Australian Veterinary Association President Dr Paula Parker has shared her passion for working with animals with the next generation of vets at the University of Queensland’s Gatton campus.

24 October 2018
Sir Wedginald

A young adult wedge-tailed eagle shot out of the sky near Gympie last month is recuperating after surgery at the UQ VETS Small Animal Hospital at Gatton.

7 August 2017

Well-meaning people could do more harm than good by ‘rescuing’ baby birds they find on the ground, warn University of Queensland veterinarians.

19 December 2016

Summer is a season of sun, sand, snakes, and UQ’s veterinarians would like to add common sense and survival to the mix.

16 December 2016
Proserpine Carpet Snake on the assessment table.

Even animals that spend all day on their front can have back problems . . . the University of Queensland Small Animal Hospital avian and exotics team know this all too well.

25 January 2016
At Bondi, December 1892. Photo: Charles Kerry, UQ Anthropology Museum Collection

The University of Queensland teems with Aussie tales that perhaps take on new relevance as the nation looks forward to Australia Day.

22 January 2016
Paris Tootell, one of the night staff in the intensive care unit, with Bob the baby koala.

Baby koala Bob was only eight-months-old when he was scooped up in the talons of a hungry wedge-tailed eagle and taken for a flight.

21 January 2016
A mahogany glider, a recent patient at UQ’s School of Veterinary Science

Experts are hoping to better protect Australian wildlife using increased data, with a one-year pilot project involving seven universities, including The University of Queensland.

19 January 2016
Eva and Associate Professor Bob Donely at the UQ Veterinary Medical Centre. Photo: Jamie Hanson, The Courier-Mail

Wedge-tailed eagle Eva has found a new home with Australia Zoo, following treatment from a University of Queensland vet.

17 June 2015

Veterinarians at the UQ Gatton Veterinary Medical Centre saved the life of a venomous tiger snake.

30 March 2012
Eastern Brown Snake

The University of Queensland Gatton Veterinary Medical Centre reports a sharp increase in snake bites to family pets in recent weeks.

28 November 2011
Consumers are driving animal welfare changes which is evident from the range of products now available at supermarkets

The University of Queensland Veterinary Medical Centre is proving to be a hub for both superior animal health care, and training for the next generation of veterinary professionals.

22 February 2011

The Lockyer Valley community came to the rescue of creatures big and small at UQ recently even as flood waters threatened their own homes.

19 January 2011
Equine veterinary nurse, Natasha Curlew, checks over the miniature horse foal that was orphaned in the Lockyer Valley floods.

The sick, injured and lost animals that survived the devastating Lockyer Valley flood found refuge at a temporary Noah’s Ark - The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Veterinary Medical Centre at the Gatton campus.

17 January 2011

The risk of human bird flu infection is small in Australia and people can still safely eat chicken and keep pet birds, according to bird medicine specialist Dr Bob Doneley.

3 November 2005