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Dairy calves provided with environmental enrichment are more active, playful and have fewer feeding interruptions (2025)
Journal Article
Occhiuto, F., Vázquez-Diosdado, J. A., Thomas, M., Gayner, E. R., King, A. J., & Kaler, J. (2025). Dairy calves provided with environmental enrichment are more active, playful and have fewer feeding interruptions. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 4241. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88129-7

Concerns for farm animal welfare have led to the use of environmental enrichment to stimulate natural behaviours and promote positive emotions. In cattle, the provision of brushes is sometimes recommended but their use in calves and the effects they... Read More about Dairy calves provided with environmental enrichment are more active, playful and have fewer feeding interruptions.

Journal instructions to authors submitting veterinary systematic reviews are inconsistent and often inadequate (2025)
Journal Article
Tramuta-Drobnis, E., Rey, L. M., Brennan, M. L., Cowles, B., Crews, M. E., Fausak, E. D., Marcellin-Little, D. J., Whitehead, M. L., & Moberly, H. K. (2025). Journal instructions to authors submitting veterinary systematic reviews are inconsistent and often inadequate. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 86(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.24.10.0304

Objective

To survey academic journals for the presence and clarity of author instructions for submitting veterinary systematic reviews.

Methods

Instructions to authors for submitting systematic reviews were surveyed across the 10 academic jo... Read More about Journal instructions to authors submitting veterinary systematic reviews are inconsistent and often inadequate.

Assessment of tree-associated atypical myopathy risk factors in Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore) seeds and leaves (2025)
Journal Article
González-Medina, S., Hyde, C., Chang, Y., & Piercy, R. J. (2025). Assessment of tree-associated atypical myopathy risk factors in Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore) seeds and leaves. Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14475

Background
Sycamore tree-derived hypoglycin A (HGA) toxin causes atypical myopathy (AM), an acute, equine pasture-associated rhabdomyolysis but incidence fluctuates.

Objectives
Investigate whether tree or environmental factors influence HGA conc... Read More about Assessment of tree-associated atypical myopathy risk factors in Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore) seeds and leaves.

Understanding the Molecular Interactions Between Influenza A Virus and Streptococcus Proteins in Co-Infection: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Alshammari, A. K., Maina, M., Blanchard, A. M., Daly, J. M., & Dunham, S. P. (2025). Understanding the Molecular Interactions Between Influenza A Virus and Streptococcus Proteins in Co-Infection: A Scoping Review. Pathogens, 14(2), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14020114

Influenza A virus infections are known to predispose infected individuals to bacterial infections of the respiratory tract that result in co-infection with severe disease outcomes. Co-infections involving influenza A viruses and streptococcus bacteri... Read More about Understanding the Molecular Interactions Between Influenza A Virus and Streptococcus Proteins in Co-Infection: A Scoping Review.

A novel cross-priming amplification technique combined with lateral flow strips for rapid and visual detection of zoonotic Toxoplasma gondii (2025)
Journal Article
Liang, Y., He, Y.-H., Yang, S.-F., Xie, S.-C., Lv, Y.-H., Cong, W., Elsheikha, H. M., & Zhu, X.-Q. (2025). A novel cross-priming amplification technique combined with lateral flow strips for rapid and visual detection of zoonotic Toxoplasma gondii. Veterinary Parasitology, 334, Article 110402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2025.110402

Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular protozoan, infects almost all warm-blooded animals and humans, with felines serving as its sole definitive hosts. Cats release T. gondii oocysts into the environment through feces, contributing to environm... Read More about A novel cross-priming amplification technique combined with lateral flow strips for rapid and visual detection of zoonotic Toxoplasma gondii.

One Health tropical wetlands: a transdisciplinary framework for assessing the risks of emerging zoonotic diseases in the Brazilian Pantanal (2025)
Journal Article
de Oliveira Roque, F., Herrera, H. M., de Andrade, G. B., Johnson, M., Nunes, A. V., de Oliveira, A. G., de Castro Ferreira, E., Fernandes, G. W., Araujo, G. A., Santos, L. G. R., Chiaravalloti, R. M., de Lucena, R. F. P., Libonati, R., Wantzen, K. M., Tasker, A., Bowsher, G., Sullivan, R., & Yon, L. (2025). One Health tropical wetlands: a transdisciplinary framework for assessing the risks of emerging zoonotic diseases in the Brazilian Pantanal. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 33(1), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-025-10031-w

The Pantanal wetland ecosystem of Brazil is experiencing unprecedented local challenges from anthropogenic pressures, as well as from global climate change. These pressures escalate the zoonotic risks from wildlife populations, whose own susceptibili... Read More about One Health tropical wetlands: a transdisciplinary framework for assessing the risks of emerging zoonotic diseases in the Brazilian Pantanal.

Characteristics of fecal mycobiota and bacteriota in laying hens during different laying periods (2025)
Journal Article
Wei, Y.-J., Shang, K.-M., Elsheikha, H. M., Yan, J.-C., Zhao, J.-X., Ma, H., Geng, H.-L., Meng, J.-X., Li, W.-D., Liu, R., Zhang, X.-X., & Ni, H.-B. (2025). Characteristics of fecal mycobiota and bacteriota in laying hens during different laying periods. Microbial Pathogenesis, 200, Article 107304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2025.107304

Mycobiota represents an important component of the gut microbiome in poultry and plays important roles in host nutrition and metabolism. However, the understanding of gut mycobiota in laying hens during the production cycle is limited. The present st... Read More about Characteristics of fecal mycobiota and bacteriota in laying hens during different laying periods.

Dairy farmers’ intention to use calf management technologies in four European countries: A QCA and PLS-SEM approach (2025)
Journal Article
Doidge, C., Bokma, J., ten Brinke, N., Carmo, L. P., Hopp, P., Santman-Berends, I., Veldhuis, A., & Kaler, J. (2025). Dairy farmers’ intention to use calf management technologies in four European countries: A QCA and PLS-SEM approach. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 236, Article 106417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106417

Whilst livestock management technologies may help to improve productivity, economic performance, and animal welfare on farms, there has been low uptake of technologies across farming systems and countries. This study aimed to understand dairy farmers... Read More about Dairy farmers’ intention to use calf management technologies in four European countries: A QCA and PLS-SEM approach.

A Prospective Study Investigating the Health Outcomes of Bitches Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally (2025)
Journal Article
Moxon, R., Freeman, S. L., Payne, R. M., Corr, S., & England, G. C. W. (2025). A Prospective Study Investigating the Health Outcomes of Bitches Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally. Animals, 15(2), Article 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15020167

There are scant studies of associations between the pubertal status at neutering and subsequent health outcomes of female dogs. This study examined health data for Labrador and Golden Retriever crossbreed bitches neutered by ovariohysterectomy either... Read More about A Prospective Study Investigating the Health Outcomes of Bitches Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally.

Teaching of Anatomy: Dissecting Dissection in Veterinary and Medical Education from a Historical Perspective through to Today (2024)
Journal Article
Kubale, V., Perez, W., & Rutland, C. S. (2024). Teaching of Anatomy: Dissecting Dissection in Veterinary and Medical Education from a Historical Perspective through to Today. Slovenian Veterinary Research, 61(4), 225-232. https://doi.org/10.26873/SVR-2167-2024

As veterinary and human medicine education evolves, instructors can now incorporate a range of innovative anatomy tools, from low-fidelity models to high-fidelity simulators, 3D printing, dissection software, and augmented/virtual reality. However, c... Read More about Teaching of Anatomy: Dissecting Dissection in Veterinary and Medical Education from a Historical Perspective through to Today.