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Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 2 (2017)
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Lees, P., Chambers, D., Pelligand, L., Toutain, P. L., Whiting, M., & Whitehead, M. L. (2017). Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 2. Veterinary Record, 181, 198-207. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104279

Part 2 of this narrative review outlines the theoretical and practical bases for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of conventional medicines and homeopathic products. Known and postulated mechanisms of action are critically reviewed. The evide... Read More about Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 2.

Bactericidal and Anti-biofilm Effects of Polyhexamethylene Biguanide in Models of Intracellular and Biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Mastitis (2017)
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Kamaruzzaman, N. F., Chong, S. Q. Y., Edmondson-Brown, K. M., Ntow-Boahene, W., Bardiau, M., & Good, L. (2017). Bactericidal and Anti-biofilm Effects of Polyhexamethylene Biguanide in Models of Intracellular and Biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Mastitis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11(8), 1518. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01518

Staphylococcus aureus infection is a common cause of mastitis, reducing milk yield, affecting animal welfare and causing huge economic losses within the dairy industry. In addition to the problem of acquired drug resistance, bacterial invasion into u... Read More about Bactericidal and Anti-biofilm Effects of Polyhexamethylene Biguanide in Models of Intracellular and Biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Mastitis.

Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 1 (2017)
Journal Article
Lees, P., Chambers, D., Pelligand, L., Toutain, P. L., Whiting, M., & Whitehead, M. L. (2017). Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 1. Veterinary Record, 181(7), 170-176. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104278

For many years after its invention around 1796, homeopathy was widely used in people and later in animals. Over the intervening period (1796-2016) pharmacology emerged as a science from Materia Medica (medicinal materials) to become the mainstay of v... Read More about Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 1.

Assessing the effects of the first 2 years of industry-led badger culling in England on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in 2013–2015 (2017)
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Brunton, L. A., Donnelly, C. A., O'Connor, H. M., Prosser, A., Ashfield, S., Ashton, A., …Downs, S. H. (2017). Assessing the effects of the first 2 years of industry-led badger culling in England on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in 2013–2015. Ecology and Evolution, 7(18), 7213-7230. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3254

Mortality due to trauma in cats attending veterinary practices in central and south-east England (2017)
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McDonald, J. L., Cleasby, I. R., Brodbelt, D. C., Church, D. B., & O'Neill, D. G. (2017). Mortality due to trauma in cats attending veterinary practices in central and south-east England. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 58(10), 570-576. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12716

Objectives: To identify important demographic and spatial factors associated with the risk of trauma and, more specifically, road traffic accident‐related mortality, relative to other diagnoses in cats. Methods: A sample of 2738 cats with mortalit... Read More about Mortality due to trauma in cats attending veterinary practices in central and south-east England.

An empirical analysis of the cost of rearing dairy heifers from birth to first calving and the time taken to repay these costs (2017)
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Boulton, A. C., Rushton, J., & Wathes, D. C. (2017). An empirical analysis of the cost of rearing dairy heifers from birth to first calving and the time taken to repay these costs. animal, 11(8), 1372-1380. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731117000064

Rearing quality dairy heifers is essential to maintain herds by replacing culled cows. Information on the key factors influencing the cost of rearing under different management systems is, however, limited and many farmers are unaware of their true c... Read More about An empirical analysis of the cost of rearing dairy heifers from birth to first calving and the time taken to repay these costs.

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Practices Exposing Humans to Avian Influenza Viruses, Their Prevalence, and Rationale (2017)
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Fournié, G., Høg, E., Barnett, T., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Mangtani, P. (2017). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Practices Exposing Humans to Avian Influenza Viruses, Their Prevalence, and Rationale. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(2), 376-388. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0014

Almost all human infections by avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are transmitted from poultry. A systematic review was conducted to identify practices associated with human infections, their prevalence, and rationale. Observational studies were identifi... Read More about A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Practices Exposing Humans to Avian Influenza Viruses, Their Prevalence, and Rationale.

Clinical, histological and prognostic features of a novel nail-bed lesion of cats: 41 cases (2017)
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Dobromylskyj, M. J., Fernandes, R. A., French, A., Pocknell, S. M., & Smith, K. C. (2017). Clinical, histological and prognostic features of a novel nail-bed lesion of cats: 41 cases. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 19(8), 853-859. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X16661013

There is a distinct subset of lesions arising on the digits of cats, located at or close to the nail-bed epithelium, which are typically composed of proliferative fibroblast-like cells, multinucleate giant cells and areas of osseous metaplasia, but c... Read More about Clinical, histological and prognostic features of a novel nail-bed lesion of cats: 41 cases.

Cultural Practices Shaping Zoonotic Diseases Surveillance: The Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Thailand Native Chicken Farmers (2017)
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Delabouglise, A., Antoine-Moussiaux, N., Tatong, D., Chumkaeo, A., Binot, A., Fournié, G., …Peyre, M. (2017). Cultural Practices Shaping Zoonotic Diseases Surveillance: The Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Thailand Native Chicken Farmers. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 64(4), 1294-1305. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12506

Effectiveness of current passive zoonotic disease surveillance systems is limited by the under-reporting of disease outbreaks in the domestic animal population. Evaluating the acceptability of passive surveillance and its economic, social and cultura... Read More about Cultural Practices Shaping Zoonotic Diseases Surveillance: The Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Thailand Native Chicken Farmers.

Demography and disorders of German Shepherd Dogs under primary veterinarycare in the UK (2017)
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O'Neill, D. G., Coulson, N. R., Church, D. B., & Brodbelt, D. C. (2017). Demography and disorders of German Shepherd Dogs under primary veterinarycare in the UK. Canine Genetics and Epidemiology, 4(7), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40575-017-0046-4

The German Shepherd Dog (GSD) has been widely used for a variety of working roles. However, concerns for the health and welfare of the GSD have been widely aired and there is evidence that breed numbers are now in decline in the UK. Accurate demograp... Read More about Demography and disorders of German Shepherd Dogs under primary veterinarycare in the UK.

Genome-wide analysis of ivermectin response by Onchocerca volvulus reveals that genetic drift and soft selective sweeps contribute to loss of drug sensitivity (2017)
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Doyle, S. R., Bourguinat, C., Nana-Djeunga, H. C., Kengne-Ouafo, J. A., Pion, S. D. S., Bopda, J., …Grant, W. N. (2017). Genome-wide analysis of ivermectin response by Onchocerca volvulus reveals that genetic drift and soft selective sweeps contribute to loss of drug sensitivity. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11, e0005816. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005816

Benign Bilateral Adenomyoepithelioma of the Mammary Gland in a Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) (2017)
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Suárez-Bonnet, A., Grau-Bassas, E. R., Herráez, P., Quesada-Canales, O., Priestnall, S. L., & De Los Monteros, A. E. (2017). Benign Bilateral Adenomyoepithelioma of the Mammary Gland in a Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 157(2-3), 85-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2017.06.009

Naturally occurring mammary tumours are uncommon in prosimians. A 20-year-old female ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) developed bilateral enlargement of the mammary glands. Surgical removal revealed that both masses were comprised of multiple nodules... Read More about Benign Bilateral Adenomyoepithelioma of the Mammary Gland in a Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta).

Humoral and cytokine response elicited during immunisation with recombinant Immune Mapped protein-1 (EtIMP-1) and oocysts of Eimeria tenella (2017)
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Kundu, K., Garg, R., Kumar, S., Mandal, M., Tomley, F. M., Blake, D. P., & Banerjee, P. S. (2017). Humoral and cytokine response elicited during immunisation with recombinant Immune Mapped protein-1 (EtIMP-1) and oocysts of Eimeria tenella. Veterinary Parasitology, 244, 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.07.025

Eimeria tenella, the causative agent of caecal coccidiosis, is a pathogenic gut dwelling protozoan which can cause severe morbidity and mortality in farmed chickens. Immune mapped protein-1 (IMP-1) has been identified as an anticoccidial vaccine cand... Read More about Humoral and cytokine response elicited during immunisation with recombinant Immune Mapped protein-1 (EtIMP-1) and oocysts of Eimeria tenella.

Drivers for Rift Valley fever emergence in Mayotte: A Bayesian modelling approach (2017)
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Métras, R., Fournié, G., Dommergues, L., Camacho, A., Cavalerie, L., Mérot, P., …Edmunds, W. J. (2017). Drivers for Rift Valley fever emergence in Mayotte: A Bayesian modelling approach. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(7), e0005767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005767

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a major zoonotic and arboviral hemorrhagic fever. The conditions leading to RVF epidemics are still unclear, and the relative role of climatic and anthropogenic factors may vary between ecosystems. Here, we estimate the mos... Read More about Drivers for Rift Valley fever emergence in Mayotte: A Bayesian modelling approach.