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Membership    Contents 1    Contents 2

President's report
F Nottle, DV Coonabarabran ... Page (1)

DVs and RLPB animal health service
A Glassop, DV Gloucester ... Page 2

Official veterinary services in New Zealand
F Neilsen, DV Northern Slopes ... Page 8

Official veterinary services in the United Kingdom
N Brown, DV Bombala ... Page 14

Deregulation of the dairy industry in NSW
W Watts, NSW Dairy Farmers Association Ltd ... Page 17

RLPB animal health database
D Salmon, DV Riverina ... Page 23

Farm comparative analysis
G Chittick, Australian Consolidated Foods, Bombaderry ... Page 26

Managing pastures for milk production
W Fulkerson, Wollongbar Agriculture Institute ... Page 37

Optimising phosphorus fertilizer use on dairy farms in NSW
E Havilah, Researc Agronomist ... Page 71

In calf - the DRDC national dairy herd fertility study
B Adams, Bega Veterinary Clinic ... Page 83

Countdown down under
D Ryan, Veterinary Research Officer, EMAI ... Page 90

On-farm quality assurance
J Dawson, NSW Dairy Corp, Nowra ... Page 107

Keeping chemical residues out of dairy products
S Spence, Veterinary Officer, Wollongbar ... Page 119

High input versus low input dairies in the Illawarra region
G Chittick, ACF, Bombaderry ... Page 123

Chemicals affect soil animals
Page 127

Facial eczema
Page 131

Bovine Johnes Disease
T Jessep, State BJD Coordinator, Goulburn ... Page 132

The pathology of Newcastle Disease in NSW poultry
Page 150

Food safety - what it means to the beef industry
K Walker, OIC RVL, Menangle ... Page 153

Animal science and the safety of food for human consumption
E Vanselow, Beef Industry Centre, UNE, Armidale ... Page 157

Mastitis, polyarthritis and abotion caused by Mycoplasma species bovine group 7 in diary cattle
Page 166

Arbovirus and vector monitoring 1998 - 1999
Page 172

National Arbovirus Monitoring Program 1997-1998 report
Page 176

Johnes Disease in New Zealand
F Neilsen, DV Northern Slopes ... Page 180

Control of Haemonchus contortus in the face of Closantel resistance
J Macfarlane, DV Armidale ... Page 186

Foot and mouth disease eradication in the Bikol Peninsula of the Philippines
P Freeman, DV Casino ... Page 195

Infection with lentigenic Newcastle Disease virus
D Salmon, DV Riverina ... Page 199

Johnes Disease - the impact on the veterinary profession
I Harradine, AVA NSW Division ... Page 203

Hot and bothered heifers at Narrabri
S Slattery, DV Narrabri ... Page 207