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Survey of cattle foot trimmer involvement in UK beef animal lameness (2024)
Journal Article
Fitzsimmonds, H. M., Fishwick, J., & Mahendran, S. (in press). Survey of cattle foot trimmer involvement in UK beef animal lameness. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.4151

Background Cattle lameness is a significant welfare and economic problem facing the livestock industry, with published research investigating foot trimming practices on dairy herds. The objective of this convenience sample survey was to obtain inform... Read More about Survey of cattle foot trimmer involvement in UK beef animal lameness.

Survey assessing foot trimmer involvement in managing lameness in UK beef cattle (2024)
Journal Article
Fitzsimmonds, H., Fishwick, J., & Mahendran, S. (2024). Survey assessing foot trimmer involvement in managing lameness in UK beef cattle. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.4151

Background: Cattle lameness is a significant welfare and economic problem facing the livestock industry. Published research has investigated foot trimming practices in dairy herds, but little is known about the practices in beef herds. Therefore, the... Read More about Survey assessing foot trimmer involvement in managing lameness in UK beef cattle.

Intervention with impact: reduced MRSP isolations from dogs following antimicrobial prescribing legislation in Germany (2023)
Journal Article
Loeffler, A., Beever, L., Ruby Chang, Y.-M., Klein, B., Kostka, V., Meyer, C., Mueller, E., Weis, J., Wildermuth, B., Fishwick, J., & Lloyd, D. H. (in press). Intervention with impact: reduced MRSP isolations from dogs following antimicrobial prescribing legislation in Germany. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.3714

Background: Legislation was introduced in Germany in 2018, requiring bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing before prescribing of fluoroquinolones and third generation cephalosporins to dogs. We hypothesised that following this in... Read More about Intervention with impact: reduced MRSP isolations from dogs following antimicrobial prescribing legislation in Germany.

Randomised Control Trial Investigating the Efficacy of Meloxicam and Sodium Salicylate Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Calf Cautery Disbudding (2023)
Journal Article
Prior, S., Blackie, N., Fishwick, J., & Mahendran, S. A. (2023). Randomised Control Trial Investigating the Efficacy of Meloxicam and Sodium Salicylate Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Calf Cautery Disbudding. Animals, 13(11), 1768. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13111768

Simple Summary: The disbudding of calves is undertaken as a routine management practice. It is known to be a painful procedure for calves, and it is a legal requirement that calves are disbudded under local anaesthesia. It is also recommended that ca... Read More about Randomised Control Trial Investigating the Efficacy of Meloxicam and Sodium Salicylate Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Calf Cautery Disbudding.

Assessing the impact of tailored biosecurity advice on farmer behaviour and pathogen presence in beef herds in England and Wales (2016)
Journal Article
Cardwell, J. M., Van Winden, S. C. L., Beauvais, W., Mastin, A., De Glanville, W. A., Hardstaff, J., Booth, R. E., Fishwick, J., & Pfeiffer, D. U. (2016). Assessing the impact of tailored biosecurity advice on farmer behaviour and pathogen presence in beef herds in England and Wales. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 135, 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.10.018

The term ‘biosecurity’ encompasses many measures farmers can take to reduce the risk of pathogen incursion or spread. As the best strategy will vary between settings, veterinarians play an important role in assessing risk and providing advice, but ef... Read More about Assessing the impact of tailored biosecurity advice on farmer behaviour and pathogen presence in beef herds in England and Wales.

The Effect of Escherichia coli Lipopolysaccharide and Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha on Ovarian Function
Journal Article
Williams, E. J., Sibley, K., Miller, A. N., Lane, E. A., Fishwick, J. C., Nash, D. M., Herath, S., England, G. C. W., Dobson, H., & Sheldon, I. M. The Effect of Escherichia coli Lipopolysaccharide and Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha on Ovarian Function. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 60(5), 462-473. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00645.x

Problem Pelvic inflammatory disease and metritis are important causes of infertility in humans and domestic animals. Uterine infection with Escherichia coli in cattle is associated with reduced ovarian follicle growth and decreased estradiol secretio... Read More about The Effect of Escherichia coli Lipopolysaccharide and Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha on Ovarian Function.

Calf scour: practical prevention and control
Journal Article
Fishwick, J. C. Calf scour: practical prevention and control. Livestock, 13(5), 49-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-3870.2008.tb00183.x

This article briefly discusses some issues that should be considered when assessing a calf-rearing operation for the prevention and control of scouring, such as calf feeding (milk preparation, feeding routine, drinking water, fibre and concentrates),... Read More about Calf scour: practical prevention and control.

Call for coordinated antimicrobial approach at veterinary diagnostic laboratories
Journal Article
Allerton, F., Fishwick, J. C., Paterson, S., Weller, R., Battersby, I., Doyle, R., Gould, D., Caddy, S., Dunning, M., Featherstone, H. J., Hardy, J., Kent, A., Pedro, B., Smith, K., Swinbourne, F., Harrison, J., Heinrich, C., Lau-Gillard, P., Loeffler, A., Maddinson, R., …Williams, J. (in press). Call for coordinated antimicrobial approach at veterinary diagnostic laboratories. Veterinary Record, 184(26), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.l4383