Comment:

Avoiding friction
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

News and Reports:

New CVO outlines his priorities
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 2-3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bluetongue vaccination begins in Wales
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wales set to ban electric shock collars
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Avian influenza in Oxfordshire: protection zone removed
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FMD 2007: Scotland's response reviewed
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cataract surgery for rare white tiger
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Funding to turn research ideas into commercial reality
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Targets set for VLA and VMD
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Distinct strains of Salmonella found in garden birds
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Website boosts understanding of equine colic
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Further cases of Paramphistomum species infection in cattle and reindeer
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 7-10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Papers and Articles:

T. M. Ryan, S. R. Platt, F. J. Llabres-Diaz, J. F. McConnell, and V. J. Adams

Detection of spinal cord compression in dogs with cervical intervertebral disc disease by magnetic resonance imaging
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 11-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. D. Karimuribo, J. L. Fitzpatrick, E. S. Swai, C. Bell, M. J. Bryant, N. H. Ogden, D. M. Kambarage, and N. P. French

Prevalence of subclinical mastitis and associated risk factors in smallholder dairy cows in Tanzania
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 16-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. J. Menzies-Gow

Effects of sedation with acepromazine on echocardiographic measurements in eight healthy thoroughbred horses
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 21-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

S. Adamantos and A. Boag

Total and ionised calcium concentrations in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 25-26. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Aschfalk, N. Kemper, J. M. Arnemo, V. Veiberg, O. Rosef, and H. Neubauer

Prevalence of Yersinia species in healthy free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Norway
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 27-28. [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Y. Jung, Y. K. Song, J. S. Choi, K. W. Lee, T. Y. Ha, S. S. Yoon, C. H. Kweon, and C. K. Park

Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in animals in Korea
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 28-29. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gazette:

BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 30. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEATHS
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 30. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons:

Names removed from the RCVS Register
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 31. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Nick Blayney and Frances Barr

Veterinary Poisons Information Service
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 31-32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerhard Putter

Dentistry and the curriculum
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beverley Irving

Veterinary nursing examinations
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Jeffery

Veterinary nursing examinations
Vet Rec. 2008 163: 32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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