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Persian cats under first opinion veterinary care in the UK: demography, mortality and disorders (2019)
Journal Article
O'Neill, D. G., Romans, C., Brodbelt, D. C., Church, D. B., Cerna, P., & Gunn-Moore, D. A. (2019). Persian cats under first opinion veterinary care in the UK: demography, mortality and disorders. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49317-4

Persian cats are a popular cat breed worldwide, and especially in the US, Europe and Asia. This study aimed to describe the demography, common disorders and mortality in Persians under general practice veterinary care in 2013 in the UK. The study pop... Read More about Persian cats under first opinion veterinary care in the UK: demography, mortality and disorders.

West Highland White Terriers under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2016: demography, mortality and disorders (2019)
Journal Article
O'Neill, D. G., Ballantyne, Z. F., Hendricks, A., Church, D. B., Brodbelt, D. C., & Pegram, C. L. (2019). West Highland White Terriers under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2016: demography, mortality and disorders. Canine Genetics and Epidemiology, 6, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40575-019-0075-2

The West Highland White Terrier (WHWT) is a relatively common breed in the UK, although Kennel Club registrations have declined in recent years. The VetCompass™ Programme collates de-identified clinical data from primary-care veterinary practices in... Read More about West Highland White Terriers under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2016: demography, mortality and disorders.

Disorders of Bulldogs under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2013 (2019)
Journal Article
O'Neill, D. G., Skipper, A. M., Kadhim, J., Church, D. B., Brodbelt, D. C., & Packer, R. M. A. (2019). Disorders of Bulldogs under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2013. PLoS ONE, 14(6), e0217928. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217928

The Bulldog is a popular companion breed in the UK despite widely reported disease predispositions. This study aimed to characterise the demography, mortality and common disorders of Bulldogs under veterinary care in the UK during 2013. VetCompass co... Read More about Disorders of Bulldogs under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2013.

Detecting false-positive disease references in veterinary clinical notes without manual annotations (2019)
Journal Article
Kennedy, N., Brodbelt, D. C., Church, D. B., & O'Neill, D. G. (2019). Detecting false-positive disease references in veterinary clinical notes without manual annotations. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-019-0108-y

Clinicians often include references to diseases in clinical notes, which have not been diagnosed in their patients. For some diseases terms, the majority of disease references written in the patient notes may not refer to true disease diagnosis. Thes... Read More about Detecting false-positive disease references in veterinary clinical notes without manual annotations.

Chronic kidney disease in cats attending primary care practice in the UK: a VetCompassTM study (2019)
Journal Article
Conroy, M. C., Brodbelt, D. C., O'Neill, D. G., Chang, Y. M., & Elliott, J. (2019). Chronic kidney disease in cats attending primary care practice in the UK: a VetCompassTM study. Veterinary Record, 184(17), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105100

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a frequent diagnosis in cats attending primary care practice and the most frequent cause of death in cats aged over five years, yet there is limited published research for CKD in cats attending primary care practice. T... Read More about Chronic kidney disease in cats attending primary care practice in the UK: a VetCompassTM study.