September 1997
VOLUME 50 : Number 9
ISSN 0368-0762
Veterinary Ireland
Journal Page
CONTENTS

Editorial 513
News 515
Product news, congress reminder, dates for your diary + more.
Business 525
Practice management: waste disposal Peter Nowlan.
The planning game: how to make business decisions Brendan Daly.
Motoring 528
MPV for MVBs Austin Shinnors.
Practice Profile 531
Sole searching: Donal Connolly on the ups and downs of the single-man practice. Austin Shinnors.
Peer Reviewed 534
Observations on early pregnancy diagnosis and early embryonic loss in the mare. John R. Newcombe.
Report 537
Regional Veterinary Laboratories Quarterly Report: January-March 1997.
Special Feature 540
Outbreak: The re-emergence of bovine brucellosis means human brucellosis is now an occupational hazard for cattle
veterinarians. Gemma Tuffy.
Continuing Education 542
PRRS - The disease of the '90's. Jake Waddilove.
545 Chronic renal failure in cats: diagnosis + management David Polzin, Carl Osborne and Katherine James.
553 Milk somatic cells - biological roles in mastitis. Julie Fitzpatrick.
Nursing 555
Care and maintenance of surgical instruments. Kate Wiggins.
Programme Competition 562
Win a Sanyo video recorder.