THE RACING GREYHOUND. VOLUME 3. Edited by Oliver Graham Jones FRCVS.

1981 1st edition. 8vo paperback (132 x 216mm). Pp210. Not illustrated, tables, bibliography.

This book presents veterinary and scientific papers read at World Greyhound Racing Federation symposia 1978-81. Papers include; Aspects of the environmental hazards faced by the racing greyhound; Some forelimb injuries of the racing greyhound; Skeletal and muscle injuries; Osteochondritis dissecans; Convalescent care of the racing greyhound; Kennel cough; Vaccination programmes and hazards; The ideal greyhound kennel. The physiological effects of oestruscontrolling agents in greyhounds; Oestrus in the racing greyhound, in Australian conditions; Oestrus suppression, the Irish approach; Vaginal cytology and it spplication in the breeding greyhound bitch; Aspects of the track veterinarian; Duties of Australian track veterinarians; The requirements of a British track veterinarian; The greyhound track veterinary surgeon; Filaroides osieri infection in the dog; Changes in horse doping and its detection; The use of radioimunoassay in the detection of drugs; The analytical control of greyhound drugging in the UK; The use of EMIT in drug detection in greyhounds; Detection - the present position in Ireland; Some thoughts on doping.