Message from the Dean / Prof. NPJ Kriek – Curriculum Vitae / Prof. Henk Huismans – Short Communications: Experimental equine encephalosis virus infection in ponies / AD Pardini, JP Nurton, AJ Guthrie, PG Howell, EP Lane -- A group-specific indirect sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of equine encephalosis virus antigens / JE Crafford, AJ Guthrie, M van Vuuren, JN Burroughs, PPC Mertens, C Hamblin -- The isolation and characterization of bovine viral diarrhoea viruses from cattle and African buffalo in South Africa / N Kabongo, C Baule, M van Vuuren -- Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease virus in West Africa / O Sangare, ADS Bastos, W Vosloo, EH Venter -- Veterinary drug supply to subsistence and emerging farming communities in the Madikwe District of the North West Province of South Africa / R. Gehring, GE Swan, RD Sykes --Ethnoveterinary medicine in Madikwe: a new perspective on traditional knowledge / D van der Merwe -- Acaricide resistance profiles of single and multi-host ticks collected from commercial and communal farming areas in the Eastern Cape and Northwest Provinces of South Africa / S Mekonnen, NR Bryson, LJ Fourie, RJ Peter, JG Horak, AM Spicket, R Taylor, T Strydom -- The microbial quality of ostrich carcases produced in a South African export-approved ostrich abattoir / M Karama – Establishment and standardization of methods for a veterinary antimicrobial resistance surveillance programme in South Africa / H Nel, M van Vuuren -- Contraception of some wild carnivores in southern Africa using deslorelin down-regulation of LH and FSH / HJ Bertschinger, TE Trigg, W Jiichle -- A Human Validation of the FAMACHA© system for identification of clinical anaemia in goats / AF Vatta, RC Krecek, BA Letty, M van der Linde, RJ Grimbeek, JW Hansen -- Pentastomid parasites from Nile crocodiles and terrapins from South Africa / K Junker -- Influence of midazolam on the cardiopulmonary responses to carbon dioxide in isoflurane anaesthetised Boer goats / GF Stegmann, L Bester -- Colour and power Doppler imaging / LMPK Koma, RM Kirberger -- Cardiac troponins in canine babesiosis / RG Lobetti, E Dvir, J Pearson -- Transcutaneous ultrasonography of the coelomic viscera of the ostrich (Struthio camelus) / WM Wagner, RM Kirberger -- Bacterial colonisation of intra-venous catheters in young dogs / RG Lobetti, KE Joubert, J Picard -- Effect of early enteral nutrition on intestinal permeability, intestinal protein loss, and outcome in canine parvoviral enteritis / AJ Mohr, AL Leisewitz, LS Jacobson, JM Steiner, CG Ruaux, DA Williams -- The use of positive reinforcement training to facilitate husbandry practices and veterinary procedures at De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre: a pilot study / HE Zulch, G Harman -- Overview: relevance of pre-harvest food safety programmes in countries with extensive animal husbandry / CMVeary -- Fowl typhoid outbreak in the spring of 2000 / NM Duncan -- Suspected adverse reactions reported to the Veterinary Pharmacovigilance Centre (January 1998 - February 2001) / R Gehring -- Some ecological comparisons between mountain reedbuck and grey rhebok and their role in wildlife ranching / A Taylor, JD Skinner.
Posters: A small ruminant research and development network for the SADC Region / EF Donkin, HC Els -- Basic architecture of the interstitial tissue of the testis of the Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) / JT Soley, D Josling -- Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease virus type SAT-2 in West Africa / O Sangare, ADS Bastos, W Vosloo, EH Venter -- Survey of nematophagous fungi in South Africa / DT Durand, HM Boshoff, LM Michael, RC Krecek -- Ultrastructural features of erythrocytes and endothelium in dogs suffering from canine babesiosis / A Pardini, NPJ Kriek -- The effect of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor on water and electrolyte balance in water restricted sheep / R Meintjes, H Engelbrecht -- Extension of the FAMACHA© system: The use of a poster as advertisement / GF Bath, JA van Wyk -- Why a National Forum for Veterinary Helminthology in South Africa? / A Avenant-Oldewage, A du Plessis, AR Havemann, RC Krecek, JS van der Merwe, AF Vatta -- Milk production from goats for households and small-scale farmers in South Africa / EF Donkin, PA Boyazoglu.