RTarlinton.bsky.social
@rtarlinton.bsky.social
Veterinarian, Virologist, Australian/British (with side-forays into the German speaking world)
A vaccine would be soooo good ( really frustrating disease to deal with)
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A vaccine would be soooo good ( really frustrating disease to deal with)
Beak and feather disease ( presume that’s what they’ve got) is usually lethal if you aren’t a lorikeet … it’s a nasty disease and a disaster for the reintroduction programme
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Beak and feather disease ( presume that’s what they’ve got) is usually lethal if you aren’t a lorikeet … it’s a nasty disease and a disaster for the reintroduction programme
Oh can I play...
Tasmanian Devil: Australia
Koala: Australia
Humpback Whale: Australia
Greater Crested Newts: UK (I love newts we don't have them in Aus !)
European Storks: Poland
These are the ones that were the most special to me to see in the wild
Tasmanian Devil: Australia
Koala: Australia
Humpback Whale: Australia
Greater Crested Newts: UK (I love newts we don't have them in Aus !)
European Storks: Poland
These are the ones that were the most special to me to see in the wild
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Oh can I play...
Tasmanian Devil: Australia
Koala: Australia
Humpback Whale: Australia
Greater Crested Newts: UK (I love newts we don't have them in Aus !)
European Storks: Poland
These are the ones that were the most special to me to see in the wild
Tasmanian Devil: Australia
Koala: Australia
Humpback Whale: Australia
Greater Crested Newts: UK (I love newts we don't have them in Aus !)
European Storks: Poland
These are the ones that were the most special to me to see in the wild
Craft and science ( my typing is terrible this morning )
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Craft and science ( my typing is terrible this morning )
Unsurprising but still depressing …
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Unsurprising but still depressing …
You could use an LLM to summarise the themes for you and be very cutti big edge
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
You could use an LLM to summarise the themes for you and be very cutti big edge
Ohh …will have to have a look
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ohh …will have to have a look
Not surprising ( at least if you are a vet) dogs aren’t people , their nutrition needs are quite different
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Not surprising ( at least if you are a vet) dogs aren’t people , their nutrition needs are quite different
I’m taking 6 x 12 year old boys … wish me luck
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I’m taking 6 x 12 year old boys … wish me luck
A steam session, the old fashioned tea towel head tent over a bowl of hot water and a drop of sonething with menthol in it does help clear mucous …
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A steam session, the old fashioned tea towel head tent over a bowl of hot water and a drop of sonething with menthol in it does help clear mucous …
It is a terrible idea… pretty much only used in the USA and even then not all states allow it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It is a terrible idea… pretty much only used in the USA and even then not all states allow it.
A grand attempt to make it someone else’s fault from Gove there. Rather than acknowledging it was their own dithering that lead to the biggest disasters.
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A grand attempt to make it someone else’s fault from Gove there. Rather than acknowledging it was their own dithering that lead to the biggest disasters.
That gender split is also apparent in misconduct cases to medical regulators…
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That gender split is also apparent in misconduct cases to medical regulators…
Thinking about my own experiences with serious misconduct they weren’t all men but the ratio was disproportionally so…
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Thinking about my own experiences with serious misconduct they weren’t all men but the ratio was disproportionally so…
precisely the complaint....
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
precisely the complaint....
It is still necessary to actually have live isolates to be able to test stuff like drug resistance and growth rates... but using it as the gold standard diagnostic causes problems (in the UK farms refuse to believe their cows have TB because the lab culture failed... )
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It is still necessary to actually have live isolates to be able to test stuff like drug resistance and growth rates... but using it as the gold standard diagnostic causes problems (in the UK farms refuse to believe their cows have TB because the lab culture failed... )
Culture of difficult to culture organisms is maybe not so useful as the “ gold standard” test , reference labs can be very old fashioned in some ways
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Culture of difficult to culture organisms is maybe not so useful as the “ gold standard” test , reference labs can be very old fashioned in some ways
Collies are pretty much all OCD - they often hyperfixate on fetch type games. Autism doesn't really have a definition we could easily use in dog behaviour assessments. Hard to tell if dogs are struggling to communicate and to distinguish that from the various physical deformities (floppy ears etc)
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Collies are pretty much all OCD - they often hyperfixate on fetch type games. Autism doesn't really have a definition we could easily use in dog behaviour assessments. Hard to tell if dogs are struggling to communicate and to distinguish that from the various physical deformities (floppy ears etc)
A commercial vaccine for RVF is so overdue, really hope they get this through the phase II and III trials and get it in production
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A commercial vaccine for RVF is so overdue, really hope they get this through the phase II and III trials and get it in production
We were there in the summer , even the teenage boys thought it was wildly romantic
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We were there in the summer , even the teenage boys thought it was wildly romantic