A large animal practitioner should consider having adequate facilities to treat large animals at his place of business. Such accommodations allows the practitioner to cut down his automobile expenses, reduces time spent on the road and away from his hospital, saves the client money for professional services, and assures better conditions for treatment of large animals. Factors which should be considered before building a large animal clinic are the nature of one's own practice, the type of livestock to be treated, the climate of the area, the space available, the zoning restrictions and potential return on one's investment. It should be planned to meet the individual needs.

The budgerigar, that variety of parakeet which we are interested in, ranks very closely with cats and dogs as to the number of pets. As more of our population moves into congested areas, the small space which they require will make them increasingly more popular as pets. The owner of a pet budgie, especially one properly tamed and taught to talk, becomes just as attached to it as the dog owner does to his dog.

The leptospiroses are infectious and contagious diseases of wild and domestic mammals. Nearly 80 serotypes or species of Leptospira have been identified throughout the world as being responsible for one form or another of leptospirosis. There are probably 8 or 10 serotypes currently recognized in the United States. There is little doubt that in time more will be found in our domestic animal populations.

On Oct. 11, 1958, a 5-year old male, domestic feline was admitted to Stange Memorial Veterinary Clinic with the following history. The owner had let the cat into the basement at 5: 00 or 6: 00 on the same morning. Later in the morning the owner found that cat paralyzed in the rear quarters. There was no previous known history of an injury or accident. Furthermore the cat walked into the basement in the morning showing no signs of lameness or paralysis.

Frequently, the practicing veterinarian is asked questions concerning the feeding of urea. The following is a brief review of urea feeding recommendations for ruminants.