During routine sampling of bulk raw milk on a dairy farm, the pathogenic bacteria Listeria monocytogenes was found to be a contaminant, at numbers< 100 cfu/ml. A strain with an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern was isolated from the bulk milk two months later. Environmental swabs taken at the dairy environment were negative for the presence of L. monocytogenes, indicati...

Veterinary Ireland Journal Volume 3 Number 5 259 SOUTH-EAST REGION BoVINE ABoRtIoN AND CoNgENItAl DISEASE Schmallenberg Virus Kilkenny RVL suspected Schmallenberg Virus as the cause of a bizarre deformity of the head of a full term bovine foetus. Both upper and lower jaws were short and upturned and there was a single central eye (Fig 1). There was also arthrogryposis and hydranencephaly. PCR w...

A seven-year old Australian Shepherd, suffering from idiopathic epilepsy under treatment with phenobarbitone and potassium bromide, was presented with generalised lower motor neuron signs. Electrophysiology and muscle-nerve biopsies revealed a neuromyopathy. The serum bromide concentration was increased more than two-fold above the upper reference value. Clinical signs disappeared after applyin...

Trematodes are almost all hermaphrodite (schistosomes being the exception) flat worms (flukes) which have a two or more host life cycle, with snails featuring consistently as an intermediate host. Dogs and cats residing in Europe, including the UK and Ireland, are far less likely to acquire trematode or fluke infections, which means that veterinary surgeons are likely to be unconfident when the...

The purpose of the Nordic research project, Nord-VET, is to generate new knowledge on the strengths and weaknesses of the different models of vocational education and training (VET) at upper secondary level in the four Nordic countries. This research is expected to strengthen the knowledge base required for developing VET for the future. The main purpose of this project is to shed light on the ...

385, 26th Annual American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, San Antonio, TX. J Vet Intern Med 2008;22:819 (abstract) b Carr EA, Pusterla N, Schott HC, II, et al. Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) recrudescence and viremia in hospitalized critically ill horses: Abstract #123, 26th Annual American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, San Antonio, TX. J Vet Intern Med 2008;22:737...

A Roadmap to Vocational Education and Training Systems Around the World With young people among the big losers of the recent financial crisis, vocational education and training (VET) is often seen as the silver bullet to the problem of youth joblessness. This paper provides a better understanding of VET around the world, dealing with three types of vocational systems: school-based education, a ...

Angiostrongylosis, a cardiopulmonary disease caused by infection with the metastrongyloid nematode parasite Angiostrongylus vasorum, may lead to serious morbidity, and it continues to be a major health problem for dogs worldwide. This disease spreads to dogs by the ingestion of third-stage larval stage (L3) via the consumption of an intermediate or a paratenic host. The geographic distribution ...

Background: Fasciola hepatica is a helminth parasite of global importance in livestock, with major economic impact. However information on F. hepatica infections in Irish pasture-based dairy herds is limited. Therefore this study was conducted in order to determine the prevalence, seasonality and management factors associated with F. hepatica. A total of 319 Irish dairy herds were selected for ...