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Management interventions in dairy herds: exploring within herd uncertainty using an integrated Bayesian model (2009)
Journal Article
Green, M. J., Medley, G. F., Bradley, A. J., & Browne, W. J. (2009). Management interventions in dairy herds: exploring within herd uncertainty using an integrated Bayesian model. Veterinary Research, 41(2), Article Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1051/vetres/2009070

Knowledge of the efficacy of an intervention for disease control on an individual farm is
essential to make good decisions on preventive healthcare, but the uncertainty in outcome associated with
undertaking a specific control strategy has rarely b... Read More about Management interventions in dairy herds: exploring within herd uncertainty using an integrated Bayesian model.

Use of posterior predictive assessments to evaluate model fit in multilevel logistic regression (2009)
Journal Article
Green, M. J., Medley, G. F., & Browne, W. J. (2009). Use of posterior predictive assessments to evaluate model fit in multilevel logistic regression. Veterinary Research, 40(4), Article Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1051/vetres/2009013

Assessing the fit of a model is an important final step in any statistical analysis, but this is not straightforward when complex discrete response models are used. Cross validation and posterior predictions have been suggested as methods to aid mode... Read More about Use of posterior predictive assessments to evaluate model fit in multilevel logistic regression.

Bayesian analysis of a mastitis control plan to investigate the influence of veterinary prior beliefs on clinical interpretation (2009)
Journal Article
Green, M. J., Browne, W. J., Green, L., Bradley, A. J., Leach, K., Breen, J., & Medley, G. F. (2009). Bayesian analysis of a mastitis control plan to investigate the influence of veterinary prior beliefs on clinical interpretation. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 91(2-4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.029

The fundamental objective for health research is to determine whether changes should be made to clinical decisions. Decisions made by veterinary surgeons in the light of new research evidence are known to be influenced by their prior beliefs, especia... Read More about Bayesian analysis of a mastitis control plan to investigate the influence of veterinary prior beliefs on clinical interpretation.

Cow, farm, and herd management factors in the dry period associated with raised somatic cell counts in early lactation (2008)
Journal Article
Green, M. J., Medley, G. F., Browne, W. J., & Bradley, A. J. (2008). Cow, farm, and herd management factors in the dry period associated with raised somatic cell counts in early lactation. Journal of Dairy Science, 91(4), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2007-0621

This study investigated cow characteristics, farm facilities, and herd management strategies during the dry period to examine their joint influence on somatic cell counts (SCC) in early lactation. Data from 52 commercial dairy farms throughout Englan... Read More about Cow, farm, and herd management factors in the dry period associated with raised somatic cell counts in early lactation.

Recognition and management of pain in cattle (2008)
Journal Article
Hudson, C., Whay, H., & Huxley, J. (2008). Recognition and management of pain in cattle. In Practice, 30(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/inpract.30.3.126

Attitudes towards pain and its control in farm animals have lagged behind those in companion animal species. However, a considerable amount of work over the past 15 years has focused on the perception of pain in cattle based on objective and subjecti... Read More about Recognition and management of pain in cattle.

Direct and indirect contacts between cattle farms in north-west England (2008)
Journal Article
Brennan, M. L., Kemp, R., & Christley, R. M. (in press). Direct and indirect contacts between cattle farms in north-west England. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 84(3/4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.12.009

Little is known regarding the types and frequencies of contact that exist between farms and which of these may act as pathogen transmission routes; however it is likely that farms demonstrate considerable heterogeneity in such contacts. In this cross... Read More about Direct and indirect contacts between cattle farms in north-west England.

Cow, farm, and management factors during the dry period that determine the rate of clinical mastitis after calving (2007)
Journal Article
Green, M. J., Bradley, A. J., Medley, G. F., & Browne, W. J. (2007). Cow, farm, and management factors during the dry period that determine the rate of clinical mastitis after calving. Journal of Dairy Science, 90(8), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2007-0107

The purpose of the research was to investigate cow characteristics, farm facilities, and herd management strategies during the dry period to examine their joint influence on the rate of clinical mastitis after calving. Data were collected over a 2-yr... Read More about Cow, farm, and management factors during the dry period that determine the rate of clinical mastitis after calving.

Bacteriophage therapy to reduce Salmonella colonization of broiler chickens (2007)
Journal Article
Atterbury, R. J., Van Bergen, M., Ortiz, F., Lovell, M., Harris, J., De Boer, A., …Barrow, P. (2007). Bacteriophage therapy to reduce Salmonella colonization of broiler chickens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73(14), https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00049-07

Acute enteric infections caused by salmonellas remain a major public health burden worldwide. Poultry, particularly chickens, are known to be the main reservoir for this zoonotic pathogen. Although some progress has been made in reducing Salmonella c... Read More about Bacteriophage therapy to reduce Salmonella colonization of broiler chickens.