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Dr RICHARD PAYNE's Outputs (16)

A Prospective Study Investigating the Health Outcomes of Bitches Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally (2025)
Journal Article
Moxon, R., Freeman, S. L., Payne, R. M., Corr, S., & England, G. C. W. (2025). A Prospective Study Investigating the Health Outcomes of Bitches Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally. Animals, 15(2), Article 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15020167

There are scant studies of associations between the pubertal status at neutering and subsequent health outcomes of female dogs. This study examined health data for Labrador and Golden Retriever crossbreed bitches neutered by ovariohysterectomy either... Read More about A Prospective Study Investigating the Health Outcomes of Bitches Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally.

Reporting outcome measures in veterinary physiotherapy with particular reference to the treatment of canine and equine joint cases in the UK (2024)
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Brookes, W., Payne, R., & Lea, R. (2024). Reporting outcome measures in veterinary physiotherapy with particular reference to the treatment of canine and equine joint cases in the UK. Veterinary Record, 194(6), Article e3900. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.3900

Background: Outcome measures are extensively used within human physiotherapy, but a widely accepted issue in veterinary physiotherapy is that outcome measures lack sufficient evaluation and standardisation in terms of how they are implemented. This c... Read More about Reporting outcome measures in veterinary physiotherapy with particular reference to the treatment of canine and equine joint cases in the UK.

A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Impact of Neutering Bitches Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally on Physical Development (2023)
Journal Article
Moxon, R., Freeman, S. L., Payne, R., Godfrey-Hunt, J., Corr, S., & England, G. C. W. (2023). A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Impact of Neutering Bitches Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally on Physical Development. Animals, 13(9), Article 1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13091431

No previous large prospective cohort studies have been identified that have investigated the impact of the surgical neutering of bitches before or after known puberty on their growth and physical development. This study was designed to examine the da... Read More about A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Impact of Neutering Bitches Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally on Physical Development.

Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on female dog behaviour—A scoping review (2023)
Journal Article
Moxon, R., Freeman, S. L., Payne, R., Corr, S., & England, G. C. W. (2023). Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on female dog behaviour—A scoping review. Veterinary Record, 193(1), Article e2882. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2882

Background
There are contradictory findings in the literature relating to the effects of timing of neutering on bitch behaviour that make decision making regarding neutering timing difficult.

Methods
A scoping review was designed to identify an... Read More about Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on female dog behaviour—A scoping review.

Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds (2022)
Journal Article
Payne, R. M. (2023). Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds. Research in Veterinary Science, 155, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2022.12.013

A comparison between the performance of spayed female racing Greyhounds and those suppressed with norethisterone acetate (NTA) was made. Previous work by the author has shown that the racing performance of spayed bitches is the same as that of entire... Read More about Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds.

A prospective cohort study investigating the peri- and postoperative outcomes following ovariohysterectomy in bitches neutered prepubertally or post-pubertally (2022)
Journal Article
Moxon, R., Freeman, S. L., Payne, R., Corr, S., & England, G. C. (2023). A prospective cohort study investigating the peri- and postoperative outcomes following ovariohysterectomy in bitches neutered prepubertally or post-pubertally. Theriogenology, 197, 283-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.11.047

The aim of this prospective cohort study was to investigate perioperative and postoperative outcomes for bitches that were neutered at different times in relation to puberty (rather than age). Three hundred and six Labrador and Golden Retriever cross... Read More about A prospective cohort study investigating the peri- and postoperative outcomes following ovariohysterectomy in bitches neutered prepubertally or post-pubertally.

A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Behavioural Development of Bitches in a Guide Dog Training Programme Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally (2022)
Journal Article
Moxon, R., Freeman, S., Payne, R., Corr, S., & England, G. C. W. (2022). A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Behavioural Development of Bitches in a Guide Dog Training Programme Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Article 902775. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.902775

There are few studies that investigate the effect of neutering bitches before or after puberty. The majority of current literature examining the impact of the timing of neutering on health and behaviour has used age rather than the onset of puberty a... Read More about A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Behavioural Development of Bitches in a Guide Dog Training Programme Neutered Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally.

Exercise-induced Acute Abdominal Haemorrhage due to Iliopsoas Trauma in Racing Greyhounds (2020)
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Morey-Matamalas, A., Corbetta, D., Waine, K., Payne, R., Grau-Roma, L., & Baiker, K. (2020). Exercise-induced Acute Abdominal Haemorrhage due to Iliopsoas Trauma in Racing Greyhounds. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 177, 42-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2020.04.001

Post-mortem examination of 74 racing greyhounds with sudden, unexpected death was undertaken at the Veterinary School, University of Nottingham, UK, from 2015 to 2019. These investigations revealed severe, acute haemoabdomen with extensive retroperit... Read More about Exercise-induced Acute Abdominal Haemorrhage due to Iliopsoas Trauma in Racing Greyhounds.

The effect of spaying on the racing performance of female greyhounds (2013)
Journal Article
Payne, R. M. (2013). The effect of spaying on the racing performance of female greyhounds. Veterinary Journal, 198(2), 372-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.08.026

The effect of spaying (ovariohysterectomy) on racing greyhound performance was analysed. Using data from a longitudinal observational study design, random effects models were used to compare the racing performance before and after spaying. Greyhounds... Read More about The effect of spaying on the racing performance of female greyhounds.