Comment:

Time for a decision on TB
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 257. [Full Text] [PDF]  

News and Reports:

Bovine TB: EFRACom calls for a multifaceted approach using all available methods
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 258-259. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Identifying 'hot spots' for emerging diseases
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 259. [Full Text] [PDF]  

New president for CVA
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 259. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Improving debate on the use of animals in research
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

'Vector-free' period to end in March
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BVA policy brief on African horse sickness
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

News In Brief
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Singing in harmony at the VPMA congress
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 261. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VETAID adapts to emergency situation in Kenya
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 262. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Action plan for wild boar
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 262. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Sabirovic, L. Raw, S. Hall, H. Elliott, and N. Coulson

International disease monitoring, October to December 2007
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 263-266. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Papers and Articles:

A. Palzer, M. Ritzmann, G. Wolf, and K. Heinritzi

Associations between pathogens in healthy pigs and pigs with pneumonia
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 267-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Du Toit, B. Bezensek, and P. M. Dixon

Comparison of the microhardness of enamel, primary and regular secondary dentine of the incisors of donkeys and horses
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 272-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. S. Toor and N. S. Saini

Diagnostic and prognostic indicators of omasal impaction in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 275-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

R. J. Manvell, B. Z. Londt, V. Ceeraz, W. J. Cox, S. Essen, J. Banks, M. J. Slomka, T. Pavlidis, R. M. Irvine, J. W. Wilesmith, C. E. Sharpe, A. Hurst, D. J. Alexander, and I. H. Brown

Low pathogenic avian influenza in domestic fowl in Norfolk, England, March and April, 2006
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 278-279. [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. L. Dorey-Phillips and P. J. Murison

Comparison of two techniques for intravenous catheter site preparation in dogs
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 280-281. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. L. Habershon-Butcher, J. B. A. Smyth, and G. D. Hallowell

Bile duct carcinoma in a gelding
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 281-282. [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. P. Cortez, J. Carvalheira, S. Paupério, and G. Thompson

Prevalence of ovine herpesvirus type 2 in north-west Portugal
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 282-284. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Books:

John G. Remnant

Veterinary dictionary for students: BLACK'S STUDENT VETERINARY DICTIONARY Edited by Edward Boden
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 285. [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. C. Rutgers

Diagnosis of small animal liver disease: STANDARDS FOR CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF CANINE AND FELINE LIVER DISEASES WSAVA Liver Standardization Group
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 285. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOKS RECEIVED
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 285. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gazette:

BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEATHS
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DIARY
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Government veterinary surgeons conference
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

GRANTS AWARDED
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Joe Brownlie

Coordinating the approach to bluetongue
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 287. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alistair K. Smith

Electroimmobilisation of cattle
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 287. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerry Simpson and members of the Feline Advisory Bureau (FAB) feline expert panel

Hyperthyroid cats and fire retardants
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 287-288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. N. W. Ellis

Responsibilities for 24-hour emergency cover
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vijay Chandra Jha, Khadak Singh Bista, and Krishna Kumar Tamang

Bluetongue in sheep in Nepal
Vet Rec. 2008 162: 288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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