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VOLUME 87, 2009 (JANUARY–DECEMBER) Editor in Chief/Scientific Editor A Jackson

Editorial Advisory Board L Cullen: Perth, WA S Church: Werribee, VIC T Faragher: Melbourne, VIC M France, Sydney, NSW J Hill: Gatton, QLD G Hunt: Sydney, NSW A Lepper: Melbourne, VIC J Malmo: Maffra, VIC J McLean: Melbourne, VIC S Page: Berry, NSW J Smith: Sydney, NSW A Turner: Melbourne, VIC P Thomas: Brisbane, QLD L Vogelnest: Sydney, NSW D Watson: Sydney, NSW

Associate Editors S Bailey: Equine; Melbourne VIC C Bellenger: Small animal surgery; Sydney, NSW G Browning: Microbiology, molecular biology; Melbourne, VIC B Carmel: Wildlife and zoos; Melbourne, VIC R Nicoll: Imaging and radiology, Sydney, NSW I Robertson: Epidemiology; Perth, WA G Robins: Small animal orthopaedic surgery; Brisbane, QLD N Sangster: Parasitology and epidemiology; Wagga Wagga, NSW V Studdert: Small animal medicine; Melbourne, VIC C Wilks: Microbiology, virology; Melbourne, VIC

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Authors A

Aceves M Adams PL Agerholm JS Allan GS Anderson DE Anderson GA Anderson N Assenza A Auty J Arzey E

275 35 193 323 56 369 102, 130 397 174 66

Badman RT Barron PM Barrs VR Barton MD Bayram AS Baxter CG Beatty JA Bearham D Beck JB Begg AP Bell C Bellenger C Bennett PF Besier RB Black A Blishen AJ Bonneau S Bosward KL Bourke CA Bowers JR Brenner K Brown GW Bryden WL Byron CR Buchanan N Bunn C Burgess G Burren BG Button C

476 280 39 222 148 182, 188 39 430 249 35 266 279 157 455 438 35 287 5, 175 99, 492 219 503 138 35 363 266 266 266 113 476

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Campbell AJD Campbell NJ Campbell NB Canfield PJ Caola G Carmel B Carmichael AM Chadwick A (nee Turner) Chambers M Chan CTT Charles JA Chicken C Child G Chin JJ-C Christensen NI Chung T-H Church S Cocci A Colditz IG Collins A Coman GJ Cooper MA Cowley JA

305, 306, 307, 308, 310 317 487 5, 39, 175, 215 397 69 27 279 200 39 204 35 349 222 175 417 204 360 12, 230 33 244 157 244

Cramp AP Crawford RD Cronan V Cross NJ Crowley A Colditz IG

138 476 266 402, 421 160 12

Dart A Dart AJ Dart CM Davis JA Davis JL Davis P Davis RM Dawson KL Day L Delaporta A Dickason C Doggett SL Donahoo M Duigan SA

4, 420 110, 215, 420 188, 215 147 487 279 284 142 76 292 266 182 33 27

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East IJ Eaton-Wells RD Emery D Eun HM Evans NA F

Fahy VA Faragher T Fayrer-Hosken RA Fazio F Fennell LC Ferguson B Ferrer LM Field H Fisher AD Forbes G Foster DJ Foster DM Foster SF Fougere BJ Fraser D Fraser IS Frost A Fritschi L G

Gardner MP Garner MG Gasser A Gaughan EM Gentz EJ Gerard MP Gibbs S Gibson JA Giger U Gilkerson JR Gill IJ Giraudo A Goodman D Gordon AN Gorgul OS Govendir M Graeme A Graham K Graves LE Griffiths TM

Australian Veterinary Journal Index Volume 87, 2009 – Authors

165 249 33 287 280 222 120 275 397 204 213 484 266 12, 230 204 349 487 292 349 279 66 344 76 113 165 352 363 273 487 266 27 39 35 476 12 292 113 148 445 279 66 238 455

Gualtieri M Gunn AA H

Haack KL Haldane SL Hamilton SA Hansbro PM Harkin K Harland S Harrison M Hart T Havlicek M Haynes L Heffernan SJ Hennessy A Hernández-Jover M Hess RS Heusner GL Higgins D Hill BD Hoffmann K Hollingsworth T Holroyd RG Holyoake PK Horadagoda N Horton E Hoshi K Hosking BC House JK Howlett Rolfe Hufschmid J Hulst FA Hunnam JC Hunt E Hunt GB Hurley DJ Hurt AC Hwang C-Y

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Jackson AE Jaensch S Jalim SL James FE James PJ Jeffcott LB Johnson R Jones JB Jones L Jordan D K

Kappe E Kaye-Smith BG Ketzner KM Kirkland P Kluger EK Klump S Kramer M Krockenberger MB Kuan S Kvalheim N

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Lacasta D Lancaster MJ Langer N Larsen JWA

360 469 292 284 165 266 503 110 437 437 249 266 238 200, 238 387 352 275 368 94 253 266 94 33, 125, 387 110 304 88 455 469 279 160 66 5, 313, 318, 379 492 5, 323, 356 275 266 417 1, 71, 117, 163, 211, 257, 301, 345, 385, 427, 467 63 463 330 138 215 87, 243, 378 430 275 222 52 455 363 266 445 52 52 175 253, 438 476 484 476 280 102, 130, 305

Latre MV Laverty PH Le Feuvre AS Lee C Leggat PA Lenard ZM Lenghaus C Lepherd ML Levot GW Lillich JD Lingard AE Lising R Lloyd JB Lloyd L Loh ZHK Lopez-Villalobos N Lord LK Lunn JA M

Malik R Mackie JT McConnel CS McCowan C McCracken H McDougall S McGill SE McKenzie RA McKinnon AO McManus K Mcphie R Malik R Malmo J Mansfield CS Martin PA Martin PJ Mathis KR Maynard L Milan JM Miyaki Y Mogg TD Mont S Morrison D Murray SC Muscatello G N

484 157 455 12 260 98, 152 476 5 142 363 39 33 12, 142 283, 502 323 318, 379 56 356 445 280 469 204 266 313, 318, 379 334 27 463 259 138 279 369 330 175 200 249 287 349 82 110 360 76 352 35

Neck D Neiger R Nicholls PK Nicoll RG Nilon P Nimmo JS Nisbet HO

109 52 430 323 455 476 413

O’Connor J Oh T-H Oh W-S Olivero D Ong RKC Ortín A Ozak A Ozmen O

266 409 409 360 152 484 413 480

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Park FJ Paull DR Park FM Parkinson TJ Peppler C Perkins NR

63 12, 230 249 313, 318, 379 52 35, 215

Phillips CJC Piccione G Pickering v Pizzato C Portas TJ Preshaw AR Preston NP R

119, 402, 421 397 279 12 160 130 244

Racklyeft DJ Raidal SR Rainger JE Raisis AL Rajendran KV Ramey DW Ramos JJ Ray LE Reinacher M Richard MJ Richards RB Risvanli A Robertson I Robinson C Rosenthal K Rothwell JT Rozmanec M Runciman DJ Russell TM Ryan D Ryu M-H

35 430 188 152, 334 244 429 484 275 52 273 121 480 292 348 402 119, 142 349 369 463 396 417

Saat N Saida Y Sales N Salci H Salmon ML Samuel JL Sanquer A Sarathchandra SK Savage CJ Schembri N Schermerhorn T Scherzer J Schibrowski ML See AM Seewald W Seker I Seng A Sharman MJ Sharpe MS Shilton CM Shimizu M Shirangi A Shum LWC Simpson DJ Sirin YS Sithole F Skowronski V Slocombe RF Smith B Smith CS Smith DR Smith GW Smith MG Smith SM Soda A Snowdon WA Speare R

480 88 142 148 244 476 287 356 204 125, 387 503 275 27 292, 334 455 480 39 292 56 66 88 76 469 296, 450 413 125 287 219 438 110 260 487 222 487 88 486 260

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Spielman DS Spiers ZB Stephens FJ Stephens T Stewart AA Stewart M Stuart LD Sugiyama T Sullivan M Sunderland NS Swainston J Swindells K? Swindells KL T

Takashima K Tanaka R Taylor JD Thomson SE Thornton J Ticehurst KE Tisdall P Todhunter KH Tong T Toribio J-A Tracey J Tran L Trengove C Trope GD Trott DJ Tucak P Turner A Turner M Tyrell D V

175 430 61, 214, 429 363 363 273 296 94, 238 238 73 279 149, 152, 292, 334 88 88 27 238 344 82 253 35 450 125, 165, 387 266 39 455 499 222 444, 449 283 279 204

Vanharrevel PD Vanhoff KJ Vela AI Vizard AL Vogelnest L Vogelnest LJ

363 455 484 305 66 182

Wallner J Warner S Watson R Weissert D Werner CJ Whitton RC Wilson B Wilson D Wilson KJ Wilson MC Windsor PA Winkleman J Wittum TE Woodgate RG Woods R Worth U Wylie RM

266 266 492 52 476 499 39 214 244 35 193 138 56 455 266 347 35

Yamane Y Yardimci C Yoon H-Y Young ND Yuksel M

88 413 417 244 480

Zaki S Zawadzki J

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Australian Veterinary Journal Index Volume 87, 2009 – Authors

Subjects A abattoirs, pigs 387 abiotrophy, koala 342 actinomycetous bacteria, parrots 63 activated clotting time, reference values 292 activated coagulation time, reference values 292 acupuncture (Letters) 213, 304, 347 acute phase proteins 5 adenomyosis, in orang-utan uterus 66 Advocate®, toxicity 334 aquaculture 61, 244 alfaxalone, in cats 82 alpacas 4 cannulation, third compartment 487 parenteral nutrition 487 plant poisonings 113 preweaning morbidity and mortality 56 alternative medicine (Letters) 213, 304, 347 anaesthesia, cats 82 analgesia castration of lambs 230 non-surgical mulesing 19 anticonvulsant drugs, dogs and cats 45, 445 antidepressant drugs (tricyclics), neuropathic pain 45 antiepileptic drugs, neuropathic pain 45 animal welfare non-surgical mulesing 5, 12, 19 nuisance barking 402 xenotransplantation anthelmintics 200 antibiotics pigs and public health 33 tacrolimus in cats 417 anxiety, veterinarians 76 arachnoid cyst, Birman cat 296 ascites with hepatic vascular hamartoma 360 Avena sativa, toxicity 113 avian influenza, Australia 165, 266 B Beef cattle see cattle biosecurity Avian influenza 165, 266 Pigs 125

Australian Veterinary Journal Index Volume 87, 2009 – Subjects

book reviews A modern dog’s life 449 An atlas of interpretative radiographic anatomy of the dog and cat 98 Animal physiotherapy: assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of animals 147 Australian bats 87 BSAVA manual of canine and feline abdominal imaging 444 BSAVA manual of raptors, pigeons and passerine birds 243 BSAVA manual of rodents and ferrets 378 Carrots and sticks: Principles of animal training 174 Clinical immunology of the dog and cat 368 Diseases of the goat 396 Equine back pathology: diagnosis and treatment 420 Medicine of Australian mammals 69 Thirsty country: Options for Australia 209 Trick or treatment: Alternative medicine on trial 119 Veteran and veterinarian 192 black tiger prawns, viruses 244 blindness, temporary with Advocate® toxicity 334 Bonamia, pearl oysters 430 Brassica plants, effect on cattle 27 brown snake envenomation, extradural haematoma, dog C 152 camelids (see alpacas) cardiac defect, congenital, foal 204 carprofen castration of lambs 19 non-surgical mulesing 19 cats AB blood type, pyruvate kinase deficiency in Abyssinian/ Somali breeds 39 Abyssinian/Somali, pyruvate kinase deficiency alfaxan anaesthesia ataxia, irradiated dry pet food Burmese, dermoid cyst cysts arachnoid dermoid dry food, gamma-irradiated epilepsy, treatment haemolytic anaemia

39 82 349 450 296 450 349 445 39

idiopathic facial dermatitis 417 leucoencephalopathy, irradiated dry pet food 349 neonatal isoerythrolysis, pyruvate kinase deficiency 39 paralysis dermoid cyst 450 irradiated dry pet food 349 Persian cats, idiopathic facial dermatitis 417 pyruvate kinase deficiency, Abyssinian/Somali breeds 39 seizures, treatment 445 cattle beef cattle, vitamin A 94 citrullinaemia 193 dairy cattle 193, 379, 469, 480 endometritis 369 environmental pathogens, mastitis 469 gestational age and fetal characteristics 379 Holstein-Friesians, inherited diseases 193 hypovitaminosis A, beef cattle 94 inherited disorders 193 mastitis 469, 480 polioencephalomalacia, Brassica plants 27 pregnancy diagnosis, ultrasound 313, 379 teat measurement 480 triclabendazole 200 ultrasonography, treat measurement 480 cerebellar degeneration, koala 342 cetrimide, non-surgical mulesing 12, 19, 142 chronophysiology, goats 397 coagulation time, activated, dogs and cats 292 coagulopathy, brown snake envenomation 152 congenital defects cardiac, Fresian filly 204 congenital polyp, dog 253 cyanide poisoning, alpacas 113 D dairy cattle see cattle depression, veterinarians 76 dermatitis flea allergy 287 Ixodes spp. in dogs and cats 182 swamp wallabies 160 desferrioxamine, chelation therapy for iron EDTA toxicity 284 Diabolicoptes, swamp wallabies 160 diagnostic services, laboratory standards 121

dicyclanil, mulesing distress, veterinarians dogs adenocarcinoma ascites behaviour nuisance barking cardiopulmonary bypass, open patch grafting cervical instability, treatment coagulopathy, brown snake envenomation colectomy Colorectal adenocarcinoma cranial cruciate ligament deficiency

138 76 356 360 402 88 413 152 356 356 438

diabetes mellitus with cyclosporin A/prednisone 352 eosinophilic hepatitis 330 eosinophilic lymphadenitis 331 epilepsy, treatment 445 extradural haematoma, brown snake envenomation 152 flea allergy dermatitis, topical treatments 287 German Shepherds 249, 325 Heimlich valve drainage, outcomes 148 hepatic vascular hamartoma 360 hypereosinophilic syndrome, idiopathic 330 hyperglycaemia, after cyclosporin A/prednisone 352 hypothyroid crisis, sulfonamide drugs insulin resistance after cyclosporin A/prednisone 352 mast cell tumours 157, 323 medetomidine sedation and seizures 188 myxoedema, sulfonamide drugs 503 Neuropathic pain 45 open patch-grafting, pulmonic stenosis 88 orthopaedics tibial wedge ostectomy, complications 438 osteosarcoma, os penis 52 pyloric obstruction 253 pulmonic stenosis 88 Rottweilers 52, 323, 330 sacral osteochondrosis 249 skin biopsy, local anaesthesia and seizures 188 flea allergy dermatitis 287 transepidermal water loss 409 snail bait (iron EDTA), toxicity 284 soft tissue sarcomas 323

Australian Veterinary Journal Index Volume 87, 2009 – Subjects

spine fracture stabilisation pain, mast cell tumours spleen, cytopathology thorax, drainage with Heimlich valve tibial crest ostectomy, complications topical therapy, flea allergy dermatitis transepidermal water loss, measurement ultrasound, soft tissue tumours urban living, effect on behaviour vascular hamartoma, hepatic dry food, gamma-irradiated, effects in cats durectomy, arachnoid cyst dysgerminoma, surgical resection dysmenorrhoea, orang-utan with uterine adenomyosis E echidna, splenic lymphoma echocardiography, equine congestive heart failure ectoparasites, swamp wallaby Editorials 121, epilepsy, dogs and cats ethics, xenotransplantation F fescue, toxicity, horses fish, native see also aquaculture flea allergy dermatitis, topical treatments flystrike control food safety 34, 125, fracture repair cervical spine, dogs Monteggia, foals G gastroduodenostomy for pyloric stenosis in dog gill-associated virus, black tiger prawns goats, chronophysiology granulation tissue and bandaging of horse wounds H haemolytic anaemia, Abyssinian/Somali breeds Haplosporidium hinei, pearl oysters Herbal medicine (Letter) Heterodoxus ualabati, swamp wallaby horses abortion and amnionitis auricular chondrosis autoimmunity bandaging and wound healing

Australian Veterinary Journal Index Volume 87, 2009 – Subjects

413 157 175 148 438 287 409 323 402 360 349 296 110 66 257 204 160 214 445 421 492 61 287 138 387 413 463 253 244 397 215 39 430 259 160 35 219 219 215

cardiac anomaly 204 casts desmitis 499 pastern/foot wounds 363 cauda equina syndrome 251 congenital defect, cardiac 204 cryopreservation of semen 275 distal interphalageal joint, desmitis 499 double-outlet right ventricle 204 dygerminoma, surgical resection 110 equine amnionitis and fetal loss (EAFL) 2, 35 fescue toxicity 492 foals, Monteggia fracture 463 foot wounds, casts for 363 humeroradial luxation 463 lameness 463, 499 mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) 37 medial collateral ligament, desmitis 499 Monteggia fracture, foals 463 oedema, fescue toxicity 492 phalangeal casts, for wounds 363 semen motility 275 synovial structures in foot/pastern wound 363 toxicity, fescue 492 ultrasonography, diagnosing foot pain 499 ventricular septal defect 204 wounds, healing 215, 363 hydrocortisone aceponate, effect in dogs with dermatitis 287 hysterectomy, adenomyosis in orang-utan 66 hypothyroidism, dogs with sulfonamides 503 I imidacloprid intoxication 334 irradiation, dry food and effects in cats 349 iron chelation, treatment of iron EDTA toxicity in dogs 284 iron EDTA toxicity 284 Ixodes spp., dermatoses in dogs and cats 182 K koalas, cerebellar neurodegeneration 342 L laboratory animals, xenotransplantation ethics 421 laboratory network, Australia/New Zealand 121 lambing, control of trichostrongylid infections 130 Letters to the Editor 73, 118, 213, 259, 303, 347, 428 levothyroxine, hypothyroid therapy 503 lice, swamp wallaby 160

lignocaine and medetomindine, sezures 188 liver fluke, oral vs topical triclabendazone treatment 200 low back pain, veterinarians 260 Lucilia cuprina, control 138 lumbosacral joint, osteochondrosis, dogs 249 lymphadenopathy, hamadryas baboons 238 M marsupials 160, 338 MAX-ACT™ tube 292 medetomidine and seizures 188 metricheck, detection of vaginal discharge 369 Minchinia occulta, pearl oysters 430 MITES, swamp wallaby 160 mourilyan virus, black tiger prawns 244 moxidectin intoxication 334 mulesing alternative see non-surgical mulesing myxoedema, sulfonamide drugs in dogs 503 N native fish 61 neonatal isoerythrolysis, cats 39 neoplasia, hamadryas baboons 238 neurodegeneration, koala 342 neuropathic pain, therapy 45 nitrate–nitrite poisoning, alpacas 113 Nocardia, multifocal granuloma in a bird 63 non-human primates 66, 238 non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (carprofen) 19, 230 non-surgical mulesing 12, 19, 142, 230 O Obituaries Anderson BP 437 Cottew GS 502 Grono LR 344 McQueen DS 486 Presidente PJA 317 Turner DM 279 Ward Gwen AL 109 orang-utan, uterine adenomyosis 66 oysters, pearl 430 P parasites ectoparasites 160, 287 gastrointestinal 130 lice 160 mites 160, 338

pasture weeds, bovine polioencephalomalacia pathology services, Australia/New Zealand Penaeus monodon, black tiger prawns penile neoplasia, dog Persian cats, idiopathic facial dermatitis phenobarbitone, anticonvulsant in dogs and cats photoperiod, biomarkers in goats

27 121 244 52 417 445 397

pigs abattoirs, traceability 387 antimicrobials 33, 222 PigPass 387 proliferative enteropathy 33 public health 34, 125, 303 (Letter), 387 saleyards, need for legislation 125 sow stalls (Letter) 73 survey, antimicrobial use 222 traceability 125, 303 (Letter), 387 xenotransplantation 421 Pinctada maxima, pearl oysters 430 plant toxicity 27, 99, 113, 492 Pongo abelii/pygmaeus 66 pregnancy diagnosis, cattle 313, 318, 379 pyloric obstruction, dog 253 Q quaternary ammonium compound, use in non-surgical mulesing 12 R recovery score, alfaxan anaesthesia of cats 82 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, virus detection in black tiger prawns 244 Reviewers 74 S sheep analgesia in castrated Merino lambs 230 anthelmintics 455 bodyweight, association with worm count 102 castration 230 drug safety 455 Ewes, worm infections 102 fenugreek staggers in ewes 99 fly strike in unmulesed sheep 138 intradermal cetrimide, non-surgical mulesing 142 kangaroo gait in ewes 99 lambs, castration 230 lesser loosestrife toxicity 476

Australian Veterinary Journal Index Volume 87, 2009 – Subjects

Merinos 5, 99, 130 monepantel 455 mortality, post-weaning, of Merino sheep 305 moxidectin injections, controlling trichostrongylids in Merino ewes 130 nematodes 455 non-surgical mulesing 12, 142 polioencephalomalacia 27 reference intervals, Merino lambs 5 scrotal pyocele 484 shearing time, with post-weaning mortality 305 Staphylococcus capitis, scrotal pyocele 484 tail docking 230 worm count 102, 130 seizures see anticonvulsant drugs, epilepsy simian T-cell lymphotrophic virus 1 238 snail bait, iron EDTA and acute toxicity 284 sow stalls see pigs spinal cord arachnoid cyst, cat 296 cervical instability, dogs stomach, hyperplastic polyp in a dog 253 stress testing, black tiger prawns 244 sulfur in plants, effect on cattle 27 survival analysis, post-weaning mortality of Merinos 305 swamp wallaby 118, 160 T tibial wedge ostectomy, complications 438 tick larvae, dermatoses in dogs and cats 182 topical therapy, flea-allergy dermatitis 287 traceability, pigs, abattoirs and saleyards 387 transepidermal water loss, dogs 409 trichostrongylids, moxidectin for control of 130 triclabendazole, efficacy for liver fluke 200 tricyclic antidepressants, for neuropathic pain 45 Trigonella foenum-graecum, ovine fenugreek staggers trimethoprim–sulfonamide, hypothyroid crisis in s dog type II collagen autoimmune disease U urethrostomy for penile neoplasia V vaccination, porcine proliferative enteropathy Vapometer®, measuring TEWL vascularity veterinarians musculoskeletal disorders

Australian Veterinary Journal Index Volume 87, 2009 – Subjects

99 503 219 52 33 409 323 260

psychological health psychosocial risk factors work stress veterinary laboratories vitamin A vitamin B W wildlife

76, 260 263 260 121 94 280

avian influenza viruses, surveillance in wild birds 266 baboons simian T-cell lymphotrophic virus 1 238 xenotransplantation 421 cerebellar cortical degeneration in a koala 342 dermatitis, ectoparasitic, in swamp wallabies 118, 160 inflammation, in a wallaby 338 lymphoma, simian T-cell lymphotrophic virus 1, in baboons 238 lymphoma, spleen, in an echidna 273 scrub-itch mite in a wallaby 338 uterine adenomyosis in an orang-utan 66 X xenomas in western pygmy perch xenotransplantation, animal welfare

61 421