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What is the BSAVA lab method performance verification help tool? (2021)
Book Chapter
Graham, P., Williams, T., Arnold, K., & Dormer, L. (2021). What is the BSAVA lab method performance verification help tool?. In BSAVA Lab Method Performance Verification Help Tool. British Small Animal Veterinary Association. https://doi.org/10.22233/9781910443989.1

This document explains the need for verification and how to interpret and use the output obtained from the BSAVA lab method performance verification tool.

The lab equipment verification help tool (2021)
Book Chapter
Graham, P., Williams, T., Arnold, K., & Dormer, L. (2021). The lab equipment verification help tool. In BSAVA Lab Method Performance Verification Help Tool. British Small Animal Veterinary Association. https://doi.org/10.22233/9781910443989.3

The BSAVA Lab Equipment Verification Tool can be used to to verify manufacturer’s claims for automated analyser performance, or alternatively to determine the limitations of your laboratory methods. The tool automatically calculates the total observe... Read More about The lab equipment verification help tool.

Randomized controlled field trial comparing quarter and cow level selective dry cow treatment using the California Mastitis Test (2021)
Journal Article
Swinkels, J., Leach, K., Breen, J., Payne, B., White, V., Green, M., & Bradley, A. (2021). Randomized controlled field trial comparing quarter and cow level selective dry cow treatment using the California Mastitis Test. Journal of Dairy Science, Article 19258. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-19258

Selective use of antibiotic dry cow treatment can be implemented at the cow or quarter level, with the latter having the potential to further reduce antibiotic use. Our objective was to compare these 2 approaches in 6 herds in the United Kingdom in w... Read More about Randomized controlled field trial comparing quarter and cow level selective dry cow treatment using the California Mastitis Test.

SVEPM 2020 — Resilience and community support in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: The Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Annual Conference, extraordinarily held online (2021)
Journal Article
Dórea, F. C., Vergne, T., Brennan, M., van Schaik, G., Barrett, D., Carmo, L. P., …McIntyre, K. M. (2021). SVEPM 2020 — Resilience and community support in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: The Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Annual Conference, extraordinarily held online. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 191, Article 105368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105368

Estimation of the serial interval and proportion of pre-symptomatic transmission events of COVID??19 in Ireland using contact tracing data (2021)
Journal Article
McAloon, C. G., Wall, P., Griffin, J., Casey, M., Barber, A., Codd, M., …More, S. J. (2021). Estimation of the serial interval and proportion of pre-symptomatic transmission events of COVID− 19 in Ireland using contact tracing data. BMC Public Health, 21, Article 805. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10868-9

Background The serial interval is the period of time between the onset of symptoms in an infector and an infectee and is an important parameter which can impact on the estimation of the reproduction number. Whilst several parameters influencing in... Read More about Estimation of the serial interval and proportion of pre-symptomatic transmission events of COVID??19 in Ireland using contact tracing data.

Assessing the Educational Value of a Zoo Placement for Veterinary Students: A Report on Student Feedback and Perceptions (2021)
Journal Article
Liptovszky, M., Dobbs, P., Moittie, S., White, K., Targett, M., & Strong, V. (2022). Assessing the Educational Value of a Zoo Placement for Veterinary Students: A Report on Student Feedback and Perceptions. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 49(2), 236-240. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2020-0064

Zoological medicine is an expanding field with limited practical training opportunities for veterinary students. Those training programs that do exist require significant financial and resource investment by both veterinary schools and the zoological... Read More about Assessing the Educational Value of a Zoo Placement for Veterinary Students: A Report on Student Feedback and Perceptions.

What outcomes should be measured in feline chronic kidney disease treatment trials? Establishing a core outcome set for research (2021)
Journal Article
Doit, H., Dean, R., Duz, M., Finch, N., & Brennan, M. (2021). What outcomes should be measured in feline chronic kidney disease treatment trials? Establishing a core outcome set for research. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 192, Article 105348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105348

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is an important cause of feline morbidity and mortality. There is currently no agreement on which outcomes are most important in CKD treatment trials to assist evidence-based decision making. Core Outcome Sets (COSs) o... Read More about What outcomes should be measured in feline chronic kidney disease treatment trials? Establishing a core outcome set for research.

Storage stability and delivery potential of cytochalasin B induced membrane vesicles (2021)
Journal Article
Kletukhina, S. K., Neustroeva, O. A., Kurbangaleeva, S. V., Salafutdinov, I. I., Rogov, A. M., James, V., …Gomzikova, M. O. (2021). Storage stability and delivery potential of cytochalasin B induced membrane vesicles. Biotechnology Reports, 30, Article e00616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00616

Cell-free therapies based on extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are considered as a promising tool for stimulating regeneration and immunomodulation. The need to develop a practical approach for large-scale produc... Read More about Storage stability and delivery potential of cytochalasin B induced membrane vesicles.

Fasciola gigantica–Derived Excretory-Secretory Products Alter the Expression of mRNAs, miRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs Involved in the Immune Response and Metabolism in Goat Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, S. S., Chen, D., He, J. J., Zheng, W. B., Tian, A. L., Zhao, G. H., …Zhu, X. Q. (2021). Fasciola gigantica–Derived Excretory-Secretory Products Alter the Expression of mRNAs, miRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs Involved in the Immune Response and Metabolism in Goat Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells. Frontiers in Immunology, 12, Article 653755. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.653755

Fasciola gigantica produces excretory-secretory products (ESPs) with immune-modulating effects to promote its own survival. In this study, we performed RNA-seq to gain a comprehensive global understanding of changes in the expression of mRNAs, miRNAs... Read More about Fasciola gigantica–Derived Excretory-Secretory Products Alter the Expression of mRNAs, miRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs Involved in the Immune Response and Metabolism in Goat Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.

Mitochondria donation by mesenchymal stem cells: current understanding and mitochondria transplantation strategies (2021)
Journal Article
Gomzikova, M., James, V., & Rizvanov, A. (2021). Mitochondria donation by mesenchymal stem cells: current understanding and mitochondria transplantation strategies. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, Article 653322. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.653322

The phenomenon of mitochondria donation is found in various tissues of humans and animals and is attracting increasing attention. To date, numerous studies have described the transfer of mitochondria from stem cells to injured cells, leading to incre... Read More about Mitochondria donation by mesenchymal stem cells: current understanding and mitochondria transplantation strategies.

Assessing the feasibility of retrospective and prospective clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice (2021)
Journal Article
Waine, K., White, C., Dean, R. S., Hudson, C., Huxley, J. N., & Brennan, M. L. (2021). Assessing the feasibility of retrospective and prospective clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Veterinary Sciences, 8(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8040062

As a quality improvement tool, clinical audit has been extensively described in the medical literature. There is scant literature on the use of clinical audit in the farm animal veterinary setting. This study describes the process and feasibility of... Read More about Assessing the feasibility of retrospective and prospective clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice.

Environmental chemicals in dog testes reflect their geographical source and may be associated with altered pathology (2021)
Journal Article
Sumner, R. N., Byers, A., Zhang, Z., Agerholm, J. S., Lindh, L., England, G. C. W., & Lea, R. G. (2021). Environmental chemicals in dog testes reflect their geographical source and may be associated with altered pathology. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 7361. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86805-y

In humans and dogs, a temporal decline in semen quality and increased incidence of testicular cancer is hypothesised to be associated with exposure to anthropogenic chemicals, particularly during fetal development. Human studies suggest that differen... Read More about Environmental chemicals in dog testes reflect their geographical source and may be associated with altered pathology.

Simulating land use changes, sediment yields, and pesticide use in the Upper Paraguay River Basin: Implications for conservation of the Pantanal wetland (2021)
Journal Article
de Oliveira Roque, F., Guerra, A., Johnson, M., Padovania, C., Corbi, J., Covich, A. P., …Yon, L. (2021). Simulating land use changes, sediment yields, and pesticide use in the Upper Paraguay River Basin: Implications for conservation of the Pantanal wetland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 314, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107405

As a consequence of accelerated and excessive use of pesticides in tropical regions, wilderness areas are under threat; this includes the Pantanal wetlands in the Upper Paraguay River Basin (UPRB). Using a Land Cover Land Use Change (LCLUC) modelling... Read More about Simulating land use changes, sediment yields, and pesticide use in the Upper Paraguay River Basin: Implications for conservation of the Pantanal wetland.

Seasonal patterns in habitat use by the harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) and other small mammals (2021)
Journal Article
Occhiuto, F., Mohallal, E., Gilfillan, G. D., Lowe, A., & Reader, T. (2021). Seasonal patterns in habitat use by the harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) and other small mammals. Mammalia, 85(4), 325-335. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0095

The ecology of the harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) is poorly understood, partly because it is a difficult species to monitor. It is commonly associated with reedbeds, where evidence suggests that it experiences strong seasonal fluctuations in abunda... Read More about Seasonal patterns in habitat use by the harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) and other small mammals.

Prognostic significance of heat shock protein 90AA1 (HSP90?) in invasive breast cancer (2021)
Journal Article
Alsaeed, S. A., Toss, M., Alsaleem, M., Aleskandarany, M., Joseph, C., Kurozumi, S., …Rakha, E. (2022). Prognostic significance of heat shock protein 90AA1 (HSP90α) in invasive breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 75(4), 263-269. https://doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2020-207106

Aims: The mechanisms that drive breast cancer (BC) progression and poor outcome are not fully understood. The human heat shock protein 90 alpha family class A member 1 (HSP90?) encoded by the HSP90 'A1 gene has a vital role in cellular responses to s... Read More about Prognostic significance of heat shock protein 90AA1 (HSP90?) in invasive breast cancer.

A systematic review of the quality of life assessment tools for cats in the published literature (2021)
Journal Article
Doit, H., Dean, R. S., Duz, M., & Brennan, M. L. (2021). A systematic review of the quality of life assessment tools for cats in the published literature. Veterinary Journal, 272, Article 105658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2021.105658

Quality of life (QoL) is an important parameter to assess in cats, as it can be pivotal to important decision-making. Research reports that owners of cats with heart disease would trade longevity for QoL, and treatment associated improvement in QoL i... Read More about A systematic review of the quality of life assessment tools for cats in the published literature.

Hybrid assembly of an agricultural slurry virome reveals a diverse and stable community with the potential to alter the metabolism and virulence of veterinary pathogens (2021)
Journal Article
Cook, R., Hooton, S., Trivedi, U., King, L., Dodd, C. E., Hobman, J. L., …Millard, A. D. (2021). Hybrid assembly of an agricultural slurry virome reveals a diverse and stable community with the potential to alter the metabolism and virulence of veterinary pathogens. Microbiome, 9, Article 65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01010-3

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on Earth, known to be crucial components of microbial ecosystems. However, there is little information on the viral community within agricultural waste. There are currently ~ 2.7 million dairy cattle... Read More about Hybrid assembly of an agricultural slurry virome reveals a diverse and stable community with the potential to alter the metabolism and virulence of veterinary pathogens.