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"Imagine walking your dog on a warm summer day. They’ve just run off the path
to sniff in some long grass, maybe eat some kangaroo poo. Suddenly, there is a
yelp and you see a snake slither away. With panic rising, you realise the clock
is now ticking to get your dog to the vet.
However, you live more than an hour’s drive from the local vet. If you live
along the coast of Queensland, and the snake was a coastal taipan, your dog
might be dead before you even get to the vet.
You, like more than 250,000 other Australians, live in a veterinary care
desert.
In new research published in the
ustralian Veterinary Journal, colleagues and
I map exactly where those care deserts are in Australia.
This isn’t just a problem in an emergency. Research in both human and animal
health shows people are less likely to seek preventative care if they live more
than an hour from services, and their health suffers because of it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
