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Contents Volume 7 VOL. 7 NO. 1
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Preventive
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The evaluation of a routine treatment with la-hydroxyvitamin D3 for the prevention of bovine parturient paresis O. Markusfeld (Nahariya, Israel) .............................................................................................. Serological observations on the epidemiology of bluetongue infections in Louisiana cattle M.E. Hugh-Jones, F. Jones, G. Luther, J. Miller, P. Karns, P. Hoyt (Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.) and W.P. Taylor (Woking, Gt. Britain) ..................................................................... Risk factors for reason-specific culling of dairy cows F. Milian-Suazo, H.N. Erb and R.D. Smith (Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.) ........................................ Assessing the repeatability of questionnaire data from dairy farms Y.H. Schukken, D. van de Geer, F.J. Grommers and A. Brand (Utrecht, The Netherlands) ............................................................................................................................... Japanese encephalitis virus infection in cattle: changes in antibody distribution in the central district of Japan during a 4-year period T. Sakai and M. Horimoto (Kanagawa, Japan) ...................................................................... Prevalence of erythrocytic protozoa and serologic reactivity to selected pathogens in deer in Texas K.A. Waldrup, E. Collisson, G.G. Wagner (College Station, TX, U.S.A. ), S.E. Bentsen (McAllen, TX, U.S.A. ) and K. Winkler (Austin, TX, U.S.A. ) ............................................. Risk factors associated with urinary tract infection in female dogs J.L. Freshman, J.S. Reif, T.A. Allen and R.L. Jones (Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A. ) ................. L e t t e r t o t h e E d i t o r ......................................................................................................................
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Veterinary epidemiology .................................................................................................................. Attacking animal diseases ................................................................................................................
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Reproductive management practices among Tulare, California, dairy herds. I. Census and descriptive aspects P. Cowen, C.W. Schwabe, H.R. Rosenberg, R.H. BonDurant, C.E. Franti and W.J. Goodger (Davis, CA, U.S.A.) ..................................................................................................... Reproductive management practices among Tulare, California, dairy herds. II. Analytical studies P. Cowen, C.W. Schwabe, H.R. Rosenberg, R.H. BonDurant, C.E. Franti and W.J. Goodger (Davis, CA, U.S.A.) ..................................................................................................... Seroepidemiologic study of bluetongue virus serotype 2 in Alabama J.C. Wright, L.H. Lauerman, K.E. Nusbaum and G.R. Mullen (Auburn, AL, U.S.A. ) ....... The development and efficiency of the animal health information system in Nigeria G.A.T. Ogundipe, G.O. Esuruoso (Ibadan, Nigeria) and S.B. Oluokun (Kaduna, Nigeria) ........................................................................................................................................
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Creation of a biological database using a microcomputer spreadsheet package M.D. Kock, R.K. Clark and D.A. Jessup (Orangevale, CA, U.S.A.) ...................................... 137 Association of age, sex and breed factors in acute equine colic: a retrospective study of 320 ca~es admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital in the U.S.A. M.J. Reeves, J.M. Gay, B.J. Hilbert and R.S. Morris (St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.) ..................... 149 A n n o u n c e m e n t s ............................................................................................................................. 161
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Serosurvey of Sahelian cattle for evidence of epizootic disease J.C. Mariner, C. Stem, A.E. Sollod (Grafton, MA, U.S.A.), Salifou Sama, K. Barre (Niamey, Niger), C. Mamini (Gruasco, Italy), R.J. Yedloutschnig and C.A. Mebus (Greenport, NY, U.S.A.) ............................................................................................................ Effects of calfhood morbidity on long-term survival in New York Holstein herds C.R. Curtis, M.E. White and H.N. Erb (Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.) ................................................ The cost of eliminating pseudorabies from swine herds in Iowa J.J. Zimmerman, J. A. Hallam and G.W. Beran (Ames, IA, U.S.A.) .................................... An evaluation of antibiotic therapy on Pasteurella haemolytica present in the nasopharynx of healthy calves M.K. Shoo (Glasgow, Gt. Britain) ............................................................................................ An example of the impact of different analytical treatments of ordinal explanatory variables on the explanatory/response relationship T.B. Farver and R.N. Gonzalez (Davis, CA, U.S.A. ) ..............................................................
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A preliminary study on dystocia in local breed Iraqi cattle A.F. Majeed, J.B. Ali and M.B. Taha (Mosul, Iraq) ............................................................... 219 Adverse reproductive outcome and antibody to Toxoplasma gondii in a cohort of Peruvian sheep J.S. Reif, J.C. Demartini (Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A. ), H.A. Samame, E. Ameghino and E. Lopez-Nieto (Lima, Peru) ......................................................................................................... 225 Preparation and use of an autogenous bacterin against fowl cholera in red partridges
(A lecto ris graeca ) K. Bouzoubaa, B. Harif, M. E1 Houadfi (Rabat, Morocco), M. Ouchen, P. Bertin and A. Grini (Rabat-Akkari, Morocco) ................................................................................................ 229 C o r r i g e n d u m .................................................................................................................................. A n n o u n c e m e n t ...............................................................................................................................
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A computer spreadsheet program to estimate the cost of raising dairy replacements W.J. Goodger, G.M. Ferguson, H.F. Troutt, R. McCabe (Tulare, CA, U.S.A. ) and J. Fetrow (Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.) ................................................................................................... Management and environmental factors associated with annual sow culling rate: a path analysis S. D'Allaire, R.S. Morris, F.B. Martin, R.A. Robinson and A.D. Leman (St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.) .........................................................................................................................................
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322 Environmental factors associated with lameness in dairy cattle B. Faye and F. Lescourret (Theix, France) ..............................................................................267 A small animal clinical and epidemiological relational database D.J.W. Stone (Edinburgh, Gt. Britain ) and M.V. Thrusfield (Roslin, Gt. Britain) ........... 289 Short Communication
Sulfamethazine residues in swine: comparison of on-farm monitoring methods D.P. Bane, T.S. Kniffen and W.F. Hall (Urbana, IL, U.S.A.) ............................................... 303 Book Reviews
Zoonoses ............................................................................................................................................ 311 Disease in farm livesteck ................................................................................................................. 312 Announcement
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