The rabies situation in Europe; errors in radiology; avoiding errors in radiography; veterinary critical care in practice; horses: practical use of hypertonic saline (7.2 per cent) solution in horses (for shock and anaesthetic-related hypotension); common conditions of donkeys in temperate climates; the essential role of a walking cast to treat fractures and septic physitis in horses and cattle; prognosis in equine dysphagia - is treatment realistic? - small animals - selected bacterial problems of the alimentary tract; cervical spondylopathy in the dobermann pinscher; the management of anorexia in the cat; feline paediatrics; contraception in the dog; pain relief in dogs; mitral dysplasia in bull terriers; prevention and treatment of periodontal disease in small animals; feline and human cowpox; feline pancreatic disease - diagnosis and treatment; the differential diagnosis of non-gastric vomiting in the dog; diagnostic imaging of the canine elbow including radiography, computed tomography and arthroscopy; progression of chronic renal failure: have we progressed? - large animals - economic appraisal of herd health schemes; update on summer mastitis; diseases of early weaned calves; commercial management of small camelidae in Northern Europe; common diseases of gamebirds; neurological diseases of swine; ovine listeriosis; wool loss in sheep.