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Characterisation of phenotypic patterns in equine exercise-associated myopathies (2024)
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Lindsay-McGee, V., Massey, C., Li, Y., Clark, E., Psifidi, A., & Piercy, R. (2024). Characterisation of phenotypic patterns in equine exercise-associated myopathies. Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14128

Background Equine exercise-associated myopathies are prevalent, clinically heterogeneous, generally idiopathic disorders characterised by episodes of myofibre damage that occur in association with exercise. Episodes are intermittent and vary within a... Read More about Characterisation of phenotypic patterns in equine exercise-associated myopathies.

A Preliminary Study Assessing a Transfer Learning Approach to Intestinal Image Analysis to Help Determine Treatment Response in Canine Protein-Losing Enteropathy (2024)
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Kathrani, A., Trewin, I., Ancheta, K., Psifidi, A., Le Calvez, S., & Williams, J. (in press). A Preliminary Study Assessing a Transfer Learning Approach to Intestinal Image Analysis to Help Determine Treatment Response in Canine Protein-Losing Enteropathy. Veterinary Sciences, 11(3), 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11030129

Association between a genetic index for digital dermatitis resistance and the presence of digital dermatitis, heel horn erosion, and interdigital hyperplasia in Holstein cows (2024)
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Anagnostopoulos, A., Barden, M., Griffiths, B., Bedford, C., Winters, M., Li, B., …Oikonomou, G. (2024). Association between a genetic index for digital dermatitis resistance and the presence of digital dermatitis, heel horn erosion, and interdigital hyperplasia in Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 107(7), 4915-4925. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2023-24136

Digital dermatitis (DD) is a polybacterial disease endemic to most UK dairy farms. It poses a major financial and welfare threat and is characterized by high incidence and recurrence rates. We aimed to investigate the association between the UK EBV f... Read More about Association between a genetic index for digital dermatitis resistance and the presence of digital dermatitis, heel horn erosion, and interdigital hyperplasia in Holstein cows.

Chicken caecal enterotypes in indigenous Kadaknath and commercial Cobb chicken lines are associated with Campylobacter abundance and influenced by farming practices (2023)
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Hay, M. C., Hinsu, A. T., Koringa, P. G., Pandit, R. J., Liu, P., Parekh, M. J., …Blake, D. P. (2023). Chicken caecal enterotypes in indigenous Kadaknath and commercial Cobb chicken lines are associated with Campylobacter abundance and influenced by farming practices. Frontiers in Microbiomes, https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2023.1301609

Genetic characterisation of the Connemara pony and the Warmblood horse using a within-breed clustering approach (2023)
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Lindsay-McGee, V., Sanchez-Molano, E., Banos, G., Clark, E., Piercy, R., & Psifidi, A. (2023). Genetic characterisation of the Connemara pony and the Warmblood horse using a within-breed clustering approach. Genetics Selection Evolution, 55(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-023-00827-w

BackgroundThe Connemara pony (CP) is an Irish breed that has experienced varied selection by breeders over the last fifty years, with objectives ranging from the traditional hardy pony to an agile athlete. We compared these ponies with well-studied W... Read More about Genetic characterisation of the Connemara pony and the Warmblood horse using a within-breed clustering approach.

Single-step genome-wide association analyses of claw horn lesions in Holstein cattle using linear and threshold models (2023)
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Li, B., Barden, M., Kapsona, V., Sanchez-Molano, E., Anagnostopoulos, A., Griffiths, B., …Banos, G. (2023). Single-step genome-wide association analyses of claw horn lesions in Holstein cattle using linear and threshold models. Genetics Selection Evolution, 55(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-023-00784-4

BackgroundLameness in dairy cattle is primarily caused by foot lesions including the claw horn lesions (CHL) of sole haemorrhage (SH), sole ulcers (SU), and white line disease (WL). This study investigated the genetic architecture of the three CHL ba... Read More about Single-step genome-wide association analyses of claw horn lesions in Holstein cattle using linear and threshold models.

Serum 1H nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics of sole lesion development in Holstein cows (2023)
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Barden, M., Phelan, M., Hyde, R., Anagnostopoulos, A., Griffiths, B., Bedford, C., …Oikonomou, G. (2023). Serum 1H nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics of sole lesion development in Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 106(4), 2667-2684. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-22681

those with the strongest evidence of being associated with sole lesions corresponded to phenylalanine and 4 unlabeled metabolites. We conclude that the serum metabolome, as characterized by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, does not app... Read More about Serum 1H nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics of sole lesion development in Holstein cows.

Research Note: MHCY haplotype impacts Campylobacter jejuni colonization in a backcross [(Line 6(1) x Line N) x Line N] population (2022)
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Zhang, J., Goto, R., Psifidi, A., Stevens, M., Taylor, R., & Miller, M. (2022). Research Note: MHCY haplotype impacts Campylobacter jejuni colonization in a backcross [(Line 6(1) x Line N) x Line N] population. Poultry Science, 101(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2021.101654

MHCY is a candidate region for influencing immune responses in chickens. MHCY contains multiple specialized, polymorphic MHC class I loci along with loci belonging to 4 additional gene families. In this study, MHCY haplotypes were tested for associat... Read More about Research Note: MHCY haplotype impacts Campylobacter jejuni colonization in a backcross [(Line 6(1) x Line N) x Line N] population.

Genetic parameters and genome-wide association study of digital cushion thickness in Holstein cows (2022)
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Barden, M., Li, B., Griffiths, B., Anagnostopoulos, A., Bedford, C., Psifidi, A., …Oikonomou, G. (2022). Genetic parameters and genome-wide association study of digital cushion thickness in Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(10), 8237-8256. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-22035

The digital cushion is linked to the development of claw horn lesions (CHL) in dairy cattle. The objectives of this study were to (1) estimate genetic parameters for digital cushion thickness (DCT), (2) estimate the genetic correlation between DCT an... Read More about Genetic parameters and genome-wide association study of digital cushion thickness in Holstein cows.

Prospective cohort study of the association between early lactation mastitis and the presence of sole ulcers in dairy cows (2022)
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Watson, C., Barden, M., Griffiths, B., Anagnostopoulos, A., Higgins, H., Bedford, C., …Oikonomou, G. (2022). Prospective cohort study of the association between early lactation mastitis and the presence of sole ulcers in dairy cows. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1387

Background The objective of this study was to investigate the association between (sub)clinical mastitis (CM) in the first 30 days in milk (DIM) and the presence of sole ulcers (SU) later in lactation. Methods Holstein cows and heifers were examined... Read More about Prospective cohort study of the association between early lactation mastitis and the presence of sole ulcers in dairy cows.

Integrating Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Combined Health Data Across Ecotypes to Improve Disease Resistance in Indigenous African Chickens (2020)
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Banos, G., Lindsay, V., Desta, T. T., Bettridge, J., Sanchez-Molano, E., Vallejo-Trujillo, A., …Psifidi, A. (2020). Integrating Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Combined Health Data Across Ecotypes to Improve Disease Resistance in Indigenous African Chickens. Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 543890

Poultry play an important role in the agriculture of many African countries. The majority of chickens in sub-Saharan Africa are indigenous, raised in villages under semi-scavenging conditions. Vaccinations and biosecurity measures rarely apply, and i... Read More about Integrating Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Combined Health Data Across Ecotypes to Improve Disease Resistance in Indigenous African Chickens.

Role of caecal microbiota in the differential resistance of inbred chicken lines to colonization by Campylobacter jejuni (2020)
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Chintoan-Uta, C., Wisedchanwet, T., Glendinning, L., Bremner, A., Psifidi, A., Vervelde, L., …Stevens, M. P. (2020). Role of caecal microbiota in the differential resistance of inbred chicken lines to colonization by Campylobacter jejuni. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02607-19

Campylobacter is the leading foodborne bacterial diarrhoeal illness in many countries, with up to 80 % of human cases attributed to the avian reservoir. The only control strategies currently available are stringent on-farm biosecurity and carcass tre... Read More about Role of caecal microbiota in the differential resistance of inbred chicken lines to colonization by Campylobacter jejuni.

The Genetic Architecture of Bovine Telomere Length in Early Life and Association With Animal Fitness (2019)
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Ilska-Warner, J. J., Psifidi, A., Seeker, L. A., Wilbourn, R. V., Underwood, S. L., Fairlie, J., …Banos, G. (2019). The Genetic Architecture of Bovine Telomere Length in Early Life and Association With Animal Fitness. Frontiers in Genetics, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.01048

Health and survival are key goals for selective breeding in farm animals. Progress, however, is often limited by the low heritability of these animal fitness traits in addition to measurement difficulties. In this respect, relevant early-life biomark... Read More about The Genetic Architecture of Bovine Telomere Length in Early Life and Association With Animal Fitness.

Genome reconstruction of a novel carbohydrate digesting bacterium from the chicken caecal microflora (2019)
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Hinsu, A. T., Pandit, R. J., Patel, S. H., Psifidi, A., Tomley, F. M., Das, S. K., …Joshi, C. G. (2019). Genome reconstruction of a novel carbohydrate digesting bacterium from the chicken caecal microflora. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mgene.2019.01.002

The advent of metagenomics using Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) has led to the acquisition of unprecedented quantities of bacterial sequence data. One use for these data is the recovery of complete genomes of uncultivable, and thus uncharacterised,... Read More about Genome reconstruction of a novel carbohydrate digesting bacterium from the chicken caecal microflora.