2004 PROCEEDINGS INDEX

Officers of the Society, 2003 - 2004
Editorial - M. Clarkson

2004 Spring Meeting, Llandudno

An overview of some diseases of sheep in North Wales - I. H. Davies
Wales – a tapeworm paradise? – M. J. Clarkson
Scrapie genotyping in Wales – G. T. Edwards
A field investigation of an unusual outbreak of parasitic pneumonia in hill ewes – C. S. Mason
The Sheep Veterinary Society Flock Health Plan – J. Earl
Do you know your oestrus cycle? A basic overview of the physiology of the reproductive cycle of the ewe – O. Hodgkinson
Manipulation of the oestrus cycle and ovulation rate in sheep – P. R. Scott
A practitioner’s viewpoint on ram breeding soundness – M. W. Colston
Artificial insemination and embryo transfer in sheep – J. Hunton
The investigation of poor reproductive performance in sheep – D. J. Wilson and N. D. Sargison
Strike in sheep, an update – P. G. Bates
The epidemiology and economic importance of chewing lice in sheep – K. A. Abbott
Towards a vaccine for sheep scab – J. Huntley, A. van den Broek and W. D. Smith
The use of fungi to control ectoparasites of sheep – D. Moore and M. Aquino de Muro
Regional sheep scab control programmes – K. Dunn, N. D. Sargison and D. Taylor
The control of sheep ectoparasites – P. G. Bates

2004 Autumn Meeting, Penrith

Sheep diseases: investigation and surveillance in Cumbria – P. Watson
Tick-borne disease in Cumbria – R. Welford
The requirements of veterinary practitioners to meet the needs of the sheep farmer following the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – P. Morris
The salivating lamb – a practical method of dealing with an unusual clinical case - H. McKerchar
Lead poisoning in lambs – H. Fuller
Investigation into respiratory disease in sheep – K. Hovers
Cerebellar disease in Charollais lambs – H. Fuller
Is there a future for a stratified system of sheep production in the UK? – J. E. Vipond
Pasture management – K. Phillips
Alternative forage crops for sheep – L. Stubbings
A practical approach to ration formulation – L. E. R. Dawson
Monitoring the adequacy of nutrition– A. Macrae, D. A. Whitaker and E. Burrough
Some sheep diseases associated with grazing pasture – N. D. Sargison
Enzootic abortion of ewes and toxoplasmosis - serological survey data – A. I. MacG. King and G. Webster
An update on enzootic abortion of ewes – B. Hosie
A review and update on toxoplasmosis – C. Macaldowie
A strategy for prevention and management of ovine abortion - R. Dixon
Sheep veterinary practice in Afghanistan – S. Bek-Pedersen
Veterinary care for sheep flocks in Israel – Y. Alony-Gilboa
Control of orf (contagious pustular dermititis) with the new Scabivax Forte TM – P. Niven and I. Jones
A DEFRA-funded cross-sectional study to investigate lesions associated with ear tags in sheep – D. D. G. Parmar