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Cannabidiol regulation of learned fear: implications for treating anxiety-related disorders (2016)
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Jurkus, R., Day, H. L., Guimaraes, F. S., Lee, J. L., Bertoglio, L. J., & Stevenson, C. W. (2016). Cannabidiol regulation of learned fear: implications for treating anxiety-related disorders. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 7(454), https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2016.00454

Anxiety and trauma-related disorders are psychiatric diseases with a lifetime prevalence of up to 25%. Phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are characterized by abnormal and persistent memories of fear-related contexts and cues. The effe... Read More about Cannabidiol regulation of learned fear: implications for treating anxiety-related disorders.

How does student educational background affect transition into the first year of veterinary school? Academic performance and support needs in university education (2016)
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Rutland, C. S., Dobbs, H., & Tötemeyer, S. (in press). How does student educational background affect transition into the first year of veterinary school? Academic performance and support needs in university education. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 43(4), https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0915-145R1

The first year of university is critical in shaping persistence decisions (whether students continue with and complete their degrees) and plays a formative role in influencing student attitudes and approaches to learning. Previous educational experie... Read More about How does student educational background affect transition into the first year of veterinary school? Academic performance and support needs in university education.

Canine reproductive ultrasound examination for predicting future sperm quality (2016)
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England, G. C., Bright, L., Pritchard, B., Bowen, I. M., De Souza, M., Silva, L., & Moxon, R. (in press). Canine reproductive ultrasound examination for predicting future sperm quality. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 51(Supp.3), https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.12825

The reproductive potential of male animals is commonly evaluated using a breeding soundness examination incorporating B-mode ultrasound examination of the testes and recently Doppler ultrasound examination of the testicular arteries. These techniques... Read More about Canine reproductive ultrasound examination for predicting future sperm quality.

Dietary options to reduce the environmental impact of milk production (2016)
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Wilkinson, J., & Garnsworthy, P. (2017). Dietary options to reduce the environmental impact of milk production. Journal of Agricultural Science, 155(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859616000757

A range of options was explored to test the hypothesis that diets for dairy cows could be formulated to reduce the carbon footprint (CFP) of feed, increase efficiency of conversion of potentially human-edible feed into milk, increase nitrogen use eff... Read More about Dietary options to reduce the environmental impact of milk production.

“Who's been a good dog?” – Owner perceptions and motivations for treat giving (2016)
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White, G. A., Ward, L., Pink, C., Craigon, J., & Millar, K. M. (2016). “Who's been a good dog?” – Owner perceptions and motivations for treat giving. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 132, 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.08.002

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Complex relationships commonly exist between owners and their companion animals, particularly around feeding behaviour with an owner's affection or love for their animal most pronounced through the provision of food. It is notabl... Read More about “Who's been a good dog?” – Owner perceptions and motivations for treat giving.

Challenges and priorities for modelling livestock health and pathogens in the context of climate change (2016)
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Özkan, Ş., Vitali, A., Lacetera, N., Amon, B., Bannink, A., Bartley, D. J., …Kipling, R. P. (2016). Challenges and priorities for modelling livestock health and pathogens in the context of climate change. Environmental Research, 151, 130-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.033

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. Climate change has the potential to impair livestock health, with consequences for animal welfare, productivity, greenhouse gas emissions, and human livelihoods and health. Modelling has an important role in assessing the impacts... Read More about Challenges and priorities for modelling livestock health and pathogens in the context of climate change.

Healthy ageing of cloned sheep (2016)
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Sinclair, K. D., Corr, S., Gutierrez, C. G., Fisher, P., Lee, J., Rathbone, A., …Gardner, D. (2016). Healthy ageing of cloned sheep. Nature Communications, 7, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12359

The health of cloned animals generated by somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been of concern since its inception; however, there are no detailed assessments of late-onset, non-communicable diseases. Here we report that SCNT has no obvious detri... Read More about Healthy ageing of cloned sheep.

Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals (2016)
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Sinclair, K. D., Rutherford, K., Wallace, J., Brameld, J., Stöger, R., Alberio, R., …Dwyer, C. (in press). Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 28(10), https://doi.org/10.1071/RD16102

The concept that postnatal health and development can be influenced by events that occur in utero originated from epidemiological studies in humans supported by numerous mechanistic (including epigenetic) studies in a variety of model species. Referr... Read More about Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals.

Alfaxalone anaesthesia facilitates electrophysiological recordings of nociceptive withdrawal reflexes in dogs (Canis familiaris) (2016)
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Hunt, J., Murrell, J., Knazovicky, D., Harris, J., Kelly, S., Knowles, T. G., & Lascelles, B. D. X. (2016). Alfaxalone anaesthesia facilitates electrophysiological recordings of nociceptive withdrawal reflexes in dogs (Canis familiaris). PLoS ONE, 11(7), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158990

Naturally occurring canine osteoarthritis represents a welfare issue for affected dogs (Canis familiaris), but is also considered very similar to human osteoarthritis and has therefore been proposed as a model of disease in humans. Central sensitisat... Read More about Alfaxalone anaesthesia facilitates electrophysiological recordings of nociceptive withdrawal reflexes in dogs (Canis familiaris).

Sex differences in discriminating between cues predicting threat and safety (2016)
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Day, H. L., Reed, M. M., & Stevenson, C. W. (2016). Sex differences in discriminating between cues predicting threat and safety. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 133, 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2016.07.014

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent in women than men. PTSD is characterized by overgeneralization of fear to innocuous stimuli and involves impaired inhibition of learned fear by cues that predict safety. While evidence indicates... Read More about Sex differences in discriminating between cues predicting threat and safety.

Sex differences in learned fear expression and extinction involve altered gamma oscillations in medial prefrontal cortex (2016)
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Fenton, G., Halliday, D., Mason, R., Bredy, T. W., & Stevenson, C. W. (2016). Sex differences in learned fear expression and extinction involve altered gamma oscillations in medial prefrontal cortex. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2016.06.019

Sex differences in learned fear expression and extinction involve the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). We recently demonstrated that enhanced learned fear expression during auditory fear extinction and its recall is linked to persistent theta activat... Read More about Sex differences in learned fear expression and extinction involve altered gamma oscillations in medial prefrontal cortex.

Transport of fatty acids within plasma lipoproteins in lactating and non-lactating cows fed on fish oil and hydrogenated palm oil (2016)
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Vargas-Bello-Pérez, E., Íñiguez-González, G., Garnsworthy, P. C., & Loor, J. J. (2017). Transport of fatty acids within plasma lipoproteins in lactating and non-lactating cows fed on fish oil and hydrogenated palm oil. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 101(2), 369-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12545

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition © 2016 Blackwell Verlag GmbH The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of dietary fish oil (FO) and a blend of FO and hydrogenated palm oil (FOPO) on transport of fatty acids (FA) within plasm... Read More about Transport of fatty acids within plasma lipoproteins in lactating and non-lactating cows fed on fish oil and hydrogenated palm oil.

Relationship between selected perinatal paratuberculosis management interventions and passive transfer of immunity in dairy calves (2016)
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McAloon, C. G., Whyte, P., O'Grady, L., Lorenz, I., Green, M. J., Hogan, I., …Doherty, M. L. (2016). Relationship between selected perinatal paratuberculosis management interventions and passive transfer of immunity in dairy calves. Veterinary Record, 179(2), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103547

The objective of this cohort study was to assess the relationship between perinatal calf management practices relevant to the control of paratuberculosis and passive transfer of immunoglobulin in calves born in an endemically infected Irish dairy her... Read More about Relationship between selected perinatal paratuberculosis management interventions and passive transfer of immunity in dairy calves.

Molecular determinants of a competent bovine corpus luteum: first- vs final-wave dominant follicles (2016)
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Gregson, E., Webb, R., Sheldrick, E. L., Campbell, B. K., Mann, G. E., Liddell, S., & Sinclair, K. D. (2016). Molecular determinants of a competent bovine corpus luteum: first- vs final-wave dominant follicles. Reproduction, 151(6), 563-575. https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-15-0415

Reproductive management in cattle requires the synchrony of follicle development and oestrus before insemination. However, ovulation of follicles that have not undergone normal physiological maturation can lead to suboptimal luteal function. Here, we... Read More about Molecular determinants of a competent bovine corpus luteum: first- vs final-wave dominant follicles.

Effect of dietary vegetable oils on the fatty acid profile of plasma lipoproteins in dairy cows (2016)
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Vargas-Bello-Pérez, E., Íñiguez-González, G., Cancino-Padilla, N., Loor, J. J., & Garnsworthy, P. C. (2016). Effect of dietary vegetable oils on the fatty acid profile of plasma lipoproteins in dairy cows. Archives of Animal Nutrition, 70(4), 322-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/1745039X.2016.1182305

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of dietary supplementation of soybean oil (SO) and hydrogenated palm oil (HPO) on the transport of fatty acids (FA) within pla... Read More about Effect of dietary vegetable oils on the fatty acid profile of plasma lipoproteins in dairy cows.

Non-parametric directionality analysis: extension for removal of a single common predictor and application to time series (2016)
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Halliday, D. M., Senik, M. H., Stevenson, C. W., & Mason, R. (2016). Non-parametric directionality analysis: extension for removal of a single common predictor and application to time series. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 268, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2016.05.008

BACKGROUND: The ability to infer network structure from multivariate neuronal signals is central to computational neuroscience. Directed network analyses typically use parametric approaches based on auto-regressive (AR) models, where networks are con... Read More about Non-parametric directionality analysis: extension for removal of a single common predictor and application to time series.

Quantitative analysis of ruminal bacterial populations involved in lipid metabolism in dairy cows fed different vegetable oils (2016)
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Vargas-Bello-Perez, E., Cancino-Padilla, N., Romero, J., & Garnsworthy, P. (2016). Quantitative analysis of ruminal bacterial populations involved in lipid metabolism in dairy cows fed different vegetable oils. animal, 10(11), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731116000756

Vegetable oils are used to increase energy density of dairy cow diets, although they can provoke changes in rumen bacteria populations and have repercussions on the biohydrogenation process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of two sou... Read More about Quantitative analysis of ruminal bacterial populations involved in lipid metabolism in dairy cows fed different vegetable oils.

Scientific issues relevant to setting regulatory criteria to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the European Union (2016)
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Slama, R., Bourguignon, J., Demeneix, B., Ivell, R., Panzica, G., Kortenkamp, A., & Zoeller, R. T. (2016). Scientific issues relevant to setting regulatory criteria to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the European Union. Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(10), 1497-1503. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP217

Background: Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as exogenous compounds or mixtures that alter function(s) of the endocrine system and consequently cause adverse effects in an intact organism, or its progeny,... Read More about Scientific issues relevant to setting regulatory criteria to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the European Union.

Using the incidence and impact of behavioural conditions in guide dogs to investigate patterns in undesirable behaviour in dogs (2016)
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Caron-Lormier, G., Harvey, N. D., England, G. C., & Asher, L. (2016). Using the incidence and impact of behavioural conditions in guide dogs to investigate patterns in undesirable behaviour in dogs. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 23860. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23860

The domestic dog is one of our most popular companions and longest relationships, occupying different roles, from pet to working guide dog for the blind. As dogs age different behavioural issues occur and in some cases dogs may be relinquished or rem... Read More about Using the incidence and impact of behavioural conditions in guide dogs to investigate patterns in undesirable behaviour in dogs.