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Cow- and herd-level risk factors for lameness in partly housed pasture-based dairy cows (2021)
Journal Article
Browne, N., Hudson, C., Crossley, R., Sugrue, K., Kennedy, E., Huxley, J., & Conneely, M. (2022). Cow- and herd-level risk factors for lameness in partly housed pasture-based dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(2), 1418-1431. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-20767

Lameness in dairy cows is a major animal welfare concern and has substantial economic impact through reduced production and fertility. Previous risk factor analyses have focused on housed systems, rather than those where cows were grazed for the majo... Read More about Cow- and herd-level risk factors for lameness in partly housed pasture-based dairy cows.

Improving growth rates in preweaning calves on dairy farms: A randomized controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Hyde, R. M., Green, M. J., Hudson, C., & Down, P. M. (2022). Improving growth rates in preweaning calves on dairy farms: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(1), 782-792. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-20947

Previous research has identified key factors associated with improved average daily gain (ADG) in preweaning dairy calves and these factors have been combined to create a web app–based calf health plan (www.nottingham.ac.uk/herdhealthtoolkit). A rand... Read More about Improving growth rates in preweaning calves on dairy farms: A randomized controlled trial.

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.

From the other perspective: Behavioural factors associated with UK sheep farmers’ attitudes towards antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance (2021)
Journal Article
Doidge, C., Lima, E., Lovatt, F., Hudson, C., & Kaler, J. (2021). From the other perspective: Behavioural factors associated with UK sheep farmers’ attitudes towards antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance. PLoS ONE, 16(5), Article e0251439. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251439

Research suggests that many sheep farmers continue to carry out traditional antibiotic use practices despite new’good practice’ recommendations. The aim of this study was to group farmers depending on their attitudes around antibiotic use and antibio... Read More about From the other perspective: Behavioural factors associated with UK sheep farmers’ attitudes towards antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance.

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.

Factors associated with daily weight gain in preweaned calves on dairy farms (2021)
Journal Article
Down, P. M., Hudson, C., Green, M. J., & Hyde, R. M. (2021). Factors associated with daily weight gain in preweaned calves on dairy farms. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 190, Article 105320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105320

The preweaning period is vital in the development of calves on dairy farms and improving daily liveweight gain (DLWG) is important to both financial and carbon efficiency; minimising rearing costs and improving first lactation milk yields. In order t... Read More about Factors associated with daily weight gain in preweaned calves on dairy farms.