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Reporting of suspected dog fighting to the police, RSPCA and equivalents by veterinary professionals in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Milroy, K., Whiting, M., & Abeyesinghe, S. M. (2018). Reporting of suspected dog fighting to the police, RSPCA and equivalents by veterinary professionals in the UK. Veterinary Record, 183(567), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104753

Dog fighting became unlawful in the UK in 1835, yet it continues today (as reported by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and Crown Prosecution Service), although with an unknown prevalence. We used an online questionn... Read More about Reporting of suspected dog fighting to the police, RSPCA and equivalents by veterinary professionals in the UK.

Mindset and its relationship to anxiety in clinical veterinary students (2018)
Journal Article
Bostock, R., Kinnison, T., & May, S. A. (2018). Mindset and its relationship to anxiety in clinical veterinary students. Veterinary Record, 183(20), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104621

This study investigated anxiety, one aspect of mental wellbeing, in fourth year veterinary students before the final clinical section of their course (intramural rotations (IMR)). It explored the relationship between reported anxiety and ‘mindset’: a... Read More about Mindset and its relationship to anxiety in clinical veterinary students.

The role of local adaptation in sustainable production of village chickens (2018)
Journal Article
Bettridge, J. M., Psifidi, A., Terfa, Z. G., Desta, T. T., Lozano-Jaramillo, M., Dessie, T., Kaiser, P., Wigley, P., Hanotte, O., & Christley, R. M. (2018). The role of local adaptation in sustainable production of village chickens. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0150-9

Village chickens are ubiquitous in smallholder farming systems, contributing to household, local and national economies under diverse environmental, economic and cultural settings. However, they are raised in challenging environments where productivi... Read More about The role of local adaptation in sustainable production of village chickens.

Gene editing restores dystrophin expression in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (2018)
Journal Article
Amoasii, L., Hildyard, J. C. W., Li, H., Sanchez-Ortiz, E., Mireault, A., Caballero, D., Harron, R., Stathopoulou, T.-R., Massey, C. A., Shelton, J. M., Bassel-Duby, R., Piercy, R. J., & Olson, E. N. (2018). Gene editing restores dystrophin expression in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Science, 362(6410), 86-91. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau1549

Mutations in the gene encoding dystrophin, a protein that maintains muscle integrity and function, cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The deltaE50-MD dog model of DMD harbors a mutation corresponding to a mutational “hotspot” in the human DMD g... Read More about Gene editing restores dystrophin expression in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.