Short communications / Kort mededelinge: 1. Neuropeptides in the myenteric ganglia and nerve fibres in the fore-stomachs and abomasum of grey, white and black Karakul lambs / H.B. Groenewald -- 2. Vanadium air pollution: a possible cause of "illthrift" in dairy cattle / B. Gummow, C.J. Botha, S.S. Bastianello, A .T Basson, A.I. van der Merwe, H.J.C. Smith, A .H. Loock & J.L. Schoeman -- 3. A post-slaughter investigation into the tail biting syndrome in pig carcasses from selected problem herds / H. W. Lee & C.M. Veary -- 4. The effect of the reverse even frog pressure shoe on hoof wall compression and third phalanx displacement in the horse / A. Olivier & J. Seggar -- 5. Treatment in experimentally induced heartwater in mice / S.R. van Amstel & P.T. Oberem -- 6. The effect of climatic factors on the abundance of oribatid mites on an irrigated grass pasture / L.C. van Nieuwenhuizen, A. Verster, I.G. Horak & R.C. Krecek -- 7. Coccidial infection in German Shepherd Dog pups in a breeding unit / B.L. Penzhorn, K G.M. de Kramer & L.M. Booth -- 8. Avocado (Persea americana) poisoning in ostriches / WP. Burger, T.W Naude, I.BJ. van Rensburg, CJ. Botha & A.C.E. Pienaar -- 9. The use of monoclonal antibodies for typing South African Field strains of Haemophilus paragallinarum and the identification of NAD independent isolates / R.R. Bragg, L. Coetzee & J A. Verschoor -- 10. A comparison of oils in the lipid assimilation test in dogs / W.L. Berry & F. Reyers -- 11. Improved fertility of frozen-thawed canine semen inseminated intravaginally after the addition of autologous prostatic fluid / J.O. Nothling & D.H. Volkmann -- 12. Is the azotaemia in canine babesiosis an indication of renal disease? / F. Reyers
Posters / Plakkate: ‘n Analise van 5 kommersiele honderantsoene oor ‘n 12-maande tydperk / J.S.J. Odendaal & J. Wessels – How Haemoproteus culumbae causes mortality in doves / R.A. Earle, R.C. Krecek & S.S. Bastianello – The influence of intra-uterine instillations on the endometrium of the mare: an electron microscopic study / Enette van Dyk – Some ultrastructural features of tissue cycts and bradyzoites of Neospora caninum / J.E. Jardine & Charlotte C. Maree – Inclusion body hepatitis in a Senegal parrot (Poicephalus s. senegalus) / Joyce Pearson – Albendazole slow-release capsules: efficacy and pasture infectivity / J.P. Louw & R.K Reinecke – Offspring recognition in female pouched mice (Saccostomus campestris) / Lilian M. Westlin – Assessment of erythrocyte regeneration in anaemic canine patients / P. Sacks – Parasites of captive and farmed crocodiles in South Africa / F. W. Huchzermeyer, Anna Verster & J.F. Putterill – Light and transmission electron microscopy of an Aegyptianella sp. Of the helmeted guineafowl / F.W. Huchzermeyer & J.F. Putterill
