Pathology in Practice
(2017)
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Terry, R., Lofts, R., Summers, B. A., & Priestnall, S. L. (2017). Pathology in Practice. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 250(12), 1391-1393. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.250.12.1391
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An exploratory study investigating the non-clinical benefits of evidence-based vetinary medicine (2017)
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Jackson, E. L., & Hauser, S. (2017). An exploratory study investigating the non-clinical benefits of evidence-based vetinary medicine. Veterinary Evidence, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.18849/ve.v2i2.97
Optimising cluster survey design for planning schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy (2017)
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Knowles, S. C. L., Sturrock, H. J. W., Turner, H., Whitton, J. M., Gower, C. M., Jemu, S., …Fleming, F. M. (2017). Optimising cluster survey design for planning schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(5), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005599We used baseline schistosomiasis mapping surveys from three countries (Malawi, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia) to generate spatially realistic gold standard datasets, against which we tested alternative two-stage cluster survey designs. We assessed how sa... Read More about Optimising cluster survey design for planning schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy.
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic integration and modelling of florfenicol for the pig pneumonia pathogens Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Pasteurella multocida (2017)
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Dorey, L., Pelligand, L., Cheng, Z. R., & Lees, P. (2017). Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic integration and modelling of florfenicol for the pig pneumonia pathogens Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Pasteurella multocida. PLoS ONE, 12(5), e0177568. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177568Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) integration and modelling were used to predict dosage schedules for florfenicol for two pig pneumonia pathogens, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Pasteurella multocida. Pharmacokinetic data were pooled for t... Read More about Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic integration and modelling of florfenicol for the pig pneumonia pathogens Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Pasteurella multocida.
Sources of variability in the measurement of Ascaris lumbricoides infection intensity by Kato-Katz and qPCR (2017)
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Easton, A. V., Oliveira, R. G., Walker, M., O'Connell, E. M., Njenga, S. M., Mwandawiro, C. S., …Anderson, R. M. (2017). Sources of variability in the measurement of Ascaris lumbricoides infection intensity by Kato-Katz and qPCR. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2164-y
Canine dystocia in 50 UK first-opinion emergency-care veterinary practices: prevalence and risk factors (2017)
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O'Neill, D. G., O'Sullivan, A. M., Manson, E. A., Church, D. B., Boag, A. K., McGreevy, P. D., & Brodbelt, D. C. (2017). Canine dystocia in 50 UK first-opinion emergency-care veterinary practices: prevalence and risk factors. Veterinary Record, 181(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104108Dystocia can represent a major welfare issue for dogs of certain breeds and morphologies. First-opinion emergency-care veterinary caseloads represent a useful data resource for epidemiological research because dystocia can often result in emergency v... Read More about Canine dystocia in 50 UK first-opinion emergency-care veterinary practices: prevalence and risk factors.
Enhanced nasopharyngeal infection and shedding associated with an epidemic lineage of emm3 group A Streptococcus (2017)
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Afshar, B., Turner, C. E., Lamagni, T. L., Smith, K. C., Al-Shahib, A., Underwood, A., …Sriskandan, S. (2017). Enhanced nasopharyngeal infection and shedding associated with an epidemic lineage of emm3 group A Streptococcus. Virulence, 8(7), 1390-1400. https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2017.1325070
Enhancing preparedness for tackling new epidemic threats (2017)
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Zumla, A., Ippolito, G., McCloskey, B., Bates, M., Ansumana, R., Heymann, D., …Ntoumi, F. (2017). Enhancing preparedness for tackling new epidemic threats. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 5(8), 606-608. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2817%2930189-3
Epidemiological Risk Factors for Animal Influenza A Viruses Overcoming Species Barriers (2017)
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Harris, K. A., Freidl, G. S., Munoz, O. S., Von Dobschuetz, S., De Nardi, M., Wieland, B., …FLURISK Consortium, . (2017). Epidemiological Risk Factors for Animal Influenza A Viruses Overcoming Species Barriers. EcoHealth, 14(2), 342-360. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1244-yDrivers and risk factors for Influenza A virus transmission across species barriers are poorly understood, despite the ever present threat to human and animal health potentially on a pandemic scale. Here we review the published evidence for epidemiol... Read More about Epidemiological Risk Factors for Animal Influenza A Viruses Overcoming Species Barriers.
Response to the Letter to the Editor by Eberhard et al (2017)
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Bottomley, C., Isham, V., Vivas-Martinez, S., Kuesel, A. C., Attah, S. K., Opoku, N. O., …Basáñez, M. (2017). Response to the Letter to the Editor by Eberhard et al. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2125-5
Socio-demographic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in migrant workers of Peninsular Malaysia (2017)
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Sahimin, N., Lim, Y. A. L., Ariffin, F., Behnke, J. M., Basáñez, M., Walker, M., …Mohd Zain, S. N. (2017). Socio-demographic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in migrant workers of Peninsular Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2167-8The number of migrants working in Malaysia has increased sharply since the 1970’s and there is concern that infectious diseases endemic in other (e.g. neighbouring) countries may be inadvertently imported. Compulsory medical screening prior to enteri... Read More about Socio-demographic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in migrant workers of Peninsular Malaysia.
The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia (2017)
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Niessen, S. J. M., Hazuchova, K., Powney, S. L., Guitian, J., Niessen, A. P. M., Pion, P. D., …Church, D. B. (2017). The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia. Veterinary Sciences, 4(2), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4020027Current pet diabetes mellitus (DM) treatment necessitates the active daily involvement of owners and can be costly. The current study aimed to investigate the owner population which opts for euthanasia instead of DM treatment. A survey was designed u... Read More about The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia.
Expectations for a new WHO Director General: health in a rapidly changing environment (2017)
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Rüegg, S. R., Machalaba, C., McMahon, B. J., Haesler, B., Myhre Errecaborde, K., Pelican, K., & Kock, R. A. (2017). Expectations for a new WHO Director General: health in a rapidly changing environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196%2817%2930022-0
Immune Escape Variants of H9N2 Influenza Viruses Containing Deletions at the Hemagglutinin Receptor Binding Site Retain Fitness In Vivo and Display Enhanced Zoonotic Characteristics (2017)
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Peacock, T. P., Benton, D. J., James, J., Sadeyen, J. R., Chang, P. X., Sealy, J. E., …Iqbal, M. (2017). Immune Escape Variants of H9N2 Influenza Viruses Containing Deletions at the Hemagglutinin Receptor Binding Site Retain Fitness In Vivo and Display Enhanced Zoonotic Characteristics. Journal of Virology, 91(14), UNSP e00218. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00218-17H9N2 avian influenza viruses are enzootic in poultry across Asia and North Africa, where they pose a threat to human health as both zoonotic agents and potential pandemic candidates. Poultry vaccination against H9N2 viruses has been employed in many... Read More about Immune Escape Variants of H9N2 Influenza Viruses Containing Deletions at the Hemagglutinin Receptor Binding Site Retain Fitness In Vivo and Display Enhanced Zoonotic Characteristics.
Do Female Dogs Age Differently Than Male Dogs? (2017)
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Hoffman, J. M., O'Neill, D. G., Creevy, K. E., & Austad, S. N. (2017). Do Female Dogs Age Differently Than Male Dogs?. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glx061Humans, as well as their closest ancestors, the higher African primates, exhibit female-biased survival and multiple sex differences in causes of death. However, the effects of sex on aging and longevity in an excellent model of human health, the com... Read More about Do Female Dogs Age Differently Than Male Dogs?.
Estimating the sensitivity of passive surveillance for HPAI H5N1 in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. (2017)
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Ojimelukwe, A. E., Prakarnkamanant, A., & Rushton, J. (2017). Estimating the sensitivity of passive surveillance for HPAI H5N1 in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 49(3), 352-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.05.003
Quantitative risk assessment of Campylobacter in broiler chickens - assessing interventions to reduce the level of contamination at the end of the rearing period (2017)
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Crotta, M., Georgiev, M., & Guitian, J. (2017). Quantitative risk assessment of Campylobacter in broiler chickens - assessing interventions to reduce the level of contamination at the end of the rearing period. Food Control, 75, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.12.024
Global and local environmental changes as drivers of Buruli ulcer emergence (2017)
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Combe, M., Velvin, C. J., Morris, A., Garchitorena, A., Carolan, K., Sanhueza, D., …Gozlan, R. E. (2017). Global and local environmental changes as drivers of Buruli ulcer emergence. https://doi.org/10.1038/emi.2017.7
Randomised positive control trial of NSAID and antimicrobial treatment for calf fever caused by pneumonia (2017)
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Mahendran, S. A., Booth, R. E., Burge, M., & Bell, N. J. (2017). Randomised positive control trial of NSAID and antimicrobial treatment for calf fever caused by pneumonia. Veterinary Record, 181(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104057One hundred and fifty-four preweaning calves were followed between May and October 2015. Calves were fitted with continuous monitoring temperature probes (TempVerified FeverTag), programmed so a flashing light emitting diode (LED) light was triggered... Read More about Randomised positive control trial of NSAID and antimicrobial treatment for calf fever caused by pneumonia.
Inference of the infection status of individuals using longitudinal testing data from cryptic populations: Towards a probabilistic approach to diagnosis (2017)
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Buzdugan, S. N., Vergne, T., Grosbois, V., Delahay, R. J., & Drewe, J. A. (2017). Inference of the infection status of individuals using longitudinal testing data from cryptic populations: Towards a probabilistic approach to diagnosis. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00806-4Effective control of many diseases requires the accurate detection of infected individuals. Confidently ascertaining whether an individual is infected can be challenging when diagnostic tests are imperfect and when some individuals go for long period... Read More about Inference of the infection status of individuals using longitudinal testing data from cryptic populations: Towards a probabilistic approach to diagnosis.