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1 MOREDUN FOUNDATION (ADRA) NEWS SHEETS VOLUME 1 (NUMBERS 1-30) Detection and Treatment of Hypothermia in Newborn Lambs 2. Toxoplasmosis: An Important and Topical Disease of Sheep 3. Enzootic Abortion of Ewes 4. Roundworm and Fluke Infections in Sheep 5. The Control of Sheep Headfly Disease 6. Pasteurellosis in Sheep 7. Dental Disease in Sheep 8. Scrapie 9. Copper Deficiency in Sheep and Cattle 10. Watery Mouth in Lambs 11. Listerial Encephalitis (Circling disease) of Sheep and Cattle 12. Control and Manipulation of the Breeding Season in Sheep 13. Calf Scour 14. Making the Best of Colostrum at Lambing 15. Jaagsiekte (Sheep Pulmonary Adenomatosis) 16. Orf Virus Infection of Sheep 17. Grass Sickness in Horses 18. Nematodirus Infection of Lambs: A Re-emerging Problem 19. Border Disease in Sheep 20. Toxoplasmosis in Goats 21. Anthelmintic Resistance in Sheep and Goats to Round Worms 22. Footrot in Sheep 23. Caseous Lymphadentitis of Sheep 24. Supplemental Feeding and Hygiene at Lambing 25. Ovine Coccidiosis 26. Cryptosporidium & Cryptosporidiosis 27. Nephrosis (Drunken Lamb Syndrome) 28. Respiratory Infections in Cattle 29. Mastitis in Ewes 30. Vitamin E and Selenium Deficiency in Sheep

2 VOLUME 2 (NUMBERS 1-20) Production of Farmed Deer 2. Chemical Poisons on the Farm. 3. Anthelmintic Resistant Roundworms in Sheep & Goats 4. Food-bourne Human Listeriosis 5. Plant Poisons on the Farm 6. Thin Ewes 7. Copper Poisoning in Ruminants 8. Ovine Ectoparasites found in the British Isles 9. Calf Scour 10. Castration and Taildocking of lambs 11. Effective Ectoparasite Control 12. The Control of Maedi Visna Disease in Sheep 13. Cattle Lameness 14. Maximising Lamb Survival 15. Scrapie 16. Respiratory Infections in Cattle 17. Pasteurellosis in Sheep 18. Ovine Abortion; Control of Chlamydial (Enzootic) and Toxoplasma Abortion 19. Magnesium Disorders in Ruminants 20. Moredun s Scientific Strategy

3 VOLUME 3 (NUMBERS 1-20) Lameness in Sheep 2. Anthelmintic Resistance in Roundworms and Improved Drenching Techniques 3. A Practical Guide to the Control of Sheep Scab 4. Orf Virus Infection of Sheep 5. Cryptosporidiosis 6. Coccidiosis in Sheep 7. Caseous Lymphadenitis in Sheep 8. Neosporosis; A Cause of Abortion in Cattle 9. Paratuberculosis (Johne s disease) 10. Bovine Virus Diarrhoea 11. Foot and Mouth Disease 12. Biosecurity and Disease Prevention 13. Disease Prevention when Buying in Stock 14. Zoonotic Infections Associated with Keeping Sheep in the UK 15. Human Health Issues (Zoonotic Infections) Associated with Rearing Cattle in the UK 16. Liver Fluke Disease in Sheep 17. Clostridial Diseases of Sheep 18. Controlling Sheep Roundworms Against a Background of Anthelmintic Resistance 19. Copper Deficiency in Grazing Livestock 20. Leptospirosis in Cattle

4 VOLUME 4 (NUMBERS 1-20) Campylobacter and Salmonella abortion in Sheep 2. Effective Fostering and Artificial Rearing of Lambs 3. Louping Ill in Sheep 4. Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma 5. Lungworm disease in cattle 6. Mastitis in Ewes 7. Lameness in Sheep 8. Border Disease 9. Enzootic Abortion in ewes 10. Toxoplasmosis in sheep 11. Pneumonia in Sheep 12. Buyer Beware 13. Johne s Disease 14. Controlling Ectoparasites: making the best use of remaining treatments 15. Knowledge Based Strategies for Roundworm control 16. Bovine Virus Diarrhoea (BVD) 17. Monitoring of the Nutritional management of Pregnant ewes 18. Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis 19. Preparing your Rams for Mating 20. Cattle Pneumonia

5 VOLUME 5 (NUMBERS 1-20) PRICE 5.00 PER NEWS SHEET 1. Caseous Lymphadenitis of Sheep 2. Orf Infection in Sheep 3. Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) 4. Liver Fluke Disease in Sheep and Cattle 5. Coccidiosis in Sheep 6. Ticks and the Diseases they Cause 7. Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) 8. Control of Chlamydial (Enzootic) and Toxoplasma Abortion in Sheep 9. Nematodirus: a perennial (but changing?) problem in lambs 10. Neosporosis: a major cause of reproductive failure in cattle 11. Common Disorders of Breeding Rams 12. Sheep Scab: The disease diagnosis, treatments and current legislation for its control in the UK 13. Tapeworm and Tapeworm Larvae that Infect Sheep 14. Calf Diarrhoea 15. Effective Treatment Strategies to Control Parasitic Roundworms in Sheep 16. Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma (OPA or Jaagsiekte) 17. Fluke Control in Cattle and Sheep 18. Treatment Strategies to Control Parasitic Roundworms in Cattle 19. Treatment, Control and Prevention of the Main Causes of Foot Lameness in Sheep 20. Control of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD)

6 VOLUME 6 (NUMBERS 1-) PRICE 5.00 PER NEWS SHEET 1. Cryptosporidiosis in Cattle 2. Johne s Disease (Paratuberculosis) 3. Flock Health Planning 4. Mastitis in Sheep 5. Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA) in Sheep 6. Ticks and Tickborne Diseases 7. Health Planning for Beef Herds 8. Control of Chlamydial (Enzootic) and Toxoplasma Abortion in Sheep 9. Control of Neosporosis in Cattle 10. Biosecurity for Key Livestock Disease 11. Sheep Scab 12. Sustainable Roundworm Control in Sheep 13. Nematodirus: A changing parasite 14. Coccidiosis in lambs an update 15. Mastitis Control in Dairy Cattle 16. Fighting Fluke in Sheep and Cattle

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