Archive 1937 — 2005

1985 Proceedings
68th Annual Conference

Index Cover Contents page 1 Contents page 2

List of Active Members ... Page 1

Official Welcome ... Page 2

Official Opening
D Lowing, Chairman of the Council of Advice to the Pastures Protection Board Association of NSW ... Page 3

Presidential Address
GW Eggleston, Veterinary Inspector Tamworth ... Page 6

Developments within the Department
K Sheridan, Deputy Director General, NSW Dept Ag ... Page 9

Disease Control Matters
DA Dickinson, Chief, Division of Animal Health, NSW Dept Ag ... Page 13

Review of the past year - Biochemistry
PJ Healy, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Glenfield ... Page 20

Review of the past year - Immunology
J Chin, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Glenfield ... Page 23

Review of the past year - Mastitis
D Ryan, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Glenfield ... Page 25

Review over the past year - Microbiology
PD Claxton, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Glenfield ... Page 28

Review of the past year - Parasitology
JC Boray, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Glenfield ... Page 34

Review of the past year - Poultry
E Arzey, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Glenfield ... Page 58

Developments over the past 12 months - Virology Section
A S Grewal, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Glenfield ... Page 60

Review of the past year - Regional Veterinary Laboratory
K Walker, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Glenfield ... Page 73

New Specimen Handbook
G Eamens, Veterinary Research Officer, Glenfield ... Page 80

Field Application of Newcastle Disease Virus (Strain V4) Vaccine in Australia
I Bell, Veterinary Research Officer (Poultry), Glenfield ... Page 82

Retrovirus Infection in Dairy Goats
AS Grewal, Research Officer (Virology) CVL, Glenfield ... Page 91

Monitoring of Bluetongue and Other Arboviruses in NSW
R Burton, Veterinary Officer (Epidemiology), Glenfield ... Page 100

Enzootic Bovine Leucosis in NSW
R Burton, Veterinary Officer (Epidemiology), Glenfield ... Page 104

Neuraxial Oedema Embryo Transfer Program
P Healy, Senior Research Scientist, Glenfield ... Page 107

Tumours in Economic Livestock
AD Ross, Veterinary Research Officer, Glenfield ... Page 108

Neurological Disease Diagnosis in Sheep and Cattle
P Harper, Veterinary Research Officer, Glenfield ... Page 117

Selenium Responsive Infertility in Dairy Cattle
G Eamens , Veterinary Research Officer, Glenfield and P Healy, Senior Research Scientist, Glenfield ... Page 121

A Veterinary Overview of the Solomon Islands
G Simpson, Veterinary Inspector, Condobolin ... Page 122

Selenium / Vitamin E Responsive Myopathy in Pigs - A Clincal Trial
JM Wilson, Veterinary Inspector, Lismore ... Page 125

Footrot in Sheep - Laboratory View
PD Claxton, Microbiology Section, Glenfield ... Page 128

Footrot in the New England Protected Area - A Field View
S Love, Veterinary Inspector, Armidale ... Page 133

'Wormkill' - Strategic Drenching Programme for Northern Tablelands, NSW
S Love, Veterinary Inspector, Armidale ... Page 136

Experiences with Benign Footrot in Sheep and Goats
K Hart, Veterinary Inspector, Braidwood ... Page 144

Footrot in the Central West (NSW)
PJ Ahrens, Veterinary Inspector, Molong ... Page 148

Footrot in the Western Riverina (NSW)
DD Salmon , Veterinary Inspector, Deniliquin ... Page 152

Exotic Disease Control Update
FR Doughty, Director, Animal Quarantince, Dept Ag, Sydney ... Page 156

Animal Liberation and Wool Industry
Christine Townend, President, Animal Liberation ... Page 162

Residues in Cattle on Exposure to Land Contaminated with Heptachlor
IR Harridine, Veterinary Inspector, Grafton and KW McDougall, Laboratory, Board of Tick Control, Lismore... Page 173

Gaopoling Model Cattle Farm: A Technology Transfer
SE Dunn, RVO Northwest, Dept Ag, Gunnedah ... Page 178

A Cerebellar Defect of Calves
AG Morton, Veterinary Inspector, Gundagai ... Page 192

Rockfern Poisoning in the Coonabarabran District (NSW)
FK Nottle, Veterinary Inspector, Coonabarabran ... Page 195

Observations of Swine Fever, Aujeszky's Disease, Transmissable Gastro enteritis, Newcastle Disase and Duck Viral Hepatitis in Singapore
IJ Roth, Acting Special Veterinary Officer (Pig Health), Dept Ag, Tamworth ... Page 198