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Modelling multi-player strategic decisions in animal healthcare: A scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Hennessey, M., Fournie, G., Quaife, M., & Alarcon-Lopez, P. (2022). Modelling multi-player strategic decisions in animal healthcare: A scoping review. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105684

Strategic decision making in animal healthcare involves an array of complex factors interacting for the allocation of scarce resources. These influence the viability and success of livestock enterprises. However, the outcomes of such decisions may no... Read More about Modelling multi-player strategic decisions in animal healthcare: A scoping review.

Life tables of annual life expectancy and mortality for companion dogs in the United Kingdom (2022)
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Tzu-yun Teng, K., Brodbelt, D., Pegram, C., Church, D., & O’Neill, D. (2022). Life tables of annual life expectancy and mortality for companion dogs in the United Kingdom. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 6415. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10341-6

A life table is a tabulated expression of life expectancy and mortality-related information at specified ages in a given population. This study applied the VetCompass Programme to generate life tables for the UK dog population both overall and broken... Read More about Life tables of annual life expectancy and mortality for companion dogs in the United Kingdom.

Evidence of altered fatty acid metabolism in dogs with naturally occurring valvular heart disease and congestive heart failure (2022)
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Wilshaw, J., Boswood, A., Chang, Y., Sands, C., Camuzeaux, S., Lewis, M., …Connolly, D. (2022). Evidence of altered fatty acid metabolism in dogs with naturally occurring valvular heart disease and congestive heart failure. Metabolomics, 18(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-022-01887-7

Introduction Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is the most common cardiac condition in adult dogs. The disease progresses over several years and affected dogs may develop congestive heart failure (HF). Research has shown that myocardial metaboli... Read More about Evidence of altered fatty acid metabolism in dogs with naturally occurring valvular heart disease and congestive heart failure.

EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED DISEASE An Experimental Dermal Oedema Model for Apx Toxins of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (2022)
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Soutter, F., Priestnall, S. L., Catchpole, B., & Rycroft, A. N. (2022). EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED DISEASE An Experimental Dermal Oedema Model for Apx Toxins of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Journal of Comparative Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2022.04.004

In-vivo models of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App) infection in pigs are required for the development of vaccines and investigations of pathogenicity. Existing models cause severe respiratory disease with pulmonary oedema, dyspnoea and severe th... Read More about EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED DISEASE An Experimental Dermal Oedema Model for Apx Toxins of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Sentience in decapod crustaceans: A general framework and review of the evidence. Animal Sentience 32(1) (2022)
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Crump, A., Browning, H., Schnell, A., Burn, C., & Birch, J. (2022). Sentience in decapod crustaceans: A general framework and review of the evidence. Animal Sentience 32(1). Animal Sentience, 32, Article 407. https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1691

We outline a framework for evaluating scientific evidence of sentience, focusing on pain experience. It includes eight neural and cognitive-behavioural criteria, with confidence levels for each criterion reflecting the reliability and quality of the... Read More about Sentience in decapod crustaceans: A general framework and review of the evidence. Animal Sentience 32(1).

Capacity building for wildlife health professionals: the Wildlife Health Bridge (2022)
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Meredith, A., Anderson, N., Malik, P., Nigam, P., Thomas, A., Masters, N., …Sainsbury, A. (2022). Capacity building for wildlife health professionals: the Wildlife Health Bridge. One Health & Implementation Research, https://doi.org/10.20517/ohir.2022.03

The Wildlife Health Bridge (WHB) was established in 2009 with the aim of improving the expertise and knowledge base of wildlife health professionals in biodiverse low and middle income countries. The WHB centers around partnerships among educational... Read More about Capacity building for wildlife health professionals: the Wildlife Health Bridge.

Walking --and running and jumping --with dinosaurs and their cousins, viewed through the lens of evolutionary biomechanics (2022)
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Hutchinson, J. (2022). Walking --and running and jumping --with dinosaurs and their cousins, viewed through the lens of evolutionary biomechanics. Integrative and Comparative Biology, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac049

Archosauria diversified throughout the Triassic period before experiencing two mass extinctions near its end ~201 Mya, leaving only the crocodile-lineage (Crocodylomorpha) and bird-lineage (Dinosauria) as survivors; along with the pterosaurian flying... Read More about Walking --and running and jumping --with dinosaurs and their cousins, viewed through the lens of evolutionary biomechanics.

Secondary Hypertension And Its Treatment In Cats (2022)
Journal Article
Geddes, R. (2022). Secondary Hypertension And Its Treatment In Cats. Companion Animal, https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2021.0070

Secondary hypertension, due to an underlying disease, is common in older cats especially in cats with CKD and/or hyperthyroidism. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) should be measured whenever an associated disease is diagnosed and persistent SBP >160mmHg... Read More about Secondary Hypertension And Its Treatment In Cats.

Urinary Neurotransmitter Patterns Are Altered in Canine Epilepsy (2022)
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Schmidt, T., Meller, S., Talbot, S., Berk, B., Law, T., Hobbs, S., …Volk, H. (2022). Urinary Neurotransmitter Patterns Are Altered in Canine Epilepsy. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.893013

Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disease in humans and dogs. Epilepsy is thought to be caused by an imbalance of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission. Intact neurotransmitters are transported from the central nervous system to... Read More about Urinary Neurotransmitter Patterns Are Altered in Canine Epilepsy.

The use of haemodialysis for the treatment of phenobarbitone intoxication 30 hours after ingestion (2022)
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Cortellini, S., Greensmith, T., Cole, L., & Trinder, R. (2022). The use of haemodialysis for the treatment of phenobarbitone intoxication 30 hours after ingestion. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.395

An 18-month-old male neutered Cocker Spaniel presented with a comatose mentation to his primary care veterinarian following the presumed ingestion of 216mg/kg of phenobarbitone two hours prior. Following a failure to improve with intravenous fluids,... Read More about The use of haemodialysis for the treatment of phenobarbitone intoxication 30 hours after ingestion.

New concepts in phosphorus homeostasis and its impact on renal health with particular reference to the cat (2022)
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Elliott, J., & Geddes, R. F. (2022). New concepts in phosphorus homeostasis and its impact on renal health with particular reference to the cat. The Veterinary Journal, 283-284, Article 105842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2022.105842

New discoveries relating to phosphorus homeostasis include the hormones fibroblast growth factor-23 and klotho produced by bone and kidney. These hormones, together with novel understanding of how calcium and phosphate ions are carried in colloidal f... Read More about New concepts in phosphorus homeostasis and its impact on renal health with particular reference to the cat.

Xer recombination for the automatic deletion of selectable marker genes from plasmids in enteric bacteria (2022)
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Salerno, P., Leckenby, M., Humphrey, B., & Cranenburgh, R. (2022). Xer recombination for the automatic deletion of selectable marker genes from plasmids in enteric bacteria. Synthetic Biology, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/synbio/ysac005

Antibiotic resistance genes are widely used to select bacteria transformed with plasmids and to prevent plasmid loss from cultures, yet antibiotics represent contaminants in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing process, and retaining antibiotic resist... Read More about Xer recombination for the automatic deletion of selectable marker genes from plasmids in enteric bacteria.

Competing Models of Work in Quadrupedal Walking: Center of Mass Work is Insufficient to Explain Stereotypical Gait (2022)
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Polet, D., & Bertram, J. (2022). Competing Models of Work in Quadrupedal Walking: Center of Mass Work is Insufficient to Explain Stereotypical Gait. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.826336

The walking gaits of cursorial quadrupedal mammals tend to be highly stereotyped as a four-beat pattern with interspersed periods of double and triple stance, often with double-hump ground reaction force profiles. This pattern has long been associate... Read More about Competing Models of Work in Quadrupedal Walking: Center of Mass Work is Insufficient to Explain Stereotypical Gait.