Nigel Dougherty covers the difficulties of this practice and what to look out for.

Nigel Dougherty peruses his personal perspective of Aborigines’ beliefs and how they live.

Nigel Dougherty BBA(Zoology), MSc, BVSc, MVSc(Wildlife Health), MANZCVS(Zoo Animal Medicine) outlines the sustainability pressures surrounding a multitude of species inhabiting Asia’s largest island.

Nigel Dougherty BA(Zoology), MSc, BVSc, MVSc(Wildlife Health), MANZCVS(Zoo Animal Medicine) shares his experiences and encounters as a locum vet surgeon Down Under.

A report on a joint conference in New Zealand that attracted a wide range of speakers, despite a rushed relocation.

Nigel Dougherty presents a case of GDV in a New Zealand sheepdog and discusses management of the stomach’s ischaemic gastric fundus and greater curvature.

Nigel Dougherty reviews a case of a dog, from diagnosis to postsurgery, treated following a pig tusk-induced perforation, including managing septic peritonitis.

Nigel Dougherty gives an account of his avian clinical cases encountered at Fiordland National Park – work … more

Nigel Dougherty considers some of the issues around managing parasites in an alpaca herd, then … more

Nigel Dougherty focuses on alpaca nutrition and feed, highlighting target weights, and reproduction in the … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY discusses, in the first of a three-part article, approaches to handling, medication, treatment … more

Nigel Dougherty urges the profession to consider whether the trade in exotic animals is a … more

Nigel Dougherty takes us on a wildlife odyssey in the land down under, and wonders … more

Nigel Dougherty muses about the leisurely ways of Australia’s iconic koala, and how their approach to energy management may provide pointers for humans.

NIGEL DOUGHERTY encourages individual and collective participation in meeting environmental and social obligations IN the … more

Nigel Dougherty explains the difficulties this disease potentially poses to the farming community, and describes … more

Nigel Dougherty delves deep into a jungle in Thailand, and is a spectator to its … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY describes his fight to help save an example of a bird that lives … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY imagines a Thai mahout’ s deliberations about his way of life and the … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY finds that care is key when he meets some disturbed animals at Thailand’s … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY gets to know two of the more senior inpatients from the hospital at … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY continues his Asian sabbatical by looking at the work of the hospital’s ambulatory … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY examines the work at Thailand’s National Elephant Hospital and the plight of Asia’s … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY explains how the plight of Africa is the source of his lack of … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY discusses his veterinary work with a select few of New Zealand’s native and … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY uncovers the notoriously daring behaviour of some of New Zealand’s endemic bird population … more

NIGEL DOUGHERTY reveals that if you can deal with small animals, alpacas should not present … more