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220 Comment220 Structures and surveillance

221 News and Reports221 BVA calls for a single national equine database221 Expert food groups set up in Scotland222 Joint guidance on ethical review processes for

practice-based research224 New dog breeding rules to come into force in

Northern Ireland224 VMD reports on progress of SBV vaccine

application225 VN Council discusses disclosure of convictions and

compliance with CPD226 Equine vet joins hall of fame226 Vets are vital, says FVE227 Veterinary medicines: product update228 Reclassification of anthelmintics would require

significant policy shift, says VMD

228 News in Brief

229 Surveillance229 SAC C VS disease surveillance report for

December 2012

233 Research233 Time to talk about behavioural problems

(K. L. Overall)235 Canine behaviour problems: discussions between

veterinarians and dog owners during annual booster consultations (A. L. Roshier, E. A. McBride)

236 Detection of pathogens in Boidae and Pythonidae with and without respiratory disease (V. Schmidt and others)

237 Intestinal clostridial counts have no diagnostic value in the diagnosis of enterotoxaemia in veal calves (B. R. Valgaeren and others)

238 Equine hoof canker: a clinical trial of topical cisplatin chemotherapy (V. Apprich, T. Licka)

238 Neospora DNA prevalence in rabies-negative cattle with neurological disorders (M. A. Carvalho-Patrício and others)

239 Research Digest

240 Gazette

242 Letters242 Babesia vogeli in a quarantined dog

(N. Johnson and others)242 Horsemeat and the food chain (L. A. S. Gibson)

(R. N. W. Ellis)242 Characteristics of electronic training collars for

dogs (M. Riepl) (J. A. Lines and others)244 Assessment of canine emotion through behaviour

(E. Buckland and others)

245 BVA News

Vet Record Careersi Doing historyii Ten-minute chat

Identifying pathogens in snakes with and without respiratory signs, p 236

AHT vet inducted into international equine veterinarians’ hall of fame, p 226

Evaluating topical cisplatin as a treatment for equine hoof canker, p 238

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