Proceedings of the 5th ISVEE Symposium now available

Proceedings of the 5th ISVEE Symposium now available

Preventive VeterinaryMedicine, 7 {1989) 161-162 Elsevier SciencePublishersB.V., Amsterdam-- Printed in The Netherlands 161 Announcements THE SIXTH ...

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Preventive VeterinaryMedicine, 7 {1989) 161-162 Elsevier SciencePublishersB.V., Amsterdam-- Printed in The Netherlands

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Announcements

THE SIXTH INTERNATIONALCONFERENCEOF INSTITUTIONS OF TROPICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE

28 August-1 September 1989 Wageningen, The Netherlands The conference will be on livestock production and diseases in the Tropics - achievements and difficulties, future prospects for integrated approaches. For further information, contact: Prof. Dr. D. Zwart Wageningen Agricultural University Department of Tropical Animal Production Marijkeweg 40 NL-6709 PG Wageningen The Netherlands

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH ISVEE SYMPOSIUMNOW AVAILABLE The 5th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics was held 25-29 July 1988 at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark, and the meeting attracted 230 participants from 27 countries. The subjects covered by the symposium included: Animal Health and Production Management; Modern Methods of Public Health Practice; The Comparative Approach to Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine; New Developments in Animal Health Monitoring; Economics of Infectious and Noninfectious Diseases; Training in Basic and Applied Epidemiology; Analytical Methods and Modelling. During the 5 days, eight plenary papers and 125 contributed papers were presented. The meeting also included a poster session with 13 presentations, and PC-software Workshops where demonstration of 13 non-commercial software programmes provided a forum for discussion and exchange of computerized procedures developed for field applications of epidemiology and economics. The Proceedings of the Symposium, containing the 133 papers presented and abstracts of the poster and software presentations, have now been pub-

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lished as a special supplement to the journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. Copies can be purchased from: P. Willeberg Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Biilowsvej 13 DK-1870 Frederiksberg C Denmark The next Symposium will be held in 1991 in Canada. Information may be obtained from the Secretary of ISVEE: S. Wayne Martin Department of Population Medicine Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph Ont. N1G 2W1 Canada