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Assessment of a joint farmer-veterinarian discussion about biosecurity using novel social interaction analyses (2022)
Journal Article

Veterinarians are trusted by farmers and play an important role in assisting them to implement biosecurity. More research is needed that particularly focuses on the impact of joint farmer-veterinarian discussions to further understand the role of com... Read More about Assessment of a joint farmer-veterinarian discussion about biosecurity using novel social interaction analyses.

Investigation of humans individual differences as predictors of their animal interaction styles, focused on the domestic cat (2022)
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Humans' individual differences including their demographics, personality, attitudes and experiences are often associated with important outcomes for the animals they interact with. This is pertinent to companion animals such as cats and dogs, given t... Read More about Investigation of humans individual differences as predictors of their animal interaction styles, focused on the domestic cat.

Levels of Evidence, Quality Assessment, and Risk of Bias: Evaluating the Internal Validity of Primary Research (2022)
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Clinical decisions in human and veterinary medicine should be based on the best available evidence. The results of primary research are an important component of that evidence base. Regardless of whether assessing studies for clinical case management... Read More about Levels of Evidence, Quality Assessment, and Risk of Bias: Evaluating the Internal Validity of Primary Research.

Does having an intravenous catheter in situ for a longer time increase dogs' risk of developing phlebitis? (2022)
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Welfare indicators for stunning versus non‐stunning slaughter in sheep and cattle: A scoping review (2022)
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Background: While most cattle and sheep in the United Kingdom are stunned before slaughter, non-stun methods are permitted to supply meat to specific consumers. This study aimed to identify the existing literature that compared animal welfare indicat... Read More about Welfare indicators for stunning versus non‐stunning slaughter in sheep and cattle: A scoping review.

“We’re gonna end up scared to do anything”: a qualitative exploration of how complaints are experienced by UK veterinary practitioners (2022)
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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.

Youngstock Management as “The Key for Everything”? Perceived Value of Calves and the Role of Calf Performance Monitoring and Advice on Dairy Farms (2022)
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Replacement heifers are key to the future milking herd and farm economic efficiency but are not always prioritised on dairy farms. Dairy enterprises are comprised of components which compete for limited resources; scarce information about calf perfor... Read More about Youngstock Management as “The Key for Everything”? Perceived Value of Calves and the Role of Calf Performance Monitoring and Advice on Dairy Farms.

Searching for veterinary evidence: A guide for equine professionals (2022)
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There is more and more online information available at our fingertips, but how do we efficiently identify and extract relevant information for good clinical decision making? The aim of this review article is to provide equine professionals with the b... Read More about Searching for veterinary evidence: A guide for equine professionals.

The importance of preventative healthcare: what 10 years of research from the Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine reveals (2022)
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Lessons from working across fields to develop a framework for informed choices (2022)
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In late 2018, Iain Chalmers, Andy Oxman and others from the Informed Health Choices team convened a cross-field forum to develop a generic framework of key concepts for thinking critically about claims, research and choices about interventions, with... Read More about Lessons from working across fields to develop a framework for informed choices.

Top 5 Tips for Reading a Veterinary Scientific Study (2022)
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Results from scientific research can help provide optimal care. Daily decisions should lead to effective diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions with optimal risk:benefit ratios. It is therefore important to be able to select and evaluate... Read More about Top 5 Tips for Reading a Veterinary Scientific Study.

Re‐parameterization of a mathematical model of African horse sickness virus using data from a systematic literature search (2022)
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African horse sickness (AHS) is a vector-borne disease transmitted by Culicoides spp., endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. There have been many examples of historic and recent outbreaks in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. However, not much is known about... Read More about Re‐parameterization of a mathematical model of African horse sickness virus using data from a systematic literature search.