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Official Opening
R Amery, MP, Minister for Agriculture ... Page 1

Presidential Address
E Sergeant, District Veterinarian, Tamworth ... Page 5

State Council Reports
P Merton, Chairman, State Council RLPB Assoc of NSW ... No paper

Developments within NSW Agriculture
R Sheldrake, representing the Director-General NSW ... No paper

Developments with the Division of Animal Industries
H Scott-Orr, Chief, Division of Animal Industries ... No paper

Discussions with Departmental Officers
Disease surveillance and Field Vet ... R Jane & E Sergeant ... Page 9
Approved procedures for use of animals in research, teaching and extension ... A Paul ... Page 15
Residues ... D Byrne & J Plant ... No paper
Emergency management changes ... G Eggleston ... Page 21
1080 training ... G Eggleston ... No paper
Rabbit calicivirus ... G Eggleston ... No paper
Legislative review and the new Rural Lands Protection Act ...G Eggleston ... No paper

Ovine Johnes Disease
P Merton, Chairman, State Council ... No paper

Rural Census Data
G Perry, District Veterinarian, Walgett ... No paper

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Poisoning in Cattle
I Masters, District Veterinarian, Hay ... No paper

Fireweed Toxicity
A Glassop, District Veterinarian, Cloucester ... Page 29

Worm Tests and the Boss Kit
C Venning, District Veterinarian, Cooma... Page 33

Landfills and Residue Management
I Harradine, District Veterinarian, Grafton ... Page 37

Sydney University Veterinary Science Faculty Speakers
The crises in veterinary education ... Prof DR Fraser, Dean ... No paper
Seasonal infertility in pigs ... Assoc Prof R Love, Dept of Animal Health ... No paper
Beef feedlot management ... P Cusack, Dept of Animal Health ... No paper
Effects of protein and genetic merit on production and reproduction performance in dairy cattle ... C Westwood, Dept of Animal Health ... No paper
Sheep work in the faculty ... Prof J Egerton & K Abbott ... No paper
Veterinary education experiences at Cornell, USA ... Prof B Farrow, Dept of Veterinary Clinical Studies ... No paper
The kangaroo as a meat producing animal ... P Hopwood, Dept of Veterinary Anatomy ... No paper
Anthelmintic pharmacology ... N Sangster, Dept of Veterinary Pathology ... No paper
Veterinary Marine Biology ... Prof M Bryden, Dept of Veterinary Anatomy ... No paper
Interaction between environment and disease ... Prof A Husband, Dept of Veterinary Pathology ... No paper

CVL and RVL - Research and Developments
EMAI 1996 and beyond ... B Bailie ... No paper
Overview of the virology laboratory ... P Kirkland ... No paper
Pestivirus vaccines ... T Shannon ... No paper
Scabby mouth vaccines ... R Petersen ... No paper
Update on rabbit calicivirus disease ... A Philbey ... No paper

Inrtroduction to the microbiology laboratory ... G Eamens ... No paper
Vaccine delivery made simpler and better ... J Chin ... No paper
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae detection using immunocapture PCR and new avenues of recombinant vaccine research ... S Djordjevic ... No paper
The pig growth gap program and the new pig research facility at EMAI ... R Giles ... No paper
Ovine JD research developments and plans; methods of JD ELISA reporting; update on fish disease ... R Whittington ... Page 59

Diagnostic testing - changes and new tests in the microbiology / immuology section, EMAI ... G Eamens ... No paper
Fluke detection by ELISA in milk and serum ... P Rolfe ... No paper
Combination flukicides "less for better" ... J Boray ... No paper
External parasites - technology update ... P Johnson ... No paper
Testing for drench resistance in sheep worms ... P Rolfe ... No paper

Introduction to programs in the nutrition / physiology / biochemistry laboratory ... P Healy ... No paper
Animal behaviours and feedlot productivity ... L Fell ... No paper
The how of heifers into cows ... R Dobos ... No paper
DNA and diseases ... P Healy ... No paper

Introduction to problems discerned in the RVL ... K Walker ... No paper
Blind kangaroos ... L Reddacliff ... No paper
The NR of what! ... R Reece ... Page 63
Bulk milk bacteriology ... M Hornitzty ... No paper
Diseases and disease prevention in the feeder steer chain ... K Walker ... No paper

The Cattle Care Programme
B Bardwell ... Page 65

Johnes Disease - National Perspective
D Kennedy ... No paper

Agriculture v Mining
M Hindmarsh, District Veterinarian, Condobolin ... No paper

Botulism Outbreak
A Glassop, District Veterinarian, Gloucester ... Page 69

Nitrite Poisoning
H Grant-Frost, District Veterinarian, Mudgee ... Page 77