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Footbathing and Foot Trimming, and No Quarantine: Risks for High Prevalence of Lameness in a Random Sample of 269 Sheep Flocks in England, 2022 (2024)
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Lewis, K. E., Green, M., Clifton, R., Monaghan, E., Prosser, N., Nabb, E., & Green, L. (2024). Footbathing and Foot Trimming, and No Quarantine: Risks for High Prevalence of Lameness in a Random Sample of 269 Sheep Flocks in England, 2022. Animals, 14(14), Article 2066. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14142066

Since 2004, the prevalence of lameness in sheep flocks in England has reduced as farmers have adopted evidence-based management practices to control lameness. In 2011, the Farm Animal Welfare Council proposed a target prevalence of <2% lameness in sh...

Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model (2023)
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Hill, E. M., Prosser, N. S., Brown, P. E., Ferguson, E., Green, M. J., Kaler, J., …Tildesley, M. J. (2023). Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219, Article 106019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106019

Human behaviour is critical to effective responses to livestock disease outbreaks, especially with respect to vaccination uptake. Traditionally, mathematical models used to inform this behaviour have not taken heterogeneity in farmer behaviour into a... Read More about Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model.

Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model (2023)
Journal Article
Hill, E., Prosser, N., Brown, P., Ferguson, E., Green, M., Kaler, J., …Tildesley, M. (2023). Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219, Article 106019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106019

Human behaviour is critical to effective responses to livestock disease outbreaks, especially with respect to vaccination uptake. Traditionally, mathematical models used to inform this behaviour have not taken heterogeneity in farmer behaviour into a... Read More about Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model.

Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2020) (2022)
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Prosser, N. S., Hill, E. M., Armstrong, D., Gow, L., Tildesley, M. J., Keeling, M. J., …Green, M. J. (2022). Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2020). Veterinary Record, 191(5), Article e1854. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1854

Background: Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) causes substantial economic losses to the cattle industry; however, control and eradication can be achieved by identifying and removing persistently infected cattle from the herd. Each UK nation has sep... Read More about Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2020).

Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour (2022)
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Hill, E. M., Prosser, N. S., Ferguson, E., Kaler, J., Green, M. J., Keeling, M. J., & Tildesley, M. J. (2022). Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour. PLoS Computational Biology, 18(7), Article e1010235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010235

The spread of infection amongst livestock depends not only on the traits of the pathogen and the livestock themselves, but also on the veterinary health behaviours of farmers and how this impacts their implementation of disease control measures. Cont... Read More about Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour.

Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea (2022)
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Prosser, N. S., Green, M. J., Ferguson, E., Tildesley, M. J., Hill, E. M., Keeling, M. J., & Kaler, J. (2022). Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(4), 3559-3573. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-21386

Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is endemic in the United Kingdom and causes major economic losses. Control is largely voluntary for individual farmers and is likely to be influenced by psychosocial factors, such as altruism, trust, and psychological prox... Read More about Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea.

Impact of Strain Variation of Dichelobacter nodosus on Disease Severity and Presence in Sheep Flocks in England (2021)
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Monaghan, E. M., Prosser, N. S., Witt, J., Lewis, K. E., Nabb, E., Keeling, M. J., Purdy, K. J., & Green, L. E. (2021). Impact of Strain Variation of Dichelobacter nodosus on Disease Severity and Presence in Sheep Flocks in England. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, Article 713927. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.713927

AprV2 and aprB2 are variants of the apr gene of Dichelobacter nodosus, the cause of footrot in sheep. They are putative markers for severe and mild disease expression. The aim of our study was to investigate the distribution of aprV2 and aprB2 in flo... Read More about Impact of Strain Variation of Dichelobacter nodosus on Disease Severity and Presence in Sheep Flocks in England.

Increase in the flock prevalence of lameness in ewes is associated with a reduction in farmers using evidence-based management of prompt treatment: A longitudinal observational study of 154 English sheep flocks 2013–2015 (2019)
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Prosser, N., Purdy, K., & Green, L. (2019). Increase in the flock prevalence of lameness in ewes is associated with a reduction in farmers using evidence-based management of prompt treatment: A longitudinal observational study of 154 English sheep flocks 2013–2015. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 173, Article 104801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104801

© 2019 The Authors Since 2006, farmers in England have received new recommendations on best practice to manage lameness in sheep through a range of knowledge exchange activities. The adoption of each recommendation varied, but in 2013 approximately 5... Read More about Increase in the flock prevalence of lameness in ewes is associated with a reduction in farmers using evidence-based management of prompt treatment: A longitudinal observational study of 154 English sheep flocks 2013–2015.

Footbathing, formalin and foot trimming: The 3Fs associated with granulomas and shelly hoof in sheep (2019)
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Reeves, M., Prosser, N., Monaghan, E., & Green, L. (2019). Footbathing, formalin and foot trimming: The 3Fs associated with granulomas and shelly hoof in sheep. Veterinary Journal, 250, 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2019.06.002

Granulomas and shelly hoof (SH), are lesions of sheep feet. Our objective was to use data from four questionnaires on lameness sent to English sheep farmers in 2004, 2013, 2014 and 2015 to further understanding of the risks and aetiologies of both le... Read More about Footbathing, formalin and foot trimming: The 3Fs associated with granulomas and shelly hoof in sheep.

Body condition scoring of Bornean banteng in logged forests (2016)
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Prosser, N. S., Gardner, P. C., Smith, J. A., Goon Ee Wern, J., Ambu, L. N., & Goossens, B. (2016). Body condition scoring of Bornean banteng in logged forests. BMC Zoology, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-016-0007-5

© The Author(s) 2016. Background The Bornean banteng (Bos javanicus lowi) is an endangered subspecies that often inhabits logged forest; however very little is known about the effects of logging on their ecology, despite the differing effects this ha... Read More about Body condition scoring of Bornean banteng in logged forests.