Maddy Selleck is a fourth-year veterinary student from Murdoch University with a special interest in emergency and critical care, wound management and animal welfare.

Recently, Maddy wrote an ingredient focused article on Ascophyllum Nodosum and its benefits not only in helping to remove calculus but also in providing anti-inflammatory, prebiotic and immunological effects. Her article was selected from several entries in a competition and has been published in the Pure Animal Magazine.

Maddy has also been working at Your Pet’s Vet in Inglewood, Western Australia while doing her veterinary degree. After graduating, she is looking forward to performing surgeries and trying out modern approaches to patient care.

Topics discussed include:

• What made Maddy want to become a Veterinarian and what motivated her to write about Ascophyllum Nodosum.
• What is Rockweed?
• How Rockweed helps to prevent calculus formation.
• Maddy talks about how pet parents can use A. Nodosum for their pets at home.
• Rockweed as a prebiotic and how it can be used in practice.
• Maddy explains some of the immuno-modulatory actions of A. Nodosum.