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Assessment of health and welfare in a small sample of dogs owned by people who are homeless (2021)
Journal Article
Scanlon, L., Hobson‐West, P., Cobb, K., McBride, A., & Stavisky, J. (2022). Assessment of health and welfare in a small sample of dogs owned by people who are homeless. Veterinary Record, 190(12), Article e776. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.776

Background: Pet ownership is common among homeless people, with dogs the most frequently reported pets. However, homeless people receive considerable criticism for keeping pets due to public perception of poor care provision. Materials and methods: A... Read More about Assessment of health and welfare in a small sample of dogs owned by people who are homeless.

“Refugees from practice”? Exploring why some vets move from the clinic to the laboratory (2021)
Journal Article
Anderson, A., & Hobson-West, P. (2022). “Refugees from practice”? Exploring why some vets move from the clinic to the laboratory. Veterinary Record, 190(1), Article e773. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.773

Background: Named veterinary surgeons (NVSs) are a mandated presence in licensed animal research establishments in the UK. Some NVSs come into their laboratory roles having left general veterinary practice, which is currently facing significant recru... Read More about “Refugees from practice”? Exploring why some vets move from the clinic to the laboratory.

Homeless people and their dogs: Exploring the nature and impact of the human-companion animal bond (2021)
Journal Article
Scanlon, L., Hobson-West, P., Cobb, K., McBride, A., & Stavisky, J. (2021). Homeless people and their dogs: Exploring the nature and impact of the human-companion animal bond. Anthrozoös, 34(1), 77-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2021.1878683

Homelessness is a pervasive social issue worldwide. In the UK, it is currently estimated that one in two hundred people are homeless, approximating 0.5% of the population. Pet ownership among this group is thought to be commonplace and has been linke... Read More about Homeless people and their dogs: Exploring the nature and impact of the human-companion animal bond.

Animals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosis (2019)
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Hobson?West, P., & Jutel, A. (2020). Animals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosis. Sociology of Health and Illness, 42(2), 393-406. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13017

While sociologists of medicine have focused their efforts on understanding human health, illness, and medicine, veterinary medical practice has not yet caught their attention in any sustained way. In this critical review paper, we use insights from t... Read More about Animals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosis.

Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs (2018)
Journal Article
Davies, G., Greenhough, B. J., Hobson-West, P., & Kirk, R. G. (in press). Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs. Science, Technology, and Human Values, 43(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243918757034

The principles of the 3Rs—replacement, refinement, and reduction—strongly shape discussion of methods for performing more humane animal research and the regulation of this contested area of technoscience. This special issue looks back to the origins... Read More about Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs.

Societal sentience: constructions of the public in animal research policy and practice (2017)
Journal Article
Hobson-West, P., & Davies, A. (in press). Societal sentience: constructions of the public in animal research policy and practice. Science, Technology, and Human Values, 43(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243917736138

The use of non-human animals as models in research and drug testing is a key route through which contemporary scientific knowledge is certified. Given ethical concerns, regulation of animal research promotes the use of less ‘sentient’ animals. This p... Read More about Societal sentience: constructions of the public in animal research policy and practice.

Informed consent in veterinary medicine: ethical implications for the profession and the animal 'patient' (2017)
Journal Article
Ashall, V., Millar, K. M., & Hobson-West, P. (2018). Informed consent in veterinary medicine: ethical implications for the profession and the animal 'patient'. Food Ethics, 1(3), 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-017-0016-2

Informed consent processes are a vital component of both human and veterinary medicine. Current practice encourages veterinarians to learn from insights in the human medical field about how best to achieve valid consent. However, drawing on published... Read More about Informed consent in veterinary medicine: ethical implications for the profession and the animal 'patient'.

"She's a dog at the end of the day": guide dog owners' perspectives on the behaviour of their guide dog (2017)
Journal Article
Craigon, P. J., Hobson-West, P., England, G. C., Whelan, C. T., Lethbridge, E., & Asher, L. (2017). "She's a dog at the end of the day": guide dog owners' perspectives on the behaviour of their guide dog. PLoS ONE, 12(4), Article e0176018. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176018

A guide dog is a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) that is specifically educated to provide mobility support to a blind or visually impaired owner. Current dog suitability assessments focus on behavioural traits, including: trainability, reactivity or... Read More about "She's a dog at the end of the day": guide dog owners' perspectives on the behaviour of their guide dog.

‘Doing good by proxy’: Human-animal kinship and the ‘donation’ of canine blood (2017)
Journal Article
Ashall, V., & Hobson-West, P. (in press). ‘Doing good by proxy’: Human-animal kinship and the ‘donation’ of canine blood. Sociology of Health and Illness, 39(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12534

This paper demonstrates the relevance of animals to medical sociology by arguing that pet owners’ accounts of veterinary decision-making can highlight key sociological themes which have important relevance to both human and animal health. Based on se... Read More about ‘Doing good by proxy’: Human-animal kinship and the ‘donation’ of canine blood.

Exploring attitudes and beliefs towards implementing cattle disease prevention and control measures: a qualitative study with dairy farmers in Great Britain (2016)
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Brennan, M. L., Wright, N., Wapenaar, W., Jarratt, S., Hobson-West, P., Richens, I. F., …O’Connor, H. M. (in press). Exploring attitudes and beliefs towards implementing cattle disease prevention and control measures: a qualitative study with dairy farmers in Great Britain. Animals, 6(10), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani6100061

Disease prevention and control practices are frequently highlighted as important to ensure the health and welfare of farmed animals, although little is known as to why not many practices are carried out. The aim of this study was to identify the moti... Read More about Exploring attitudes and beliefs towards implementing cattle disease prevention and control measures: a qualitative study with dairy farmers in Great Britain.

Factors influencing veterinary surgeons’ decision-making about dairy cattle vaccination (2016)
Journal Article
Richens, I., Hobson-West, P., Brennan, M. L., Hood, Z., Kaler, J., Green, M., …Wapenaar, W. (in press). Factors influencing veterinary surgeons’ decision-making about dairy cattle vaccination. Veterinary Record, 179(16), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103822

The use of vaccines in the cattle industry is widespread; however, there is limited published guidance for use by decision-makers such as farmers and vets. To best support vets in advising dairy farmers on the optimisation of vaccination strategies,... Read More about Factors influencing veterinary surgeons’ decision-making about dairy cattle vaccination.

Farmers’ perception of the role of veterinary surgeons in vaccination strategies on British dairy farms (2015)
Journal Article
Richens, I., Hobson-West, P., Brennan, M. L., Lowton, R., Kaler, J., & Wapenaar, W. (in press). Farmers’ perception of the role of veterinary surgeons in vaccination strategies on British dairy farms. Veterinary Record, 177(18), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103415

There is limited research investigating the motivators and barriers to vaccinating dairy cattle. Veterinary surgeons have been identified as important sources of information for farmers making vaccination and disease control decisions, as well as bei... Read More about Farmers’ perception of the role of veterinary surgeons in vaccination strategies on British dairy farms.

Opening up animal research and science-society relations?: a thematic analysis of transparency discourses in the United Kingdom (2015)
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McLeod, C., & Hobson-West, P. (2016). Opening up animal research and science-society relations?: a thematic analysis of transparency discourses in the United Kingdom. Public Understanding of Science, 25(7), https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662515586320

The use of animals in scientific research represents an interesting case to consider in the context of the contemporary preoccupation with transparency and openness in science and governance. In the United Kingdom, organisations critical of animal re... Read More about Opening up animal research and science-society relations?: a thematic analysis of transparency discourses in the United Kingdom.

Animals and anomalies: an analysis of the UK veterinary profession and the relative lack of state reform (2015)
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Hobson-West, P., & Timmons, S. (2016). Animals and anomalies: an analysis of the UK veterinary profession and the relative lack of state reform. Sociological Review, 64(1), 47-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12254

The sociology of professions literature would predict that the contemporary state would not allow groups to continue unregulated or unreformed. However, this is indeed the case with the UK veterinary profession, with legislation dating back to 1966.... Read More about Animals and anomalies: an analysis of the UK veterinary profession and the relative lack of state reform.