Volume 42 – 2018 Proceedings

Spring Meeting 2018, Aberystwyth

• AberystwythIechyd Da and the Wales Veterinary Science Centre – R Daniel
• Outbreaks of salmonellosis in sheep in Wales – R Daniel
• The NADIS Parasite Control Package – I Gill
• Serological survey of British sheep flocks for evidence of exposure to ovine pestiviruses – A Jennings, E Gascoigne, A Macrae, L Burrough and JP Crilly
• Subclinical pregnancy toxaemia and neonatal losses – J Hobbs
• Vaccine compliance: are we missing a trick, or several? – S Small
• Farmer attitudes to SBV and BTV vaccination – JE Stokes and JS Duncan
• Vimco – mastitis vaccination for ewes and goats – A Couper
• Vaccination in sheep: current situation and future developments – TN McNeilly
• Autogenous vaccines in principle and practice – TS Wallis
• A comparison of autogenous and commercial footrot vaccines – C Helmer
• Barbervax – D Smith
• Bibersteinia trehalosi septicaemia in vaccinated lambs – S Bell
• Mycoplasma and ovine pneumonia – C Lewis
• Genetic improvement of sheep to increase health and productivity: Core concepts – W Haresign
• Guidelines for the practical application of genetic selection in sheep – J Roden
• Innovis’s sheep breeding programmes – D Jones and J Roden
• EBVs in sheep – what are they, what’s new and how they can contribute to improving sheep health and production – S Boon
• What have we learned about breeding for parasite resistance in sheep in the UK – E Steele
• Induction and synchronisation of oestrus and ovulation in sheep with a Progesterone Intravaginal Device (CIDR Ovis) and eCG Protocol – Y Chaudhry,D Armstrong, M Thys and M Stegemann
• The potential role of bioactive forages in controlling parasitism in sheep – CL Marley
• The benefits of introducing cattle into sheep-only upland systems – MD Fraser and JE Vale
• Implementing a successful flock health and parasite control plan – I White
• Control of liver fluke: an environmental approach – I Richards
• Macrocyclic lactone resistant Psoroptes ovis – S Mitchell
• Reducing lameness and antibiotic use in a sheep flock – E Gascoigne
• Reducing antibiotic use at lambing time – K Hovers
• Investigation into outbreaks of joint ill in lambs – H Stevenson
• Condition scoring and practical feeding strategies for outdoor lambing flocks – H Kenway
• A standardised approach to reporting suspected ectoparasite treatment failures – M Colston and D Armstrong

Autumn Meeting 2018, Windermere

• An introduction to evidence-based veterinary medicine – M Holmes
• How to critically appraise the literature – M Holmes
• RCVS Knowledge – J Molyneux
• What’s the evidence for current advice on footrot treatment and control? – L Green and R Clifton
• What is the evidence for current advice on CODD treatment and control? – JW Angell
• What’s the evidence for non-pathogenic coccidia being non-pathogenic? The view from practice – GL D’Alterio
• What is the evidence for non-pathogenic coccidia being non-pathogenic? A view from the lab – E Dunnett
• The risk factors for pregnancy toxaemia in sheep: an evidence-based approach – B Pullen
• Treatment of pregnancy toxaemia in sheep: an evidence-based approach – H Clifford
• What factors are associated with the survival of ewes and lambs after lambing and caesarean section? – JW Angell, S McDonnell, GL Jones and EL Hawkins
• Hill Sheep Health North – A Carson
• Clinical research in practice: study design-statistics: support and illumination – I Handel
• What do funders look for? – L Genever107Assessing ewe body condition score, colostrum quality and lamb serum total proteins on two commercial flocks – K Hart
• Distance support for on-farm investigation of adult sheep mortality – M Spinato, P Menzies, A Jones-Bitton, J Cooper and J Jansen
• Small Ruminant Adult Mortality – Postmortem Procedure – M Spinato, P Menzies, A Jones-Bitton,  J Cooper and J JansenPolyarteritis nodosa in sheep – M Wessels, B Strugnell and P Pesavento
• Udder under the scope: new insights into sheep mammary microenvironment in health and mastitis – K Hughesand C Phythian
• Screening during quarantine to exclude infectious disease – a case study – E. Hill
• Rotavirus infection in a spring lambing flock – a case study – H Burgess
• Abomasitis in Suffolk lambs – P Middlemas
• Chronic proliferativerhinitisassociated with Salmonella arizonaein 3rams – a case study – H Fuller
• Peste de petit ruminants – A CarsonDo you have the evidence for how and where your clients are using the antibiotics you prescribe? – F Lovatt