Large animal

Veterinary Practice reports on some of the papers presented at the latest meeting of the Goat Veterinary Society

Oliver Tilling presents the third of his reports of a visit to the conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners with a further account from the seminar on replacement heifers

Richard Gard concludes his reports from the 2013 congress of the British Cattle Veterinary Association

Veterinary Practice reports on some of the presentations at the 2013 British Mastitis Conference

David Campion discusses a common condition and explains that for every cow showing signs of clinical ketosis there will be many who fail to reach their full potential but do not show clinical signs

Richard Gard reports from the congress of the British Cattle Veterinary Association held in Harrogate last month.

Veterinary Practice reports on the substantial veterinary involvement at the South West Dairy Show last month.

Oliver Tilling presents the first of his reports of a visit to the conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners in Milwaukee, covering a pre-conference seminar.

RICHARD GARD joined the thousands who flocked to the NEC in July for the main livestock event of the year

RICHARD GARD was invited to Brussels to hear all about the new animal health law which is aimed at, among other things, giving the EU an improved ability to reduce the impact of disease

RICHARD GARD paid his usual visit to the Devon County Show where he picked up information about threats to bees and heard the Minister of Agriculture respond to questions about bovine TB

RICHARD GARD reports on the latest meeting of Goat Veterinary Society and the wide-ranging discussions

DEBBIE DOYLE begins a series of quick updates on parasitic infections in farm animals, their clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment, beginning with Eimeria and the danger of false positives

ROGER BLOWEY previews the international symposium and conference on lameness in ruminants to be held in Bristol in August

RICHARD GARD attended an IDF open day at the laboratories of the Cattle Information Service where there were papers on topics from improved nutrition to environmental impact

PADRAIG HYLAND of Bimeda questions whether vets are overlooking the opportunity to help farmers reduce mastitis incidence through dry cow therapy best practice

PETER EDMONDSON provides his annual round-up of developments in the treatment and management of mastitis with a look at CNS along with a summary of what is happening elsewhere

DEBBIE DOYLE reviews the impact of a parasite which has become the most prevalent parasite of cattle in the US and which is becoming increasingly prevalent in the UK

DEBBIE DOYLE reports on the second of three webinars on ketosis, this one presented by Paddy Gordon and looking at the value and means of testing for subclinical disease in dairy cows

RICHARD GARD joined veterinary surgeons and dairy farmers at CEDAR where there were demonstrations of the application of research on farms