In this issue – March 2011

Wound healing after breech flystrike control methods in lambs · Resistance to synthetic pyrethroids in buffalo flies · Auditory function in older horses · Cutaneous asthenia in a foal · Avian trichomoniasis in an Australian avian practice · Infectious laryngotracheitis in poultry in Australia · Hepatotoxicosis in dogs eating contaminated camel meat · Pulmonary aspergillosis in a cat     

Neurological diseases of ruminant livestock in Australia. III: bacterial and protozoal infections

Bacteria (including chlamydia) and protozoa can produce neurological disease in Australian ruminant livestock and the nature of the inflammatory and neuroparenchymal response is often suggestive of a particular aetiological agent. An overview of the clinicopathological features of infectious disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS) is followed by a discussion of important bacterial and protozoal infections in Australia. Each infectious disease is discussed in terms of classification and pathogenesis linked to clinical signs and gross and microscopic findings. The literature review is restricted to infectious conditions causing CNS disease in Australia. Sources include the Australian Veterinary Journal (over 50 years of articles), the quarterly newsletter of the National Animal Health Surveillance System and the Animal Health Surveillance Quarterly.     

In this issue – October 2011

AVA Policies · Unilateral uterine torsion in a bitch · Q fever in dogs in Townsville · Purchase price and racing performance of Thoroughbred yearlings · Review of genetic neurological defects in cattle · Bovine salmonellosis and antibiotic sensitivity · Chlamydial load and infectious disease in koalas · History of endemic disease regulation in Australia