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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.

Cattle veterinarians' awareness and understanding of biosecurity (2015)
Journal Article
Pritchard, K., Wapenaar, W., & Brennan, M. L. (2015). Cattle veterinarians' awareness and understanding of biosecurity. Veterinary Record, 176(21), Article 546. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.102899

PREVENTIVE biosecurity measures, such as isolation of purchased animals, are well documented in the literature (Duncan 1990, Maunsell and Donovan 2008, Noremark and others 2009) and biosecurity has been highlighted as a key intervention for many of t... Read More about Cattle veterinarians' awareness and understanding of biosecurity.

Gestational dietary protein is associated with sex specific decrease in blood flow, fetal heart growth and post-natal blood pressure of progeny (2015)
Journal Article
Hernandez Medrano, J., Copping, K. J., Hoare, A., Wapanaar, W., Grivell, R., Kuchel, T., …Perry, V. E. (2015). Gestational dietary protein is associated with sex specific decrease in blood flow, fetal heart growth and post-natal blood pressure of progeny. PLoS ONE, 10(4), Article e0197942. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125694

The incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes is higher in pregnancies where the fetus is male. Sex specific differences in feto-placental perfusion indices identified by Doppler assessment have recently been associated with placental insufficiency and... Read More about Gestational dietary protein is associated with sex specific decrease in blood flow, fetal heart growth and post-natal blood pressure of progeny.