The production of the compendium was financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). The CABI Publishing (CAB International) kindly authorised the use of scientific abstracts extracted from the CAB Abstracts database.

The compendium authors would like to thank the Project Steering Group for their invaluable support and comments on the design and content of the compendium. The Steering Group consisted of Mark Measures (Director of the Organic Advisory Service, Elm Farm Research Centre), Peter Plate (Damory Veterinary Clinic, Blandford, Devon) and Roger Unwin (UKROFS, MAFF/FRCA).

The authors are also grateful to the following:

• The members of the advisory team at the Organic Advisory Service on Elm Farm Research Centre in Berkshire for reviewing all sections of the compendium;
• The Organic Working Group of the British Cattle Veterinary Association for reviewing the cattle section;
• Clare Allaway, a sheep veterinary specialist with a Certificate in Sheep Health and Production for reviewing the sheep section;
• Richard Potter, who is a specialist pig veterinarian, for reviewing the pig section; and
• David Spackman, a specialist poultry veterinarian, and Teresa Wittle of Ranger Chickens for reviewing the poultry section; and
• To the members of staff of the Premium Cattle Health Scheme of the Scottish Agricultural College for their advice on the control of some cattle diseases.

Our special thanks also go to Nick Short of the Royal Veterinary College, Laura James of Oxford University and K. S. Channa of the University of Reading for their technical inputs into the design of the CD-ROM and the Web-site.