We wish to acknowledge the assistance provided by colleagues who reviewed chapters, provided scientific, technical and editorial advice or who assisted in other ways: James Buckley, Rory Breathnach, Louise Britton, Jill Bryan, Marguerite Clyne, Hubert Fuller, James Gibbons, Stephen Gordon, Laura Luque-Sastre, Aidan Kelly, Pamela Kelly, Dores Maguire, Marta Martins, Kerri Malone, Jarlath Nally, David Quinn, Michael Quinn, Eoin Ryan, John Ryan, Patrick Raleigh, Shabarinath Srikumar, Graham Tynan, Patrick Wall and Annetta Zintl.
The facilities and support provided by the librarian, Carmel Norris and staff at the Veterinary Library are acknowledged with gratitude. We are grateful to Justinia Wood, Catriona Cooper and their colleagues at Wiley for the help and advice provided during the preparation of the book.
Dublin, January 2015