Volume 38 – 2014 Proceedings

Spring Meeting 2014, Bristol

• Grass – it is not just about sward height – L. Genever
• Assessment of pain in sheep – M. Corke, K. McLennan, C. Rebelo and F. Constanino-Casas
• Johne’s disease in Sheep – P. Brown
• Diagnosis of ovine pulmonary adenocarcinima in sheep practice – P.R. Scott
• OPA, a view from the lab – C. Cousens
• Skin disease conundrums – H. Stevenson
• Sheep diseases in Brazil – differences from the UK – L.C.N. Mendes
• An attempt to eradicate footrot and to make a footrot health plan – I. Stamphoj
• Sheep Scab – a history – C. Lewis
• Joint sheep and beef CPD – the BCVA view – G. Hateley
• Investigation and treatment of an outbreak of ovine psoroptic otoacariasis – J.P. Crilly, F. Nunn, E. Marr, S. Burgess, A. Jennings and N. Sargison
• Priorities for the sheep industry – P. Baber
• Iodine supplementation in breeding ewes – a case study – D. Bowness
• A pilot observational case – control study to study the effects of foot trimming lame sheep – F. Lovatt and P. Page
• Farmers’ and veterinarians’ perceptions of lameness and pain in sheep – C. Thompson, K. Rutherford, J. Conington, J. Williams and A. Zanella

Autumn meeting 2014, Darlington

• A year in the life of the Sheep Veterinary Society – F. Lovatt
• Clinical and radiographic features of contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD) – J. Angell, R. Blundell, D. Grove-White and J. Duncan
• Small ruminant production – sustainability and the environment – B. Hosie
• Modern sheep breeding – an evolution or a revolution? – J. Conington and M. Coffey
• The strategic application of genomics to sheep breeding – S.C. Bishop
• Encouraging pedigree and commercial sheep producers to engage in genetic improvement – S. Boon
• How will the sheep industry progress – J. Geldard
• Johne’s disease control – R.A. Juste
• All grass wintering of sheep – D.R. Jones, J. E Vipond, P. Frater and E. Genever
• GM2 Gangliosidosis in British Jacob sheep – M. Wessels
• GM2 Gangliosidosis in the UK Jacob flock – H. Carty
• The Molecular and Human dimension – T.M. Cox
• Innovation and tools for flock health – A. Gibbs, B. Lingard and K. Hovers
• Recording date – what we want from it and the pitfalls – P. Page
• Use of electronic identification to record ram performance on farm – S. Williams
• Penmachno tick project report – E. Hawkins
• Genetic diversity of herdwicks and other Lakeland breeds – A. Carson
• Varicocele in a ram – J.J. Hull