The milking machine and mastitis, P. Edmondson; teat disinfection in dairy herds, R. Blowey and P. Edmondson; induction of parturition, T. Parkinson; intravenous fluid therapy in the neonatal calf, D. Grove-White; diseases of the digit, part 1 - description of common lesions, R. Blowey; diseases of the digit, part 2 - hoof care and factors influencing the occurrence of lameness, R. Blowey; differential diagnosis of common skin disorders (parts 1 and 2), P. Jackson; differential diagnosis of respiratory disease in adult cattle, R. Dalgleish; botulism, T.O. Jones; differential diagnosis of lesions of the male genital tract, T. Parkinson; umbilical hernias and infections in calves, G.B. Edwards; management of a salmonellosis outbreak in a cattle herd, P. Scott.