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Investigating preventive-medicine consultations in first-opinion small-animal practice in the United Kingdom using direct observation (2015)
Journal Article
Robinson, N., Brennan, M., Cobb, M., & Dean, R. S. (2016). Investigating preventive-medicine consultations in first-opinion small-animal practice in the United Kingdom using direct observation. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 124, 69-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.12.010

Preventive-medicine consultations account for a large proportion of the veterinary caseload and previous research has suggested these consultations are fundamentally different from those in which the animal is presented for a specific health problem.... Read More about Investigating preventive-medicine consultations in first-opinion small-animal practice in the United Kingdom using direct observation.

Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy (2015)
Journal Article
Simpson, S., Edwards, J., Ferguson-Mignan, T. F., Cobb, M., Mongan, N. P., & Rutland, C. S. (2015). Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy. International Journal of Genomics, 2015, Article 204823. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/204823

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in both humans and dogs. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) accounts for a large number of these cases, reported to be the third most common form of cardiac disease in humans and the second most common in... Read More about Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy.

Agreement between veterinary patient data collected from different sources (2015)
Journal Article
Robinson, N. J., Brennan, M. L., Cobb, M., & Dean, R. S. (in press). Agreement between veterinary patient data collected from different sources. Veterinary Journal, 205(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.04.023

Determining the accuracy of the electronic medical record (EMR) is vital to the progress of practice based research. The aim of this study was to determine the agreement between the EMR and other sources of signalment data. Data were gathered during... Read More about Agreement between veterinary patient data collected from different sources.

A predictive model for canine dilated cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of Doberman Pinscher data (2015)
Journal Article
Simpson, S., Edwards, J., Emes, R. D., Cobb, M. A., Mongan, N. P., & Rutland, C. S. (2015). A predictive model for canine dilated cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of Doberman Pinscher data. PeerJ, 3, Article e842. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.842

Dilated cardiomyopathy is a prevalent and often fatal disease in humans and dogs. Indeed dilated cardiomyopathy is the third most common form of cardiac disease in humans, reported to affect approximately 36 individuals per 100,000 individuals. In do... Read More about A predictive model for canine dilated cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of Doberman Pinscher data.

Investigating common clinical presentations in first opinion small animal consultations using direct observation (2015)
Journal Article
Robinson, N. J., Dean, R. S., Cobb, M., & Brennan, M. L. (2015). Investigating common clinical presentations in first opinion small animal consultations using direct observation. Veterinary Record, 176(18), 463-463. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.102751

Understanding more about the clinical presentations encountered in veterinary practice is vital in directing research towards areas relevant to practitioners. The aim of this study was to describe all problems discussed during a convenience sample of... Read More about Investigating common clinical presentations in first opinion small animal consultations using direct observation.