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Striking the right balance

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News and Reports
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Defra proposes minimum welfare standards for greyhound tracks

Government offers half-price discount on remaining stocks of bluetongue vaccine

VMD to remain an executive agency of Defra

OIE to develop new standards for novel H1N1 influenza A virus

Plight of imported reindeer discussed at Veterinary Deer Society conference John Fletcher

New home for welfare and behaviour group

The BSAVA presents its awards

NEWS IN BRIEF

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Surveillance
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Northern Ireland disease surveillance, October to December 2008

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Papers
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Factors contributing to the contamination of peripheral intravenous catheters in dogs and cats
I. D. Jones, A. M. Case, K. B. Stevens, A. Boag, and A. N. Rycroft

Randomised controlled trial of the treatment of pastern dermatitis with a formulation containing kunzea oil
J. Thomas, C. Narkowicz, G. M. Peterson, G. A. Jacobson, and A. Narayana

First isolation of Parafilaria bovicola from clinically affected cattle in Belgium
B. Losson and C. Saegerman

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