Index    Cover

Contents

Office bearers ... Page 3

Members ... Page 5

Opening Address
R Nott, MLA, Minister for Agriculture and Food Production ...Page 9

Presidential Address
HM Ware, Inspector of Stock, Narrandera ... Page 11

Conference 1958
RJ Noble, Under Secretary and Director, Department of Agriculture, NSW ... Page 13

Welcome to Glenfield, 1958
G Edgar, Director of Veterinary Research ... Page 15

Cancer in Sheep
PD Carter, Veterinary Inspector, Coonabarabran ... Page 17

Pneumonia in Sheep
DH Mumford, Veterinary Inspector, Dubbo ... Page 18

Factors Affecting Fertility of Rams and Ewes, and Survival of Newborn Lambs
VG Cole, Veterinary Surgeon, Grazcos, Sydney ... Page 21

Abnormalities of Testes - Merino Rams
EAM Farleigh, Veterinary Inspector, Glen Innes ... Page 26

Ovine Coccidiosis
DJ Walker, Veterinary Inspector, Armidale ... Page 27

The Use of Urea as a Nitrogen Supplement in Sheep Nutrition; and Urea Poisoning
EJ McBarron, Special Veterinary Research Officer (Nutrition), Glenfield ... Page 33

Listeriosis
PT Diplock, Veterinary Inspector, Mudgee ... Page 35

Blue Tongue
NK Golding, Principal Veterinary Officer, Dept of Agriculture, NSW ... Page 37

Grain Poisoning with Sheep Nuts
DJ Walker, Veterinary Inspector, Armidale ...Page 41

Infertility in Sheep on Sub Clover
ER Tuohy, Veterinary Inspector, Wagga Wagga ... Page 47

Skin Scrapings in Itch Mite Infestations
CD Gee, Veterinary Inspector, Condobolin ... Page 50

Necrobacillosis of the Tongue in Sheep
PT Diplock, Veterinary Inspector, Mudgee ... Page 51

Bovine Venereal Infections, with Special Reference to Diagnostic Tests and Specimens
HE Beattie, Veterinary Research Station, Glenfield ... Page 53

Hormones in Fattening of Stock
LG Williams, Special Veterinary Research Officer (Beef Cattle), Leeton Experimental Farm ... Page 61

Pastuerellosis (Cattle) and C. pyogenes (Sheep)
JH Irvine, Veterinary Inspector, Bathurst ... Page 67

Case Reports
G Charles, Veterinary Inspector, Forbes ... Page 69

Hypomagnesaemia in Cattle
JH Irvine, Veterinary Inspector, Bathurst ... Page 71

The Part of the Veterinary Surgeon in the Future of Animal Management in Australia
GC Brander, Technical Director, William Cooper & Nephews (Aust) Pty Ltd ... Page 75

E - The Unique Vitamin
JN Kidman, Sydney ... Page 81