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The Veterinar I
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The Veterinary Journal MAY
2009
Guest Editorials Prostate cáncer in dogs and men: A unique opportunity to study the disease Why
is lameness in dairy cows so insaciable?
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DJ. Argyk
139
W.R Ward
Personal View Homeopathy and the curse of the scientific method
141
K.L. Overall and A.E. Dunham
Reviews Prostate cáncer i n dogs: Comparative and clinical aspects
149
B.E. LeRoy and N. Norlhrup
Torque teño virus infection in the pig and its potential role as a model o f human infection A sheep in wolfs clothes: Can neutrophils direct the immune response?
T. Kekarainen and J. Segales
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T.A. Whale and PJ. Griebel
Original Articles The development, implementation and testing of a lameness control programme based on HACCP principies and designed for heifers on dairy farms NJ. Bell, MJ. Bell, T.G. Knowles, H.R. Whay, DJ. Main and AJ.F. Webster
178
The inter- and intra-observer reliability of a locomotion scoring scale for sheep J. Káler, GJ. Wassink and L.E. Oreen
189
Prcdictive valúe of natriúretic peptides i n dogs with mitral valve disease S.G. Moesgaard, T.S. Kámstrup, H.D. Pedersen andJ. Ilciggstrdm
195
/. Tarnow, L.H. Olsen, C. Kvart, K. Hoglund,
Compensatory load redistribution in naturally oceurring osteoarthritis of the elbow j o i n t and induced weight-bearing lameness of the forelimbs compared with clinically sound dogs B.A. Bockstahler, A. Vobarnik, M. Müller and C. Peham
202
Changes in plasma hormone levéis following lipopolysaccharide injection in rabbits A. Gómez-Quinlero, C. Viñuales and AL Jesús Rodríguez-Yoldi
213
M. Carmen Marca,
Visual and quantitative electroeñcephalographic analysis of healthy young and adult cats under medetomidine sedation M. Wrzosek, J. Nicpon, L. Bergamasco, F. Sammarlano, S, Cizinauskas and A. Jaggy
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Evaluation of fóur commercial serum ELISAs for detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection i n dairy cows FJ. Diéguez, A.M. González, S. Menéndez, MJ. Vilar, M.L. Sanjuán, É. Yus and I. Arnaiz
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A pilot study comparing the antispasmodic effeets of inhaled salmeterol, salbutamol and ipratropium bromide using different aerosol devices on muscarinic bronchoconstriction in healthy cats /. Leemans, N. Kirschvink, F. Bernaerts, G. Glercx, C. Camhier and P. Gustin
236
Differentiation of glycans i n equine guttural pouches
246
F: Forillo, G Rossi, V. Busoni, GE. Magi. and A. Verini Supplizi
Short Communications Pharmacokinetic evaluation of tramadol and its major metabolites after single oral sustained tablet administration i n the dog: A pilot study M. Giorgi, G Saccomanni, B. Lebkowska-Wieruszezuska and C Kowalski
253
Extra hepatic expression of the acute phase protein alpha 1-acid giyeoprotein in normal bovine tissues G. Avallone, M. Giurovich, P. Roccabianca and F. Ceciliani
256
Quantitative mRNA analysis of muscarinic acetyicholine receptors in the intestine o f dairy cows with spontaneous caecal clilatation-clislocation E.C Ontsouka, A. Sleiner, RM. Bruckmaier, J.W. Blum and M. Meylan
259
Indirect estimation of porcine parvovirus maternal immunity decay in free-li\ing wild boar (Sus seroja) piglets by capture—recapture data M. Fenati, E. Armaroli, R. Corrain and V. Guberti
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Review D.C. Bourne, G. Vila-Garcia (Eds.), Bears: Health and Management. Wildliíe Information Network. 2007. Wildprovll.O, ISBN9780955162824, £59.95, Media: Multimedia CD S. Unwin
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July 6-17, 2009
International course on Laboratory Animal Science
Divison of Laboratory Animal Science, Utrecht, The Nethciiands
www.vet.uu.nl/las
July 12-16, 2009
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Congress (Centre Leipzig, Germany
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September 24-27, 2009
WEVA 11* World Congress 2009
Guaruja, Sp Bra/il
www.weva2009.coni.br
November 20, 2009
One Medicine: Comparativo Aspects of Research and Clinical Diagnosis in Allergic Disease
Biopark, Hertfordshire, UK
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November 7-12, 2010
8 International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiologv
Cape Town, South Africa
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