Veterinary science
Subtitle: growth points and comparative medicine
By: edited by A.R. Michell
Contributors: Michell, A. R
Series: The Advancement of veterinary science : the Bicentenary Symposium series -- v. 4
Publisher: CAB International
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxon, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Veterinary medicine -- Congresses; Medicine, Comparative -- Congresses
Notes: Papers from the symposium held in London in 1991

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Biotechnology in animal breeding and genetics / C. Polge; title: Developments in vaccines / P.M. Biggs; title: Retroviruses and leukemia in man and animals / D.E. Onions; title: Molecular sciences in veterinary medicine: lentiviral infection as an example of an integrated approach to their future applications / I. McConnell; title: Enteric immunity / F.J. Bourne; title: Aspects of neurodegenerative disease / R.M. Barlow; title: Merits of comparative oncology / J.M. Dobson; title: Comparative aspects of equine allergic respiratory disease / C.A. Roberts; title: Endurance and performance in horses and other athletes / S.H. Bakke; title: Comparative aspects of exertional myopathy / P.A. Harris; title: Canine eye as a natural model for studies of human ocular disease / P.G.C. Bedford; title: Current concepts about the origin of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: animal models and hypoxia / S.G.E. Barker and J.F. Martin; title: Sodium in health and disease: what can we learn from animals? / A.R. Michell; title: Genetic essential hypertension in dogs: a new animal model / K.C. Bovee; title: (cont) Welfare and the unitary basis of homeostasis and cognition / B.A. Cross; title: Neurotransmitters and neurotransmission: relevance to anaesthetic actions and analgesic therapy / P.M. Headley and D. Lodge