Continuing education courses: Applied veterinary epidemiology workshop -- An update on drug control and management for the practising veterinarian -- Cattle claw care and the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to teat conditions -- Cytologic diagnosis of neoplasia-- Forum: Socio-economics of veterinary research and training -- Perspectives on the use of animals for teaching, scientific research and testing of drugs and related substances -- Practical poultry diagnostic techniques for the private practitioner -- Practice management seminar -- Small animal critical care -- Update on parasitic diseases of small stock
Short communications (No abstracts available): The effect of road transportation on external water and electrolyte balance of conditioned horses / J S van den Berg, A J Guthrie, RA Meintjes, J P Nurton, D Adamson, C Travers and R Lund -- The effect of clanobutin sodium on maximal exercise performance in conditioned Thoroughbred horses / C Travers, A J Guthrie, J S van den Berg, R Lund, J P Nurton, D Adamson, A Koekemoer and H Mostert -- Preliminary results comparing two techiques of sealing the external surfaces of equine cheek teeth for in vitro testing / A Olivier and M L Turner -- Epidemiological study of lost training time in Thoroughbred racehorses in Gauteng / J P Nurton, A Olivier and A J Guthrie -- Effects of long term utilization of vaccines against infectious coryza on the antigenic distribution of the Haemophilus paragallinarum population / R R Bragg, L Coetzee and J A Verschoor -- The effect of ruminoreticulum development on the pharmacokinetics of rafoxanide administered intravenously in growing lambs fed different rations / G E Swan and M S G Mulders -- The use of curdlan sulphate in the treatment of canine babesiosis / J H Taylor, G E Swan, I Havlik, B D Lewis, L Jacobson and BL Penzhorn -- The comparative role of haemoglobinaemia and hypoxia in the development of canine babesial nephropathy / R G Lobetti, F Reyers and J W Nesbit -- The fertility of bulls with poor sperm morphology / J O Nothling and E P Arndt -- A comparative observational study on the reproductive performance of dairy cows with metritis and normal cows / DC Lourens -- The role of the large intestine in acid - base balance in sheep / R A Meintjes and H Engelbrecht -- In vitro liver perfusion: a viable tool for the study of ruminant hepatic physiology / J G van der Walt, M Silove, EA Boomker and N P J Kriek -- Forensic examination of a mouse allegedly found in a previously sealed can of milk stout / MC Williams -- Evaluation of the effect of sample colour on the results produced by dry-chemistry analyzers / F Reyers and E Myburgh.
Posters (No abstracts available): Quarter-ml straws improved post-thaw motility of dog semen / J O Nothling -- Case report: failure of luteolysis in a parturient bitch / PC Irons, J O Nothling and DH Volkmann -- A new variant in the protease inhibitor system in Namib Desert horses / E van Dyk, L Botha and A Nel -- The ultrastructure of cane rat ( Thryonomys swinderianus) spermatozoa / J T Soley, L M Westlin and H J Els -- Evaluation of the sensitivity of DNA probes for the detection of Salmonella enteritidis in eggs / M Nortje and R R Bragg -- Farmtech dairy management programme: a computer programme to support herd health and production control / DC Lourens, H D Patrickson, I Malleson and H Malleson -- Bovine vesicular gland enlargement: attempts to establish causative factors / WA Schultheiss, H J Bertschinger, J Kahts, P Evans, B Gummow and M van Vuuren -- Revealing a foal swop / E van Dyk, L Botha and A Nel -- Transplacental transmission of Babesia equi / B D Lewis, B L Penzhorn, M TE P Allsop, D H Volkmann and A J Guthrie -- Laboratory diagnosis of filarial infections in dogs and cats / E V Schwan, D T Durand and J C Lourens -- The serological investigation of viral infections of the upper respiratory tract in foals on a Thoroughbred stud farm / J A Picard -- Practice management according to a system analysis / J S J Odendaal.