The voluntary phase of an industry-led national Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) eradication programme began in Ireland on January 1, 2012 with the goal of progressing to a compulsory programme in 2013. The development and implementation of the programme in 2012 was informed by a review of current and prior eradication programmes elsewhere in Europe and extensive stakeholder consultation. The programme was based on tissue tag testing of newborn calves in participating herds, with the status of the mothers of calves with positive or inconclusive results requiring clarification. Participating herd owners were required to comply with a series of guidelines, including not selling cattle suspected of being persistently infected. For herds compliant with the guidelines, the results from 2012 counted as one of three years of tag testing anticipated in the compulsory phase of the programme. Testing was carried out in laboratories designated for this purpose by the cross-industry BVD Implementation Group that oversees the programme. Results were reported to a central database managed by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, and the majority of results were reported to farmers' mobile telephones by SMS message. A detailed review of the programme was conducted, encompassing the period between January 1, 2012 and July 15, 2012, based on results from approximately 500,000 calves. This paper describes the establishment and structure of the programme, and the outcomes of the review, including findings at herd and animal level.

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28 male, clinically well preterm and fullterm infants with an Apgar score >7 at 5 mine were studied. The purpose was to determine whether an impaired renal conservation of cal cium(Ca) exists; the relationship of urinary Ca excretion to Ca intake and serum Ca levels; and the relationship of urinary Ca excretion to sodium(Na) intake and urinary Na excretion. Timed urine specimens were collected between 24 and 48 hrs. of age for Ca, phosphate(P), Na, creatinine(cr), and cyclic AMP (CAMP); blood was drawn at the end of the urine collection period for cr, Ca, P, and Na. Ca was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, P by the method of Fiske and Subbarow, Na