the fibre harvesting in particular?

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

How many lab setups can @MgilbertMartin & the team have? @FVASunimelb @MackinnonProj

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

@DiMaybs

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Ibex!!! Can you see them @DiMaybs?

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

@DiMaybs @MackinnonProj @FVASunimelb Marco Polo sheep, ibex, markhor, wolf, snow leopard. We're scoping ways to manage livestock numbers more sustainably to ↓ grazing competition with wildlife & support farming communities. Fees from game hunting licences provide signif income & have coincided w ↑ wildlife numbers

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Cold, cold morning in Alichur but the livestock still have to go out grazing. We have GPS collars on a handful of animals to see where they go & how they might overlap with wildlife @MackinnonProj @FVASunimelb

[Bec Doyle @bec_doyle]

Look at those lovely looking sheep! #goatsandsheep #pkgoats

[MelbDVM - PAMS @melbdvmpams]

Yak! Despite @MgilbertMartin’s encouragement, we’ll hold off blood sampling until a later date... @FVASunimelb @Cornell