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Epidemiology and clinical management of acute diarrhoea in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK (2025)
Journal Article
O'Neill, D., Prisk, L. J., Brodbelt, D. C., Church, D. B., & Allerton, F. (2025). Epidemiology and clinical management of acute diarrhoea in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK. PLoS ONE, 20(6), e0324203. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324203

Background
Acute diarrhoea is a common canine veterinary presentation in the UK. This study
aimed to report the incidence, demographic risk factors and clinical management for
acute diarrhoea diagnosed under primary veterinary care in the UK in 20... Read More about Epidemiology and clinical management of acute diarrhoea in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK.

Evaluation of Decreased Kidney Function in Dogs Receiving Carboplatin: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 98 Dogs (2006–2024) (2025)
Journal Article
Yale, A., So, A., Guillen, A., Desmas-Bazelle, I., Rogato, F., & Jepson, R. (2025). Evaluation of Decreased Kidney Function in Dogs Receiving Carboplatin: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 98 Dogs (2006–2024). Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, https://doi.org/10.1111/vco.13069

Decreased kidney function is observed in some people receiving carboplatin, but limited literature explores this in dogs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and risk factors for decreased kidney function in dogs receiving carboplatin... Read More about Evaluation of Decreased Kidney Function in Dogs Receiving Carboplatin: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 98 Dogs (2006–2024).

Survival time and prognostic factors in dogs clinically diagnosed with haemangiosarcoma in UK first opinion practice (2025)
Journal Article
Taylor, C., Barry, G. J., O’Neill, D. G., Guillén, A., Price, P. P., Labadie, J., & Brodbelt, D. C. (2025). Survival time and prognostic factors in dogs clinically diagnosed with haemangiosarcoma in UK first opinion practice. PLoS ONE, 20(6), e0316066. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316066

Visceral haemangiosarcoma is considered clinically aggressive in dogs, with perceived
poor prognosis often leading to euthanasia at presentation. This study aimed
to determine survival times and prognostic factors in dogs with haemangiosarcoma
und... Read More about Survival time and prognostic factors in dogs clinically diagnosed with haemangiosarcoma in UK first opinion practice.

Estimating epidemic dynamics with genomic and time series data (2025)
Journal Article
Zarebski, A., Zwaans, A., Gutierrez, B., du Plessis, L., & Pybus, O. (2025). Estimating epidemic dynamics with genomic and time series data. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 22(227), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0632

Accurately estimating the prevalence and transmissibility of an infectious disease is an important task in genetic infectious disease epidemiology. However, generating accurate estimates of these quantities, that make use of both epidemic time series... Read More about Estimating epidemic dynamics with genomic and time series data.

Quantifying the zoonotic risk profile of European influenza A viruses in swine from 2010 to 2020 inclusive (2025)
Journal Article
Coggon, A., Lopes, S., Simon, G., Arendsee, Z., Chen, K., Chiapponi, C., Essen, S., Everett, H., Hervé, S., Hufnagel, D., Mollett, B., Moreno, A., Pekosz, A., Richard, G., Rothman, R., Shaw-Saliba, K., Van Reeth, K., Venkatesh, D., Brown, I., Anderson, T., …Lewis, N. (2025). Quantifying the zoonotic risk profile of European influenza A viruses in swine from 2010 to 2020 inclusive. Journal of Virology, https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00306-25

H1 and H3 influenza A viruses (IAVs) circulating in European pigs are markedly distinct from those circulating in other global swine populations. These viruses exhibit significant genetic diversity, further expanded by periodic interspecies transmiss... Read More about Quantifying the zoonotic risk profile of European influenza A viruses in swine from 2010 to 2020 inclusive.

Validation and evaluation of Lateral Flow Tests for the Detection of Antimicrobial Residues on Poultry Feathers (2025)
Journal Article
Hedges, S., Mompelat, S., Hurtaud-Pessel, D., Blake, D., Fournié, G., & Pelligand, L. (2025). Validation and evaluation of Lateral Flow Tests for the Detection of Antimicrobial Residues on Poultry Feathers. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, https://doi.org/10.1111/jvp.70000

Persistence of antimicrobial drugs (AMDs) administered to poultry is longer in feathers than in edible tissues. Hence poultry feathers are a suitable matrix to investigate historical exposure contributing to antimicrobial resistance, since current de... Read More about Validation and evaluation of Lateral Flow Tests for the Detection of Antimicrobial Residues on Poultry Feathers.

A mapping review of worldwide current and previous cohort research programmes in cats and dogs (2025)
Journal Article
Landolt, J. I., O'Neill, D. G., Unterer, S., Hartnack, S., & Kowalska, M. E. (2025). A mapping review of worldwide current and previous cohort research programmes in cats and dogs. PLoS ONE, 20(6), e0321007. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321007

Cohort research programmes follow individuals over time to enable study of effects
from various factors on health or other outcomes. To date, the global distribution of
formal cohort programmes in cats and dogs has not been mapped, and a comprehens... Read More about A mapping review of worldwide current and previous cohort research programmes in cats and dogs.

"It shreds me from within": thematic analysis of the impact of racism on veterinary professionals and students in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
King, N., Cardwell, J., Lewis, E., Patel-Cook, N., Thuranira-McKeever, C., Crossley, V., & Partheeban, N. (2025). "It shreds me from within": thematic analysis of the impact of racism on veterinary professionals and students in the United Kingdom. BMC Psychology, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02481-x

BackgroundCalls to tackle racism, especially in the workplace, have risen recently around the world and much research has examined the experiences of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) people in professions with relatively high ethnic diversity... Read More about "It shreds me from within": thematic analysis of the impact of racism on veterinary professionals and students in the United Kingdom.

Case Report: Phenotypic and genetic characterization of a presumptive sporadic hypothalamic hamartoma in a standard Schnauzer dog (2025)
Journal Article
Liatis, T., Attree, E., Ruiz De Alejos Blanco, L., Santens, P., De Stefani, A., & Psifidi, A. (2025). Case Report: Phenotypic and genetic characterization of a presumptive sporadic hypothalamic hamartoma in a standard Schnauzer dog. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Volume 12 - 2025, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1591863

IntroductionHypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is a rare suprasellar developmental lesion that resembles ectopically located grey matter within the hypothalamus. Genetic mutations in genes involved in the sonic hedgehog intracellular pathway have been repor... Read More about Case Report: Phenotypic and genetic characterization of a presumptive sporadic hypothalamic hamartoma in a standard Schnauzer dog.

Single-cell transcriptome conservation in a multispecies comparative analysis of fresh and cryopreserved insulinoma cell lines (2025)
Journal Article
Buishand, F. O., Chan, P. Y. K., Xia, D., & Davison, L. J. (2025). Single-cell transcriptome conservation in a multispecies comparative analysis of fresh and cryopreserved insulinoma cell lines. Veterinary Oncology, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s44356-025-00025-4

Background Insulinoma is the most common pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour in dogs and humans. The understanding of driving factors and critical survival genes in insulinomas is limited and overall survival is poor for canine and human malignant insul... Read More about Single-cell transcriptome conservation in a multispecies comparative analysis of fresh and cryopreserved insulinoma cell lines.

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of canine insulinoma reveals distinct sub-populations of insulin-expressing cancer cells (2025)
Journal Article
Wallace, M. D., Herrtage, M. E., Gostelow, R., Owen, L., Rutherford, L., Hughes, K., Denyer, A., Catchpole, B., O’Callaghan, C. A., & Davison, L. J. (2025). Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of canine insulinoma reveals distinct sub-populations of insulin-expressing cancer cells. Veterinary Oncology, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s44356-025-00026-3

One Health conceptualization of sustainable diets looking at low- and middle-income settings: a systematic literature review (2025)
Journal Article
Esievo, E., Whatford, L., Espinosa, S., Awulu, O., Ahmed, A., Murray, K., & Ali, Z. (2025). One Health conceptualization of sustainable diets looking at low- and middle-income settings: a systematic literature review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1567245

Unhealthy diets are proven risks for non-communicable diseases and mortality globally. Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are equally faced with food/nutrition insecurity, poor health outcomes, and the need for sustainable food systems transfor... Read More about One Health conceptualization of sustainable diets looking at low- and middle-income settings: a systematic literature review.

Case Report: Acute lead poisoning from bullet ingestion in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia: implications for wildlife management (2025)
Journal Article
Hauw, C., Schmidt-Küntzel, A., Basto, A., Yabe, J., McCann, N., Díez-León, M., & Marker, L. (2025). Case Report: Acute lead poisoning from bullet ingestion in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia: implications for wildlife management. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1576760

The case study describes a suspected instance of lead poisoning in a cheetah in Namibia. While lead toxicity is well-documented in carnivorous birds, this case study is only the second of two publications on lead poisoning in cheetahs. Furthermore, w... Read More about Case Report: Acute lead poisoning from bullet ingestion in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia: implications for wildlife management.

Antimicrobial use guidelines for canine pyoderma by the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID) (2025)
Journal Article
Loeffler, A., Cain, C., Ferrer, L., Nishifuji, K., Varjonen, K., Papich, M., Guardabassi, L., Frosini, S., Barker, E., & Weese, J. (2025). Antimicrobial use guidelines for canine pyoderma by the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID). Veterinary Dermatology, 36(3), 234-282. https://doi.org/10.1111/vde.13342

BackgroundCanine pyoderma is one of the most common presentations in small animal practice, frequently leading to antimicrobial prescribing.ObjectivesTo provide clinicians with antimicrobial treatment guidelines for staphylococcal pyoderma, including... Read More about Antimicrobial use guidelines for canine pyoderma by the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID).

Interleukin 10 controls the balance between tolerance, pathogen elimination and immunopathology in birds (2025)
Journal Article
Meunier, D., Corona-Torres, R., Boulton, K., Wu, Z., Ballantyne, M., Glendinning, L., Ahmad, A. A., Borowska, D., Taylor, L., Vervelde, L., del Pozo, J., Vasilogianni, M., Jaramillo-Ortiz, J., Sanchez-Arsuaga, G., Psifidi, A., Tomley, F., Watson, K. A., McGrew, M. J., Stevens, M. P., Blake, D. P., & Hume, D. A. (2025). Interleukin 10 controls the balance between tolerance, pathogen elimination and immunopathology in birds. eLife, https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.106252.1

Effective mucosal immunity in the intestine involves a fine balance between tolerance of the microbiome, recognition and elimination of pathogens, and inflammatory tissue injury. The anti-inflammatory cytokine IL10 regulates these processes in the in... Read More about Interleukin 10 controls the balance between tolerance, pathogen elimination and immunopathology in birds.

Effect of turnout rugs on the behaviour of horses under mild autumn conditions in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
Daw, F., Burn, C., Chang, Y.-M., & Nicol, C. (2025). Effect of turnout rugs on the behaviour of horses under mild autumn conditions in the United Kingdom. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106661

The use of rugs (blankets) for horses is commonplace as a protective measure to keep horses warm and dry in inclement weather, or to protect them from direct sunshine or insects under warmer conditions. However, rugs can also result in thermal or gen... Read More about Effect of turnout rugs on the behaviour of horses under mild autumn conditions in the United Kingdom.

Development of a health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) assessment tool for equines with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) (2025)
Journal Article
Menzies-Gow, N., Knowles, E., Bouquet, A., & Nicol, C. (2025). Development of a health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) assessment tool for equines with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID). Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14513

Background: Clinical signs of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) are frequently mistaken for ‘normal’ aging and may not be optimally assessed. Objective quality of life (QoL) assessment could improve clinical decision-making.
Objectives: T... Read More about Development of a health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) assessment tool for equines with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID).