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Farm animal careers and perception of ‘fit’ in undergraduate veterinary students: A mixed methods study (2022)
Journal Article
Payne, E., Morton, E., Lally, C., & Remnant, J. (2022). Farm animal careers and perception of ‘fit’ in undergraduate veterinary students: A mixed methods study. Veterinary Record, Article e2339. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2339

Background: Recruitment and retention of farm veterinarians have been the focus of recent research. Previous work suggests that a feeling of ‘fit’ is important for students to consider a farm career. The aim of this study was to identify whether stud... Read More about Farm animal careers and perception of ‘fit’ in undergraduate veterinary students: A mixed methods study.

Practical data skills for the farm animal vet (2021)
Journal Article
Hyde, R., Green, M., Hudson, C., & Remnant, J. (2021). Practical data skills for the farm animal vet. In Practice, 43(5), 257-268. https://doi.org/10.1002/inpr.53

Background: While farm animal veterinarians receive extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of individual animals, population medicine or ‘herd health’ has also become commonplace in modern production animal veterinary medicine. Clinicians... Read More about Practical data skills for the farm animal vet.

Attitudes of UK veterinary students towards careers in the production animal sector: A mixed methods approach (2021)
Journal Article
Payne, E., Cobb, K., Oldham, J., & Remnant, J. (2021). Attitudes of UK veterinary students towards careers in the production animal sector: A mixed methods approach. Veterinary Record, Article e455. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.455

Background: Within the production animal sector, it has long been forecast that demand for veterinary services could outstrip supply. This study aims to identify factors influencing veterinary undergraduates’ attitudes towards a career in farm animal... Read More about Attitudes of UK veterinary students towards careers in the production animal sector: A mixed methods approach.

Reducing antimicrobial use on dairy farms using a herd health approach (2019)
Journal Article
Hyde, R., Tisdall, D., Gordon, P., & Remnant, J. (2019). Reducing antimicrobial use on dairy farms using a herd health approach. In Practice, 41(8), 368-382. https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.l5518

Background: There has been much scrutiny of antimicrobial use in the livestock sector, since the O’Neill report, a 2015 government -commissioned review of antimicrobial resistance, called for the agriculture industry to reduce its use of antimicrobia... Read More about Reducing antimicrobial use on dairy farms using a herd health approach.

Association of lameness and mastitis with return-to-service oestrus detection in the dairy cow (2019)
Journal Article
Remnant, J., Green, M. J., Huxley, J., Roberts, G., Jones, R., Hirst-Beecham, J., & Hudson, C. D. (2019). Association of lameness and mastitis with return-to-service oestrus detection in the dairy cow. Veterinary Record, 185(14), 442. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105535

© British Veterinary Association 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Oestrus detection is an important part of maintaining efficient reproductive performance in dairy herds. Both lameness and mastitis are common... Read More about Association of lameness and mastitis with return-to-service oestrus detection in the dairy cow.

The future of cattle veterinary practice: insights from a qualitative study (2019)
Journal Article
Woodward, H., Cobb, K., & Remnant, J. (2019). The future of cattle veterinary practice: insights from a qualitative study. Veterinary Record, 185(7), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105321

The British livestock sector is constantly changing due to environmental and economic pressures, consequentially causing a shift in demand on farm veterinary services. The aim of this study was to explore the future of cattle veterinary practice, usi... Read More about The future of cattle veterinary practice: insights from a qualitative study.

Anatomy and pathology of the Texel sheep larynx (2019)
Journal Article
Waine, K., Strugnell, B., Remnant, J., Lovatt, F., Green, M., Rideout, H., …Baiker, K. (2019). Anatomy and pathology of the Texel sheep larynx. Veterinary Sciences, 6(1), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci6010021

Laryngeal chondritis, or “Texel throat”, is a disease affecting the upper respiratory tract of sheep with breeds like the Texel appearing to be predisposed. Previous work suggests the conformation of these breeds of sheep may be predisposing these an... Read More about Anatomy and pathology of the Texel sheep larynx.

Associations between dairy cow inter-service interval and probability of conception (2018)
Journal Article
Remnant, J., Green, M., Huxley, J., & Hudson, C. (2018). Associations between dairy cow inter-service interval and probability of conception. Theriogenology, 114, 324-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.03.029

Recent research has indicated that the interval between inseminations in modern dairy cattle is often longer than the commonly accepted cycle length of 18–24 days. This study analysed 257,396 inseminations in 75,745 cows from 312 herds in England and... Read More about Associations between dairy cow inter-service interval and probability of conception.

Quantitative analysis of antimicrobial use on British dairy farms (2017)
Journal Article
Hyde, R. M., Remnant, J. G., Bradley, A. J., Breen, J. E., Hudson, C. D., Davies, P. L., …Green, M. J. (in press). Quantitative analysis of antimicrobial use on British dairy farms. Veterinary Record, 181(25), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104614

Antimicrobial resistance has been reported to represent a growing threat to both human and animal health, and concerns have been raised around levels of antimicrobial usage (AMU) within the livestock industry. To provide a benchmark for dairy cattle... Read More about Quantitative analysis of antimicrobial use on British dairy farms.

Quantitative analysis of antibiotic usage in British sheep flocks (2017)
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Davies, P., Remnant, J. G., Green, M. J., Gascoigne, E., Gibbon, N., Hyde, R., …Corbishley, A. (in press). Quantitative analysis of antibiotic usage in British sheep flocks. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104501

The aim of this study was to examine the variation in antibiotic usage between 207 commercial sheep flocks using their veterinary practice prescribing records. Mean and median prescribed mass per population corrected unit (mg/PCU) was 11.38 and 5.95,... Read More about Quantitative analysis of antibiotic usage in British sheep flocks.

Clinician attitudes to pain and use of analgesia in cattle: where are we 10 years on? (2017)
Journal Article
Remnant, J. G., Tremlett, A., Huxley, J. N., & Hudson, C. D. (in press). Clinician attitudes to pain and use of analgesia in cattle: where are we 10 years on?. Veterinary Record, 181, Article 400. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104428

Pain in cattle can arise though disease or injury or may result from veterinary or husbandry procedures. Controlling pain is important to safeguard animal welfare. Previous studies indicated that the use of analgesics in cattle has lagged behind use... Read More about Clinician attitudes to pain and use of analgesia in cattle: where are we 10 years on?.

Injection-site lesion prevalence and potential risk factors in UK beef cattle (2016)
Journal Article
Cresswell, E., Remnant, J., Butterworth, A., & Wapenaar, W. (in press). Injection-site lesion prevalence and potential risk factors in UK beef cattle. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103778

Injectable veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) are widely used in cattle in the UK, and in particular vaccines are often used on large numbers of animals in the herd. The formation of injection-site lesions (ISLs) is a risk when using injectable pro... Read More about Injection-site lesion prevalence and potential risk factors in UK beef cattle.

Recovery of chronically lame dairy cows following treatment for claw horn lesions: a randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Thomas, H., Remnant, J., Bollard, N., Burrows, A., Whay, H., Bell, N., …Huxley, J. (in press). Recovery of chronically lame dairy cows following treatment for claw horn lesions: a randomised controlled trial. Veterinary Record, 178(5), Article 116. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103394

A positively controlled, randomised controlled trial (RCT) was undertaken to test recovery of cows with claw horn lesions resulting in lameness of greater than two weeks duration. Cows on seven commercial farms were mobility scored fortnightly and se... Read More about Recovery of chronically lame dairy cows following treatment for claw horn lesions: a randomised controlled trial.

Evaluation of treatments for claw horn lesions in dairy cows in a randomized controlled trial (2015)
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Thomas, H., Miguel-Pacheco, G., Bollard, N., Archer, S., Bell, N., Mason, C., …Huxley, J. (2015). Evaluation of treatments for claw horn lesions in dairy cows in a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Dairy Science, 98(7), 4477-4486. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8982

Lameness is one of the most significant endemic disease problems facing the dairy industry. Claw horn lesions (principally sole hemorrhage, sole ulcer, and white line disease) are some of the most prevalent conditions. Despite the fact that thousands... Read More about Evaluation of treatments for claw horn lesions in dairy cows in a randomized controlled trial.

Lameness in cattle: recent research to inform clinical practice (2015)
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Maxwell, O., Miguel-Pacheco, G., Newsome, R., Randall, L., Remnant, J., Thomas, H., & Huxley, J. (2015). Lameness in cattle: recent research to inform clinical practice. In Practice, 37(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.h897

Lameness in cattle has significant consequences for welfare, health and productivity. More research is now being done on lameness and this article, the first in a two-part series, provides an update on research-based advances in the field published f... Read More about Lameness in cattle: recent research to inform clinical practice.

Variation in the inter-service intervals of UK dairy cows (2014)
Journal Article
Remnant, J., Green, M. J., Huxley, J., & Hudson, C. (2015). Variation in the inter-service intervals of UK dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 98(2), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8366

An understanding of the normal estrous cycle length of the cow is important when managing and monitoring dairy herd fertility. Whilst the normal inter-ovulatory interval is widely considered to be 21 days, some studies have found alternative interval... Read More about Variation in the inter-service intervals of UK dairy cows.

A fresh look at inter-service intervals in UK dairy herds (2014)
Journal Article
Remnant, J., Huxley, J., & Hudson, C. (2014). A fresh look at inter-service intervals in UK dairy herds. Cattle Practice,

Good heat detection is essential for good reproductive performance in the modern dairy herd using artificial insemination. Veterinary surgeons and farmers use a variety of tools to monitor heat detection including the analysis of inter-service interv... Read More about A fresh look at inter-service intervals in UK dairy herds.

Novel gonadal characteristics in an aged bovine freemartin (2014)
Journal Article
Remnant, J., Lea, R. G., Allen, C. E., Huxley, J., Robinson, R. S., & Brower, A. (2014). Novel gonadal characteristics in an aged bovine freemartin. Animal Reproduction Science, 146(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.02.011

The gonads from a five year old freemartin Holstein animal were subjected to morphological analysis and to immunohistochemistry using antibodies against developmental and functional markers. We demonstrate, for the first time, the retention of anti-m... Read More about Novel gonadal characteristics in an aged bovine freemartin.