Outputs (15)

Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit (2018)
Journal Article
Waine, K., Dean, R., Hudson, C., & Brennan, M. (2018). Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit. In Practice, 40(10), 465-469. https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.k4798

This article, the second in a two-part series providing practical advice for practitioners on carrying out clinical audits in farm animal practice, focuses on the data collection, analysis and discussion steps of clinical audit. Part 1, which was pub... Read More about Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit.

Systematic review of the factors affecting cat and dog owner compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations (2018)
Journal Article
Wareham, K. J., Brennan, M. L., & Dean, R. S. (2019). Systematic review of the factors affecting cat and dog owner compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations. Veterinary Record, 184(5), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104793

© 2018 British Veterinary Association. The aim of this systematic review is to describe and assess the quality of the existing evidence base concerning factors that influence the compliance of cat and dog owners to pharmaceutical and specifically pol... Read More about Systematic review of the factors affecting cat and dog owner compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations.

Are nutraceuticals better than carprofen at controlling osteoarthritis in dogs? (2018)
Journal Article
Belshaw, Z., & Brennan, M. (2018). Are nutraceuticals better than carprofen at controlling osteoarthritis in dogs?. Veterinary Record, 183(16), 507-508. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.k4486

Sally, a 12-year-old female neutered black Labrador, is presented to you with right forelimb lameness. She has decreased range of movement in both hips and the right elbow. You radiograph her hips, stifles, shoulders and elbows and find she has signi... Read More about Are nutraceuticals better than carprofen at controlling osteoarthritis in dogs?.

Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice: Part 1: preparing for audit (2018)
Journal Article
Waine, K., Dean, R., Hudson, C., & Brennan, M. (2018). Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice: Part 1: preparing for audit. In Practice, 40(8), 360-364. https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.k3950

This article, the first in a two-part series providing practical advice for practitioners on carrying out clinical audits, discusses the preparation and initiation of clinical audit in farm animal practice. In the second article, to be published in a... Read More about Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice: Part 1: preparing for audit.

An Evidence-Based Rapid Review of Surgical Techniques for Correction of Prolapsed Nictitans Glands in Dogs (2018)
Journal Article
White, C., & Brennan, M. (2018). An Evidence-Based Rapid Review of Surgical Techniques for Correction of Prolapsed Nictitans Glands in Dogs. Veterinary Sciences, 5(3), Article 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5030075

© 2018 by the authors. Prolapsed nictitans gland (PNG) is an important ocular condition of dogs. Various surgical interventions have been described, but effective technique is currently considered to be a matter of personal clinician preference. The... Read More about An Evidence-Based Rapid Review of Surgical Techniques for Correction of Prolapsed Nictitans Glands in Dogs.

Measuring the success of canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Robinson, N., Belshaw, Z., Brennan, M. L., & Dean, R. S. (2018). Measuring the success of canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations: a systematic review. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 158, 18-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.07.005

Preventative healthcare consultations account for a large proportion of the veterinary caseload. This novel study is the first to methodically review all literature on canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations. Previous research has fo... Read More about Measuring the success of canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations: a systematic review.

Owner and veterinary surgeon perspectives on the roles of veterinary nurses and receptionists in relation to small animal preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Belshaw, Z., Robinson, N. J., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Owner and veterinary surgeon perspectives on the roles of veterinary nurses and receptionists in relation to small animal preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Record, 183(9), Article 296. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104773

Veterinary receptionists and veterinary nurses rarely feature in published practice-based research, yet are integral to small animal veterinary practice in the United Kingdom (UK). The aim of this study was to investigate the perspectives of UK-based... Read More about Owner and veterinary surgeon perspectives on the roles of veterinary nurses and receptionists in relation to small animal preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom.

Key actors in driving behavioural change in relation to on-farm biosecurity; a Northern Ireland perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Lahuerta-Marin, A., Brennan, M., Finney, G., O’Hagan, M., & Jack, C. (2018). Key actors in driving behavioural change in relation to on-farm biosecurity; a Northern Ireland perspective. Irish Veterinary Journal, 71(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-018-0125-1

Background: Agriculture and farming are valued contributors to local economy in Northern Ireland (NI). There is limited knowledge about farmers’ behaviours and attitudes towards disease biosecurity measures. As part of a larger project, a scenario-ba... Read More about Key actors in driving behavioural change in relation to on-farm biosecurity; a Northern Ireland perspective.

Variation in the reported management of canine prolapsed nictitans gland and feline herpetic keratitis (2018)
Journal Article
White, C. N., Jones, G., Baker, S., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Variation in the reported management of canine prolapsed nictitans gland and feline herpetic keratitis. Veterinary Sciences, 5(2), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5020054

Treatment variation in medicine may be driven by evidence gaps, clinician factors, and patient preferences. Although well-documented in human medicine, variation in clinical management is relatively unexplored in veterinary practice. Clinical vignett... Read More about Variation in the reported management of canine prolapsed nictitans gland and feline herpetic keratitis.

Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers’ biosecurity attitudes and behaviours (2018)
Journal Article
Richens, I., Houdmont, J., Wapenaar, W., Shortall, O., Kaler, J., O’Connor, H., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers’ biosecurity attitudes and behaviours. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 155, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.04.010

It has been recognised that few cattle farmers undertake biosecurity practices on their farms. Approaches that take into consideration individuals’ preparedness for change, alongside beliefs thought to motivate the enactment of certain behaviours, ma... Read More about Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers’ biosecurity attitudes and behaviours.