Outputs (16)

Ethical challenges experienced by veterinary practitioners in relation to adverse events: Insights from a qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Gibson, J., Brennan, M. L., Oxtoby, C., Mossop, L., & White, K. (2023). Ethical challenges experienced by veterinary practitioners in relation to adverse events: Insights from a qualitative study. Veterinary Record, 193(12), Article e3601. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.3601

Background
Understanding ethical challenges experienced in relation to adverse events is necessary to inform strategies that optimise patient safety and practitioner wellbeing.

Methods
A qualitative exploration of UK veterinary practitioners’ ex... Read More about Ethical challenges experienced by veterinary practitioners in relation to adverse events: Insights from a qualitative study.

A case of carrier gas confusion: Unintentional use of carbogen (2022)
Journal Article
Hillen, F., Henderson, T., & White, K. (2023). A case of carrier gas confusion: Unintentional use of carbogen. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 50(2), 197-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2022.12.007

Alfaxalone population pharmacokinetics in the rat: Model application for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic design in inbred and outbred strains and sexes (2022)
Journal Article
White, K., Aldurdunji, M., Harris, J., Ortori, C., & Paine, S. (2022). Alfaxalone population pharmacokinetics in the rat: Model application for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic design in inbred and outbred strains and sexes. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, 10(6), Article e01031. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.1031

The translation of new injectable anaesthetic drugs from rodent to humans remains slow, despite the realisation that reliance on the volatile agents is unsustainable from an environmental perspective. The aim of this study was to investigate the infl... Read More about Alfaxalone population pharmacokinetics in the rat: Model application for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic design in inbred and outbred strains and sexes.

Vitamin D status in chimpanzees in human care: a Europe wide study (2022)
Journal Article
Moittié, S., Jarvis, R., Bandelow, S., Byrne, S., Dobbs, P., Grant, M., …Baiker, K. (2022). Vitamin D status in chimpanzees in human care: a Europe wide study. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 17625. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21211-6

While vitamin D deficiency is a public health concern in humans, comparatively little is known about vitamin D levels in non-human primates. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in overall health and its deficiency is associated with a range of disorders,... Read More about Vitamin D status in chimpanzees in human care: a Europe wide study.

“We’re gonna end up scared to do anything”: a qualitative exploration of how complaints are experienced by UK veterinary practitioners (2022)
Journal Article
Gibson, J., White, K., Mossop, L., Oxtoby, C., & Brennan, M. (2022). “We’re gonna end up scared to do anything”: a qualitative exploration of how complaints are experienced by UK veterinary practitioners. Veterinary Record, 191(4), Article e1737. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1737

Background: UK veterinary practitioners are reported to be fearful of client complaints but their experiences have not been formally captured. Understanding how complaints impact veterinary practitioners is key to mitigating detrimental consequences.... Read More about “We’re gonna end up scared to do anything”: a qualitative exploration of how complaints are experienced by UK veterinary practitioners.

Assessing the Educational Value of a Zoo Placement for Veterinary Students: A Report on Student Feedback and Perceptions (2021)
Journal Article
Liptovszky, M., Dobbs, P., Moittie, S., White, K., Targett, M., & Strong, V. (2022). Assessing the Educational Value of a Zoo Placement for Veterinary Students: A Report on Student Feedback and Perceptions. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 49(2), 236-240. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2020-0064

Zoological medicine is an expanding field with limited practical training opportunities for veterinary students. Those training programs that do exist require significant financial and resource investment by both veterinary schools and the zoological... Read More about Assessing the Educational Value of a Zoo Placement for Veterinary Students: A Report on Student Feedback and Perceptions.

Comparison of 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentration in chimpanzee dried blood spots and serum (2020)
Journal Article
Moittié, S., Graham, P. A., Barlow, N., Dobbs, P., Liptovszky, M., Redrobe, S., & White, K. (2020). Comparison of 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentration in chimpanzee dried blood spots and serum. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 49(2), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.12863

Background
Dried blood spots (DBS) are used in human medicine to measure total 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25‐OHD) in the blood. However, this easy and affordable sampling technique has not been evaluated in primates to measure vitamin D concentrations.... Read More about Comparison of 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentration in chimpanzee dried blood spots and serum.

Comparison of the effects of buprenorphine and methadone in combination with medetomidine followed by intramuscular alfaxalone for anaesthesia of cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy (2019)
Journal Article
Mahdmina, A., Evans, A., Yates, D., & White, K. L. (2019). Comparison of the effects of buprenorphine and methadone in combination with medetomidine followed by intramuscular alfaxalone for anaesthesia of cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612x19826357

Objectives

The aim of this study was to compare quality of anaesthesia and analgesia between methadone and buprenorphine in combination with medetomidine after induction with intramuscular (IM) alfaxalone in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.... Read More about Comparison of the effects of buprenorphine and methadone in combination with medetomidine followed by intramuscular alfaxalone for anaesthesia of cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.

A retrospective review of great ape cardiovascular disease epidemiology and pathology (2018)
Journal Article
Strong, V. J., Martin, M., Redrobe, S., White, K., & Baiker, K. (2018). A retrospective review of great ape cardiovascular disease epidemiology and pathology. International Zoo Yearbook, 52(1), 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/izy.12193

Cardiovascular disease is associated with significant mortality in zoo-housed great apes and yet little is know about its epidemiology and aetiopathogenesis, and therefore its diagnosis, treatment and prevention. In this retrospective study, the fre... Read More about A retrospective review of great ape cardiovascular disease epidemiology and pathology.

Gainfully employing descending controls in acute and chronic pain management (2018)
Journal Article
White, K., Targett, M., & Harris, J. (2018). Gainfully employing descending controls in acute and chronic pain management. Veterinary Journal, 237, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.05.005

Specific primary afferent fibres termed nociceptors are responsible for transmitting nociceptive information. Centrally the axonal terminals of these fibres synapse with secondary projection neurones in the spinal dorsal horn to transmit nociceptive... Read More about Gainfully employing descending controls in acute and chronic pain management.