Dr MARNIE BRENNAN's Outputs (123)

Cross-sectional study of horse owners’ knowledge, and opinions on recognising colic in the horse (2019)
Journal Article
Bowden, A., Burford, J., Brennan, M., England, G., & Freeman, S. (2019). Cross-sectional study of horse owners’ knowledge, and opinions on recognising colic in the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.13173

Background
Colic is the most common emergency problem in the horse. An owner’s ability to recognise colic and seek assistance is a critical first step in determining case outcome.

Objectives
The aim of this study was to assess horse owners’ know... Read More about Cross-sectional study of horse owners’ knowledge, and opinions on recognising colic in the horse.

Key concepts for making informed choices (2019)
Journal Article
Aronson, J. K., Barends, E., Boruch, R., Brennan, M., Chalmers, I., Chislett, J., Cunliffe-Jones, P., Dahlgren, A., Gaarder, M., Haines, A., Heneghan, C., Matthews, R., Maynard, B., Oxman, A. D., Oxman, M., Pullin, A., Randall, N., Roddam, H., Schoonees, A., Sharples, J., …Vale, L. (2019). Key concepts for making informed choices. Nature, 572(7769), 303-306. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02407-9

An alliance of researchers lays out a framework for taking decisions based on thinking critically about claims and comparisons. Everyone makes claims about what works. Politicians claim that stop and search will reduce violent crime; friends claim th... Read More about Key concepts for making informed choices.

Is there an evidence base for veterinarians to utilise when treating commonly seen conditions in cattle? (2019)
Journal Article
Bradford, N., Huntley, S., Grindlay, D., & Brennan, M. (2019). Is there an evidence base for veterinarians to utilise when treating commonly seen conditions in cattle?. Cattle Practice, 27(1), 12-25

Evidence based veterinary medicine (EVM) is an integral part of clinical decision-making in practice. In order for EVM to be utilised effectively, relevant published evidence must be available to veterinarians. Currently there is a lack of research i... Read More about Is there an evidence base for veterinarians to utilise when treating commonly seen conditions in cattle?.

Emergency Conditions in Horses: Opinions and Decision Making of Livery Yard Owners (2019)
Journal Article
Bowden, A., Burford, J., Brennan, M., England, G., & Freeman, S. (2019). Emergency Conditions in Horses: Opinions and Decision Making of Livery Yard Owners. Veterinary Evidence, 4(2), https://doi.org/10.18849/ve.v4i2.199

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate equine livery yard owners’ opinions of emergency conditions, and to identify factors influencing emergency decision making in the horse.

Background: There is limited data on horse owners’ opinions a... Read More about Emergency Conditions in Horses: Opinions and Decision Making of Livery Yard Owners.

Validation of text-mining and content analysis techniques using data collected from veterinary practice management software systems in the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Jones-Diette, J. S., Dean, R. S., Cobb, M., & Brennan, M. L. (2019). Validation of text-mining and content analysis techniques using data collected from veterinary practice management software systems in the UK. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 167, 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.02.015

Electronic patient records from practice management software systems have been used extensively in medicine for the investigation of clinical problems leading to the creation of decision support frameworks. To date, technologies that have been utilis... Read More about Validation of text-mining and content analysis techniques using data collected from veterinary practice management software systems in the UK.

Topics discussed, examinations performed and strategies implemented during canine and feline booster vaccination consultations (2019)
Journal Article
Robinson, N. J., Belshaw, Z., Brennan, M. L., & Dean, R. S. (2019). Topics discussed, examinations performed and strategies implemented during canine and feline booster vaccination consultations. Veterinary Record, 184(8), Article 252. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104835

© British Veterinary Association 2019. Vaccination consultations account for a large proportion of the small animal veterinary caseload. The aim of this study was to determine the content of canine and feline booster vaccination consultations and gat... Read More about Topics discussed, examinations performed and strategies implemented during canine and feline booster vaccination consultations.

Developing practical recommendations for preventative healthcare consultations involving dogs and cats using a Delphi technique (2019)
Journal Article
Belshaw, Z., Robinson, N. J., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2019). Developing practical recommendations for preventative healthcare consultations involving dogs and cats using a Delphi technique. Veterinary Record, 184(11), Article 348. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104970

© © British Veterinary Association 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. Published by BMJ. Preventive healthcare is the focus of a large proportion of UK small animal veterinary consultations. The evidence base for how to optim... Read More about Developing practical recommendations for preventative healthcare consultations involving dogs and cats using a Delphi technique.

Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit (2018)
Journal Article
Waine, K., Dean, R., Hudson, C., & Brennan, M. (2018). Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit. In Practice, 40(10), 465-469. https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.k4798

This article, the second in a two-part series providing practical advice for practitioners on carrying out clinical audits in farm animal practice, focuses on the data collection, analysis and discussion steps of clinical audit. Part 1, which was pub... Read More about Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit.

Systematic review of the factors affecting cat and dog owner compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations (2018)
Journal Article
Wareham, K. J., Brennan, M. L., & Dean, R. S. (2019). Systematic review of the factors affecting cat and dog owner compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations. Veterinary Record, 184(5), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104793

© 2018 British Veterinary Association. The aim of this systematic review is to describe and assess the quality of the existing evidence base concerning factors that influence the compliance of cat and dog owners to pharmaceutical and specifically pol... Read More about Systematic review of the factors affecting cat and dog owner compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations.

Are nutraceuticals better than carprofen at controlling osteoarthritis in dogs? (2018)
Journal Article
Belshaw, Z., & Brennan, M. (2018). Are nutraceuticals better than carprofen at controlling osteoarthritis in dogs?. Veterinary Record, 183(16), 507-508. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.k4486

Sally, a 12-year-old female neutered black Labrador, is presented to you with right forelimb lameness. She has decreased range of movement in both hips and the right elbow. You radiograph her hips, stifles, shoulders and elbows and find she has signi... Read More about Are nutraceuticals better than carprofen at controlling osteoarthritis in dogs?.

Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice: Part 1: preparing for audit (2018)
Journal Article
Waine, K., Dean, R., Hudson, C., & Brennan, M. (2018). Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice: Part 1: preparing for audit. In Practice, 40(8), 360-364. https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.k3950

This article, the first in a two-part series providing practical advice for practitioners on carrying out clinical audits, discusses the preparation and initiation of clinical audit in farm animal practice. In the second article, to be published in a... Read More about Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice: Part 1: preparing for audit.

A cross-sectional study of experiences and attitudes towards clinical audit of farm animal veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Waine, K., Dean, R., Hudson, C., Huxley, J., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). A cross-sectional study of experiences and attitudes towards clinical audit of farm animal veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Sciences, 5(4), 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5040084

© 2018 by the authors. Clinical audit is a quality improvement tool used to assess and improve the clinical services provided to patients. This is the first study to investigate the extent to which clinical audit is understood and utilised in farm an... Read More about A cross-sectional study of experiences and attitudes towards clinical audit of farm animal veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom.

An Evidence-Based Rapid Review of Surgical Techniques for Correction of Prolapsed Nictitans Glands in Dogs (2018)
Journal Article
White, C., & Brennan, M. (2018). An Evidence-Based Rapid Review of Surgical Techniques for Correction of Prolapsed Nictitans Glands in Dogs. Veterinary Sciences, 5(3), Article 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5030075

© 2018 by the authors. Prolapsed nictitans gland (PNG) is an important ocular condition of dogs. Various surgical interventions have been described, but effective technique is currently considered to be a matter of personal clinician preference. The... Read More about An Evidence-Based Rapid Review of Surgical Techniques for Correction of Prolapsed Nictitans Glands in Dogs.

Measuring the success of canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Robinson, N., Belshaw, Z., Brennan, M. L., & Dean, R. S. (2018). Measuring the success of canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations: a systematic review. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 158, 18-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.07.005

Preventative healthcare consultations account for a large proportion of the veterinary caseload. This novel study is the first to methodically review all literature on canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations. Previous research has fo... Read More about Measuring the success of canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations: a systematic review.

Owner and veterinary surgeon perspectives on the roles of veterinary nurses and receptionists in relation to small animal preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Belshaw, Z., Robinson, N. J., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Owner and veterinary surgeon perspectives on the roles of veterinary nurses and receptionists in relation to small animal preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Record, 183(9), Article 296. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104773

Veterinary receptionists and veterinary nurses rarely feature in published practice-based research, yet are integral to small animal veterinary practice in the United Kingdom (UK). The aim of this study was to investigate the perspectives of UK-based... Read More about Owner and veterinary surgeon perspectives on the roles of veterinary nurses and receptionists in relation to small animal preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom.

Key actors in driving behavioural change in relation to on-farm biosecurity; a Northern Ireland perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Lahuerta-Marin, A., Brennan, M., Finney, G., O’Hagan, M., & Jack, C. (2018). Key actors in driving behavioural change in relation to on-farm biosecurity; a Northern Ireland perspective. Irish Veterinary Journal, 71(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-018-0125-1

Background: Agriculture and farming are valued contributors to local economy in Northern Ireland (NI). There is limited knowledge about farmers’ behaviours and attitudes towards disease biosecurity measures. As part of a larger project, a scenario-ba... Read More about Key actors in driving behavioural change in relation to on-farm biosecurity; a Northern Ireland perspective.

Variation in the reported management of canine prolapsed nictitans gland and feline herpetic keratitis (2018)
Journal Article
White, C. N., Jones, G., Baker, S., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Variation in the reported management of canine prolapsed nictitans gland and feline herpetic keratitis. Veterinary Sciences, 5(2), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5020054

Treatment variation in medicine may be driven by evidence gaps, clinician factors, and patient preferences. Although well-documented in human medicine, variation in clinical management is relatively unexplored in veterinary practice. Clinical vignett... Read More about Variation in the reported management of canine prolapsed nictitans gland and feline herpetic keratitis.

Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers’ biosecurity attitudes and behaviours (2018)
Journal Article
Richens, I., Houdmont, J., Wapenaar, W., Shortall, O., Kaler, J., O’Connor, H., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers’ biosecurity attitudes and behaviours. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 155, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.04.010

It has been recognised that few cattle farmers undertake biosecurity practices on their farms. Approaches that take into consideration individuals’ preparedness for change, alongside beliefs thought to motivate the enactment of certain behaviours, ma... Read More about Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers’ biosecurity attitudes and behaviours.

Motivators and barriers for dog and cat owners and veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom to using preventative medicines (2018)
Journal Article
Belshaw, Z., Robinson, N. J., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Motivators and barriers for dog and cat owners and veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom to using preventative medicines. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 154, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.03.020

Routine use of preventative medicines is advocated as part of responsible dog and cat ownership. However, it has been suggested that the number of owners in the United Kingdom (UK) using preventative medicines to protect their pets is in decline. The... Read More about Motivators and barriers for dog and cat owners and veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom to using preventative medicines.

“I always feel like I have to rush…”: pet owner and small animal veterinary surgeons’ reflections on time during preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Belshaw, Z., Robinson, N., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). “I always feel like I have to rush…”: pet owner and small animal veterinary surgeons’ reflections on time during preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Sciences, 5(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5010020

Canine and feline preventative healthcare consultations can be more complex than other consultation types, but they are typically not allocated additional time in the United Kingdom (UK). Impacts of the perceived length of UK preventative healthcare... Read More about “I always feel like I have to rush…”: pet owner and small animal veterinary surgeons’ reflections on time during preventative healthcare consultations in the United Kingdom.