Outputs (105)

Test-retest reliability and predictive validity of a juvenile guide dog behavior test (2015)
Journal Article
Harvey, N. D., Craigon, P. J., Sommerville, R., McMillan, C., Green, M. J., England, G. C., & Asher, L. (2016). Test-retest reliability and predictive validity of a juvenile guide dog behavior test. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2015.09.005

The ability to measure stable and consistent behavioral traits in dogs would facilitate selection and assessment of working dogs, such as guide dogs. Ideally, these measures should predict suitability for the working role from a young age. This study... Read More about Test-retest reliability and predictive validity of a juvenile guide dog behavior test.

Methods for differentiating prion types in food-producing animals (2015)
Journal Article
Gough, K. C., Rees, H. C., Ives, S. E., & Maddison, B. C. (2015). Methods for differentiating prion types in food-producing animals. Biology, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/biology4040785

Prions are an enigma amongst infectious disease agents as they lack a genome yet confer specific pathologies thought to be dictated mainly, if not solely, by the conformation of the disease form of the prion protein (PrPSc). Prion diseases affect hum... Read More about Methods for differentiating prion types in food-producing animals.

Liver copper concentrations in cull cattle in the UK: are cattle being copper loaded? (2015)
Journal Article
Kendall, N. R., Holmes-Pavord, H., Bone, P., Ander, E. L., & Young, S. D. (2015). Liver copper concentrations in cull cattle in the UK: are cattle being copper loaded?. Veterinary Record, 177(19), Article 493. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103078

With the release of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs/Advisory Committee on Animal Feed Guidance Note for Supplementing Copper to Bovines it was noted that the current copper status of the national herd was not known. Liver s... Read More about Liver copper concentrations in cull cattle in the UK: are cattle being copper loaded?.

Using the incidence and impact of health conditions in guide dogs to investigate healthy ageing in working dogs (2015)
Journal Article
Caron-Lormier, G., England, G. C., Green, M. J., & Asher, L. (2016). Using the incidence and impact of health conditions in guide dogs to investigate healthy ageing in working dogs. Veterinary Journal, 207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.10.046

This study aimed to use retirement data from working guide dogs to investigate healthy ageing in dogs and the demographic factors that influence ageing. Using a dataset of 7686 dogs spanning 20 years, dogs withdrawn for health reasons before they rea... Read More about Using the incidence and impact of health conditions in guide dogs to investigate healthy ageing in working dogs.

Genome-wide profiling in treatment-naive early rheumatoid arthritis reveals DNA methylome changes in T and B lymphocytes (2015)
Journal Article
Glossop, J. R., Emes, R. D., Nixon, N. B., Packham, J. C., Fryer, A. A., Mattey, D. L., & Farrell, W. E. (2016). Genome-wide profiling in treatment-naive early rheumatoid arthritis reveals DNA methylome changes in T and B lymphocytes. Epigenomics, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.2217/epi.15.103

AIM: Although aberrant DNA methylation has been described in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), no studies have interrogated this epigenetic modification in early disease. Following recent investigations of T- and B-lymphocytes in established disease, we now... Read More about Genome-wide profiling in treatment-naive early rheumatoid arthritis reveals DNA methylome changes in T and B lymphocytes.

The impact of early postnatal environmental enrichment on maternal care and offspring behaviour following weaning (2015)
Journal Article
Ki, A. L., Torp Lund, E., & Voigt, J.-P. (2016). The impact of early postnatal environmental enrichment on maternal care and offspring behaviour following weaning. Behavioural Processes, 122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2015.11.008

The early postnatal period is a sensitive period in rodents as behavioural systems are developing and maturing during this time. However, relatively little information is available about the impact of environmental enrichment on offspring behaviour i... Read More about The impact of early postnatal environmental enrichment on maternal care and offspring behaviour following weaning.

Farmers’ perception of the role of veterinary surgeons in vaccination strategies on British dairy farms (2015)
Journal Article
Richens, I., Hobson-West, P., Brennan, M. L., Lowton, R., Kaler, J., & Wapenaar, W. (in press). Farmers’ perception of the role of veterinary surgeons in vaccination strategies on British dairy farms. Veterinary Record, 177(18), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103415

There is limited research investigating the motivators and barriers to vaccinating dairy cattle. Veterinary surgeons have been identified as important sources of information for farmers making vaccination and disease control decisions, as well as bei... Read More about Farmers’ perception of the role of veterinary surgeons in vaccination strategies on British dairy farms.

Micronutrient and amino acid losses in acute renal replacement therapy (2015)
Journal Article
Oh, W. C., Gardner, D. S., & Devonald, M. A. (2015). Micronutrient and amino acid losses in acute renal replacement therapy. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 18(6), 593-598. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCO.0000000000000220

A wide range of renal replacement therapies is now available to support patients with acute kidney injury. These treatments utilize diffusion, convection or a combination of these mechanisms to remove metabolic waste products from the bloodstream. It... Read More about Micronutrient and amino acid losses in acute renal replacement therapy.

Clinical audit in veterinary practice: theory v reality (2015)
Journal Article
Waine, K., & Brennan, M. L. (2015). Clinical audit in veterinary practice: theory v reality. In Practice, 37(10), https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.h5457

CLINICAL AUDIT is an effective tool for assessing and improving the clinical care provided to patients. Good guidance has previously been provided in the veterinary literature as to how to conduct clinical audit in veterinary practice (Mosedale 1998,... Read More about Clinical audit in veterinary practice: theory v reality.

We need to talk about error: causes and types of error in veterinary practice (2015)
Journal Article
Oxtoby, C., Ferguson, E., White, K., & Mossop, L. (2015). We need to talk about error: causes and types of error in veterinary practice. Veterinary Record, 177(17), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103331

Patient safety research in human medicine has identified the causes and common types of medical error and subsequently informed the development of interventions which mitigate harm, such as the WHO’s safe surgery checklist. There is no such evidence... Read More about We need to talk about error: causes and types of error in veterinary practice.