Australian Sheep Veterinary Society AVA conference proceedings : new horizons, 10th-15th May, 1992, Adelaide Convention Centre.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Australian Sheep Veterinary Society, Pitman-Moore Australia Ltd
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [North Ryde, New South Wales] : Pitman-Moore Australia Ltd., 1992.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Trends in wool processing requirements
  • Current technological aids to selection of breeding stock within the wool industry
  • DNA technology: potential application to wool sheep breeding
  • The practical application of genetic principles - how we put it all together
  • Cost benefit of artificial breeding for genetic improvement
  • How to analyse farm performance - part of providing a farm service
  • A recommendation has been made - but is it economic?
  • Combining consultancy with veterinary practice
  • Feeding management to improve farm profitability
  • How can you apply recent developments in fleece testing to make your clients sheep flock more profitable
  • A national approach to footrot control
  • Cattle transmit virulent footrot to sheep - new implications for eradication programs
  • What role will footrot vaccines play in local and national eradication programs
  • Eradication options for footrot - how to assess using Footfix
  • Eradicating non-benign forms - the best approach
  • Footrot diagnosis - does the laboratory have a role?
  • Salmonellosis in sheep - is prevention possible and practical?
  • Advances in the control and treatment of ovine dermatophilosis
  • Caseous lymphadenitis causes wool production loss in three commercial sheep flocks
  • Health and production of sheep grazing saltbrush
  • Effect of zinc administration on copper and heliotrope poisoning
  • Cheap identification systems for traceback purposes
  • Reliability of fleece measurements in Merinos at different ages
  • Controlling dark fibres
  • Transgenesis to increase wool production
  • Potential of controlled release systems for the topical application of insecticides to sheep
  • Results of sheep lice survey including evaluation of lice detection methods
  • The lice detection test - its uses for farmers and epidemiologists
  • Resistance to synthetic pyrethroids in populations of sheep lice in South Australia - is it a problem?
  • The no dip' policy for lice - how carefully have you considered latent infestations in 'clean' flocks?
  • Maintenance of efficient dipping procedures
  • Progress in the sheep lice eradication campaign in W.A. - the first four years 1987-1991
  • Lice action groups - a new approach to animal health extension
  • Potential of Bacillus thuringiensis in the control of sheep lice
  • Chemical residues in the South Australian wool clip - now and in the future
  • Worm control on the farm - what's not in the book
  • Monitoring worm control in sheep flocks using pasture larval counts
  • Monitoring faecal egg counts (FEC) instead of a second summer drench
  • Drench reversion - myth or reality?
  • Worm control for the '90s - a new look at current approaches
  • Haemonchosis in S.A. - how does it hang on?
  • Control of haemonchosis in winter rainfall environments
  • Anthelmintic resistance testing - a social marketing approach
  • Safety and efficacy trials of controlled release albendazole capsules in weaner sheep