Comment:

Research and DEFRA's priorities
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 825. [Full Text] [PDF]  

News and Reports:

DEFRA seeks to establish principles for sharing costs and responsibilities
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 826. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joining forces to fight festive flab
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 826. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guidance for farmers on preventing botulism
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 827. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EC proposes a ban on trade in cat and dog fur
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 827. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deer Veterinary Society celebrates its 25th annual meeting
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 827-828. [Full Text] [PDF]  

`Alzheimer's-like' disease in ageing cats
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 828. [Full Text] [PDF]  

British Veterinary Association:

Monitoring veterinary anaesthesia: new qualification proposed
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 829. [PDF]  

Disappointment at `vets and veterinary services' workshop
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 830. [PDF]  

Veterinary Surgeons Act: BVA and RCVS `must work together'
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 830-831. [PDF]  

Support scheme for recent graduates
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 832. [PDF]  

Young graduates join Council
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 832. [PDF]  

Council News in Brief
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 832. [PDF]  

Papers and Articles:

R. J. Mellanby, R. Craig, H. Evans, and M. E. Herrtage

Plasma concentrations of parathyroid hormone-related protein in dogs with potential disorders of calcium metabolism
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 833-838. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Scope, I. Schwendenwein, and F. Frommlet

Biological variation, individuality and critical differences of eight biochemical blood constituents in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 839-843. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. L. H. Campbell and G. C. W. England

Effects of coitus and the artificial insemination of different volumes of fresh semen on uterine contractions in mares
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 843-849. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

A. Di Francesco, R. Baldelli, R. Cevenini, S. Magnino, S. Pignanelli, D. Salvatore, R. Galuppi, and M. Donati

Seroprevalence to chlamydiae in pigs in Italy
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 849-850. [PDF]  

S. A. Headley, J. P. E. Saut, and P. C. Maiorka

Nephroblastoma in an adult sheep
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 850-852. [PDF]  

M. Mochizuki, A. Ouchi, K. Kawakami, T. Ishida, T-C. Li, N. Takeda, H. Ikeda, and H. Tsunemitsu

Epidemiological study of hepatitis E virus infection of dogs and cats in Japan
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 853-854. [PDF]  

A. Thelen, R. S. Mueller, M. Linek, S. Peters, K. Stechmann, and J. Steffan

Influence of food intake on the clinical response to cyclosporin A in canine atopic dermatitis
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 854-856. [PDF]  

Books:

James Husband

Clarity on bovine surgery
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 857. [PDF]  

Richard Saunders

Marine parasitology in depth
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 857. [PDF]  

Books Received:

BOOKS RECEIVED
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 857. [PDF]  

Gazette:

BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 858. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PERSONAL
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 858. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEATHS
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 858. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DIARY
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 859. [Full Text] [PDF]  

GRANTS AVAILABLE
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 859. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

David Catlow

Support network for recent graduates
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 859. [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Burden and A. Trawford

Equine interspecies aggression
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 859-860. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jon Huxley

Equine interspecies aggression
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 860. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sian Mitchell, Keith Hunt, Rowan Wood, and Barbara McLean

Anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks in Wales
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 860. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clare Druce

Botulism in cattle
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 860. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Hume

Oak poisoning in cattle
Vet Rec. 2006 159: 860. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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