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Veterinary
Record This week’s issue
August 6, 2016, vol 179, pp 129-154
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Would-be vets get a feel for life as a farm
vet, p 137
Suspected botulism in wild waterbirds,
p 144
130Comment
130
147
Clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and long-term
survival in large breed dogs with meningoencephalitis of
unknown aetiology (I. Cornelis and others)
148
Why don’t boys apply to vet school? A pilot study
(H. C. Perrin)
148
Questionnaire regarding skin disorders in pet and
smallholder pigs (H. J. Williams and others)
Pulling together on bluetongue
131 News and Reports
131
Brachycephalic dogs: BVA calls for revised breed
standards
131
EMA updates its advice on the use of colistin in animals
132
NOAH responds to the O’Neill review
133
Defra starts to implement new rules on livestock
movements
133
BVA offers advice on purrlitical turf war
134
Serological survey finds evidence of bluetongue
antibodies in UK cattle
136
‘Remarkable’ horse awarded PDSA Dickin Medal
136
RCVS Knowledge appoints a new director
137
Getting a taste of life as a farm vet
137
Welsh veterinary science centre celebrates its first
anniversary
138
Animals pushed to their limits: what are the implications
for welfare?
140
Veterinary medicines update
139 News in Brief
141Surveillance
141
Disease surveillance in England and Wales, July 2016
144
Suspected avian botulism outbreaks in wild waterbirds
during the summer
Hazards of microchipping very small dogs,
p 151
149 Research Digest
150Gazette
151Letters
151
Microchipping very small dogs (F. Taylor-Brown and
others)
151
Measuring health-related quality of life in companion
animals (J. Reid)
152
Haemorrhagic bowel syndrome associated with ingestion
of spoiled concentrate in two Brown Swiss cows
(U. Braun and others)
152
Increasing remission in diabetic cats
(K. Hazuchova, S. Niessen)
153 Products and Services
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145Research
145
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