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Comparison of signalment and computed tomography findings in French Bulldogs, Pugs, and English Bulldogs with and without clinical signs associated with thoracic hemivertebra (2019)
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De Decker, S., Packer, R. M. A., Cappello, R., Harcourt-Brown, T. R., Rohdin, C., Gomes, S. A., …Gutierrez-Quintana, R. (2019). Comparison of signalment and computed tomography findings in French Bulldogs, Pugs, and English Bulldogs with and without clinical signs associated with thoracic hemivertebra. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15556

Great expectations, inconvenient truths, and the paradoxes of the dog-owner relationship for owners of brachycephalic dogs (2019)
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Packer, R. M. A., O'Neill, D. G., Fletcher, F., & Farnworth, M. J. (2019). Great expectations, inconvenient truths, and the paradoxes of the dog-owner relationship for owners of brachycephalic dogs. PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219918

Popularity of brachycephalic (flat-faced) dog breeds is increasing internationally despite well-documented intrinsic health and welfare problems associated with their conformation. Given this apparent paradox, greater understanding of the expectation... Read More about Great expectations, inconvenient truths, and the paradoxes of the dog-owner relationship for owners of brachycephalic dogs.

Disorders of Bulldogs under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2013 (2019)
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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.

A double-blinded randomised dietary supplement crossover trial design to investigate the short-term influence of medium chain fatty acid (MCT) supplement on canine idiopathic epilepsy: study protocol (2019)
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Berk, B. A., Packer, R. M. A., Law, T. H., Wessmann, A., Bathen-Nöthen, A., Jokinen, T. S., …Volk, H. A. (2019). A double-blinded randomised dietary supplement crossover trial design to investigate the short-term influence of medium chain fatty acid (MCT) supplement on canine idiopathic epilepsy: study protocol. BMC Veterinary Research, 15(181), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-019-1915-8

What can we learn from the hair of the dog? Complex effects of endogenous and exogenous stressors on canine hair cortisol (2019)
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Packer, R. M. A., Davies, A. M., Volk, H. A., Puckett, H. L., Hobbs, S. L., & Fowkes, R. C. (2019). What can we learn from the hair of the dog? Complex effects of endogenous and exogenous stressors on canine hair cortisol. PLoS ONE, 14(5), e0216000. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216000

Hair is an emerging biological matrix in which to measure chronic HPA axis activity, offering a longer term view into an animal’s life. We explored effects of exogenous (e.g. lifestyle, medications, social environment) and endogenous (e.g. disease, b... Read More about What can we learn from the hair of the dog? Complex effects of endogenous and exogenous stressors on canine hair cortisol.

Gait analysis in French bulldogs with and without vertebral kyphosis (2019)
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Wyatt, S. E., Lafuente, M. P., Ter Haar, G., Packer, R. M. A., Smith, H., & De Decker, S. (2019). Gait analysis in French bulldogs with and without vertebral kyphosis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.12.008

The study objective was to compare temporal-spatial and kinetic gait variables in neurologically normal French bulldogs with and without vertebral kyphosis. French bulldogs presented to a dedicated brachycephalic clinic were prospectively enrolled. A... Read More about Gait analysis in French bulldogs with and without vertebral kyphosis.

Health-related quality of life following surgical attenuation of congenital portosystemic shunts versus a healthy control population of dogs (2019)
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Bristow, P. C., Lipscomb, V. J., Kummeling, A., Packer, R. M. A., Gerrits, H., Homan, K., …Tivers, M. S. (2019). Health-related quality of life following surgical attenuation of congenital portosystemic shunts versus a healthy control population of dogs. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 60(1), 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12927