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210 Comment210 Practice and politics

211 News and Reports211 Natural England authorises a second year of

badger culling211 Defra consults on plans to amend cattle

identification regulations212 AHVLA announces alternative providers of

postmortem examination services212 AHVLA ‘performing well’ – survey213 Improving preparedness for PED and other exotic

pig diseases214 Course to promote leadership qualities in a

changing veterinary landscape215 Veterinary medicines: product update

213 News in Brief

217 Surveillance217 SAC C VS disease surveillance report for April

221 Research221 Prepubertal neutering of cats: three key points

(D. Yates, J. Yeates)223 Prepubertal gonadectomy in cats: different surgical

techniques and comparison with gonadectomy at traditional age (N. Porters and others)

224 Financial aspects of veterinary herd health management programmes (V. I. Ifende and others)

225 The ‘Five Point Plan’: a useful tool for reducing lameness in sheep (R. H. Clements, S. C. Stoye)

225 Retrospective cohort study of gastrointestinal stasis in pet rabbits (M. Huynh and others)

226 Research Digest

227 Books

228 Viewpoint228 Does exposure to thyroxine-mimics cause feline

thyroid hyperplasia? (K. Hill, I. Shaw)

230 Gazette

231 Letters231 Erosion at the AHVLA (I. Richards)231 Rib fractures in slaughter cattle (R. Blowey, N. Bell)231 Use of Pexion tablets for dogs

(G. Davis, G. Diesel)232 Survey of profession’s information needs (M. Jubb)

233 BVA News

Vet Record Careersi Undergraduate masterclass in veterinary public

healthii Ten-minute chat

Epidemiological factors associated with gastrointestinal stasis in pet rabbits, p 225

A five-point plan for tackling lameness in sheep, p 225

Possible causes of rib fractures in slaughter cattle, p 231

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