Dermcare would like to present the winners of the North QLD Otoflush Raffle:
1st prize which was a Heine Otoscope went to:
-Cairns Veterinary Clinic
Runners up prizes which were Littman Stethoscopes went to:
-Mackay Veterinary Hospital
-Kuranda Vet Clinic
-North West Veterinary Clinic
We would like to thanks everyone who participated and a big thanks to the participating wholesalers for all their help!
Dermcare is 100% Australian owned, but our products are distributed in countries all over the world. One of those countries includes New Zealand, where our products are distributed by RxVet.
Our rep team recently headed to Lake Taupo, New Zealand, to further their skills and knowledge together with the RxVet team. Three days of training and group activities flew by, and it was time to part ways and put their extended knowledge into action. Our rep team provides direct support to metro, regional and remote vet clinics all over Australia. In order to ensure the best chance of happy, healthy patients; we continuously train our team, who are then able to train your local veterinary clinic staff.
WA Territory Representative Emma Vickers with our Clinic Cat of the Year winner and WA local- Oliver!
Heading along to the WA AVA conference this weekend? Come and chat with team Emma about the latest product updates for Dermcare at stand 39. They will be there Friday and Saturday to answer any questions you might have!
And just in case you were wondering- Emma is not wearing some sort of headpiece! The Otoscope is on the wall behind her!
From the 8th August until the 12th August 2016, ASAVA Conference was underway at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. The ASAVA conference is an annual, national veterinary conference focussed on small animals, and was attended by vets from all around Australia!
This year, Dermcare hosted the first annual ‘Scrub Run’. Just over 30 vets braved the cool, early morning to watch the sunrise and run/ walk 2.5km or 5km in their scrub tops!
Congratulations to all who participated! We can’t wait to see those scrub tops worn in-clinic. An extra special congratulations goes out to our front runners:
5km winner: Adam Heeley
5km runner-up: Bill Perry
2.5km winner: Emily Ireland
2.5km runner-up: Victoria Bartley
We look forward to an even bigger and better ‘Scrub Run’ at FASAVA 2017!
Not only did the Dermcare team attend the conference, so did some of our pets! Team Pomeranian provided some lunchtime entertainment to the crowd, showing off their agility skills in tiny, pom-sized scrub tops! Gizmo, Yogi, Tim-Tam and Rebel were such good sports, even posing with fans after the event!
A few more Dermcare dogs volunteered their time (and some of their fur!) to help vets hone their ultrasounding skills once the conference was over! Gracie, Shelby, Ned, Missy, Hudson and Malia got lots of big cuddles and extra treats for their fantastic behaviour throughout the course! A big thanks to Liina and Toby, plus Jess and Claudia, for also giving up their time to help!
We had a great time at ASAVA 2016, and can’t wait to see lots of new and familiar faces at FASAVA 2017! Vets, be sure to check out our competition to win registration to FASAVA 2017 on the VET section of the website!
Meet Yogi and Gizmo. They are part of Team Pomeranian, and two of the faces of Dermcare. Team Pomeranian live with one of the Dermcare team, our clinical nurse Jacki, and are some of the best trained pomeranians in Australia.
If you have picked up an Aloveen brochure from your local veterinary clinic, you may have gotten to know Yogi! Yesterday Yogi dressed up in his favourite new outfit!
Yogi, loving the cowboy lifestyle!
Yogi’s teammate, Gizmo, also tried on the new outfit. We don’t think he will be borrowing it anytime soon from his face!
Gizmo, not so impressed!
To see all of Team Pomeranian’s tricks and agility accomplishments, check out their facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Team-Pomeranian-215629861944701/?fref=ts!
Harvey from Flinders View Veterinary Surgery (QLD), is one of our Clinic Cat of the Year 2016 nominees. He loves his food, his heat mat, his team of vets/ vet nurses, his food and his bed! Today, Flinders View Veterinary Surgery invited friends, family and clients to come in and celebrate Harvey’s 10th Birthday!
Harvey was adopted by Dr Andrew many years ago, and has travelled down to Tasmania and back. He has been a resident, and hard working team member, of the clinic since it opened in 2012- and is very loved by the team and clients alike!
There was chicken and salmon for Harvey, and lots of delicious human food for his guests! Harvey had a couple of friends to help him blow out the candles on his cake, and to support him in wearing his party hat (which he was THRILLED about)!
Sometimes, lots of people and unusual noises can be stressful for cats. However, Harvey was very well behaved at his birthday party, and even let Emma have a cuddle!
This Saturday, the 11th June 2016, two of the Dermcare team attended and helped out at the Allpets Caboolture Animal Hospital Open Day! The day was a great success for the team, with over 500 people attending the day (plus a few three and four legged friends)!!
The day was an opportunity for clients, pets and locals to come in and check out the brand new hospital building, which opened in January 2016. There were tours of the hospital, competitions and giveaways for those who attended!
Sara and Emma, our two QLD territory representatives were there to answers questions, give away lollies and provide hydrobaths to the pets that attended the Open Day as well! The dogs were washed in Natural Shampoo and Aloveen Intensive Conditioner was rubbed though the coat to finish. Donations collected from the hydrobath went towards the Young Diggers charity, a very worthy cause!
When the bathing was done, and the stall packed up, there was only one thing left to do- play with the baby calves!
Congratulations to Dr David, Julie and the wonderful team at Allpets Caboolture Animal Hospital for a fantastic day!
https://www.facebook.com/Allpets-Caboolture-Animal-Hospital-262555263766246/
This week the Dermcare team has been in Adelaide at the AVA National Conference. Our stand is the Dermcare Cat Cafe, with plenty of cats to pat and some great barista coffee to enjoy.
Basil, our 2015 South Australian Clinic Cat of the Year winner stopped by on Monday for a visit, with everyone keen to meet him, and Basil keen to taste test the barramundi for lunch.
Many of the vets already knew of our Clinic Cat of the Year Competition, and others were thrilled to find out they can enter their own clinic cats into this prestigious competition!
Our next conference will be in August – the ASAVA Annual Conference on the Gold Coast, just down the road from Dermcare Head Office. We’ll keep you updated!
The Dermcare Conference team.
Bathing your dog in a hydrobath or outside in the yard should be a fun experience for you both! There are a few tips and tricks to make sure you get the most out of bathing you dog, demonstrated in these Dermcare videos.
Thank you to all vets who entered our competition for October to December Dermcare Club. We had a great response, with over 360 entries from vets all over Australia, who answered questions on treatment of otitis externa in dogs.
Congratulations to our Major Winner, Dr Roslyn Fitzgerald of Shaws Veterinary Hospital, Ballina, NSW.
Roslyn will receive a Firefly Global wireless video otoscope pack, to help with the diagnosis and treatment of ear disease in her clinic.
We also had some other excellent entries that we would like to recognise. These winners will receive either microscope attachments to help capture clear cytology photographs, or the Small Animal Dermatology 7th Edn textbook.
Specialist category:
Dr David Robson
Animal Skin and Ear Specialists, VIC
Honourable Mentions:
Dr Rod Marshall
Anvet Kedron, QLD
Dr Barbara Capellini
Small Animal Specialist Hospital, NSW
Dr Helen Vanderbom
Aspendale Gardens Vet Hospital, VIC
Dr Michelle Trevilyan
Foothills Veterinary Clinic, VIC
Dr Robert Anderton
Waverly Animal Hospital, VIC
(Best answer including Otoflush)
Dr Rod Irwin
Devoted Vets, VIC
(Best answer including Canaural)
Thanks to all vets who entered the competition, it was very difficult to choose the winners as there were some great answers included. Dermcare is committed to helping vets diagnose and treat dermatological conditions of companion animals, and it is great to see such enthusiasm from the profession. We look forward to your participation in future Dermcare competitions.
The Dermcare Team