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Urinary and faecal N-methylhistamine concentrations do not serve as markers for mast cell activation or clinical disease activity in dogs with chronic enteropathies (2014)
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Anfinsen, K. P., Berghoff, N., Priestnall, S. L., Suchodolski, J. S., Steiner, J. M., & Allenspach, K. (2014). Urinary and faecal N-methylhistamine concentrations do not serve as markers for mast cell activation or clinical disease activity in dogs with chronic enteropathies. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 56(90), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-014-0090-y

This study sought to correlate faecal and urinary N-methylhistamine (NMH) concentrations with resting versus degranulated duodenal mast cell numbers in dogs with chronic enteropathies (CE), and investigate correlations between intestinal mast cell ac... Read More about Urinary and faecal N-methylhistamine concentrations do not serve as markers for mast cell activation or clinical disease activity in dogs with chronic enteropathies.

Two TIR-like domain containing proteins in a newly emerging zoonotic Staphylococcus aureus strain sequence type 398 are potential virulence factors by impacting on the host innate immune response (2014)
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Patterson, N. J., Günther, J., Gibson, A. J., Offord, V., Coffey, T. J., Splitter, G., …Werling, D. (2014). Two TIR-like domain containing proteins in a newly emerging zoonotic Staphylococcus aureus strain sequence type 398 are potential virulence factors by impacting on the host innate immune response. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(662), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00662

Staphylococcus aureus, sequence type (ST) 398, is an emerging pathogen and the leading cause of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections in Europe and North America. This strain is characterized by high promiscuity in terms of... Read More about Two TIR-like domain containing proteins in a newly emerging zoonotic Staphylococcus aureus strain sequence type 398 are potential virulence factors by impacting on the host innate immune response.

Recombinant canine single chain insulin analogues: Insulin receptor binding capacity and ability to stimulate glucose uptake (2014)
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Adams, J. P., Holder, A. L., & Catchpole, B. (2014). Recombinant canine single chain insulin analogues: Insulin receptor binding capacity and ability to stimulate glucose uptake. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.09.027

Virtually all diabetic dogs require exogenous insulin therapy to control their hyperglycaemia. In the UK, the only licensed insulin product currently available is a purified porcine insulin preparation. Recombinant insulin is somewhat problematic in... Read More about Recombinant canine single chain insulin analogues: Insulin receptor binding capacity and ability to stimulate glucose uptake.

Influenza at the animal–human interface: a review of the literature for virological evidence of human infection with swine or avian influenza viruses other than A(H5N1) (2014)
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Freidl, G. S., Meijer, A., De Bruin, E., De Nardi, M., Munoz, O., Capua, I., …FLURISK Consortium. (2014). Influenza at the animal–human interface: a review of the literature for virological evidence of human infection with swine or avian influenza viruses other than A(H5N1). Eurosurveillance, 19(18),

Factors that trigger human infection with animal influenza virus progressing into a pandemic are poorly understood. Within a project developing an evidence-based risk assessment framework for influenza viruses in animals, we conducted a review of the... Read More about Influenza at the animal–human interface: a review of the literature for virological evidence of human infection with swine or avian influenza viruses other than A(H5N1).

Application of integrated production and economic models to estimate the impact of Schmallenberg virus for various sheep production types in the UK and France (2014)
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Alarcon, P., Haesler, B., Raboisson, D., Waret-Szkuta, A., Corbiere, F., & Rushton, J. (2014). Application of integrated production and economic models to estimate the impact of Schmallenberg virus for various sheep production types in the UK and France. Veterinary Record, 1(1), e000036-e000036. https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreco-2014-000036

The present study aimed to estimate and compare the economic impact of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in different sheep production holdings using partial budget and gross margin analyses in combination with production models. The sheep production types... Read More about Application of integrated production and economic models to estimate the impact of Schmallenberg virus for various sheep production types in the UK and France.

The Generation of Successive Unmarked Mutations and Chromosomal Insertion of Heterologous Genes in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Using Natural Transformation (2014)
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Bossé, J. T., Soares-Bazzolli, D. M., Li, Y., Wren, B. W., Tucker, A. W., Maskell, D. J., …BRaDP1T Consortium, . (2014). The Generation of Successive Unmarked Mutations and Chromosomal Insertion of Heterologous Genes in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Using Natural Transformation. PLoS ONE, 9(11), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111252

We have developed a simple method of generating scarless, unmarked mutations in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae by exploiting the ability of this bacterium to undergo natural transformation, and with no need to introduce plasmids encoding recombinase... Read More about The Generation of Successive Unmarked Mutations and Chromosomal Insertion of Heterologous Genes in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Using Natural Transformation.

Increasing antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius group bacteria and emergence of MRSP in the UK (2014)
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Beever, L. J., Bond, R., Graham, P. A., Jackson, B. F., Lloyd, D. H., & Loeffler, A. (2014). Increasing antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius group bacteria and emergence of MRSP in the UK. Veterinary Record, 176(7), 172+. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.102651

Frequencies of antimicrobial resistance were determined amongst 14,555 clinical Staphylococcus intermedius group (SIG) isolates from UK dogs and cats to estimate resistance trends and quantify the occurrence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus pse... Read More about Increasing antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius group bacteria and emergence of MRSP in the UK.

Benefits of a ball and chain: simple environmental enrichments improve welfare and reproductive success in farmed American mink (Neovison vison) (2014)
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Meagher, R. K., Dallaire, J. A., Campbell, D. L. M., Ross, M., Moller, S. H., Hansen, S. W., …Mason, G. (2014). Benefits of a ball and chain: simple environmental enrichments improve welfare and reproductive success in farmed American mink (Neovison vison). PLoS ONE, 9(11), e110589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110589

Can simple enrichments enhance caged mink welfare? Pilot data from 756 sub-adults spanning three colour-types (strains) identified potentially practical enrichments, and suggested beneficial effects on temperament and fur-chewing. Our main experiment... Read More about Benefits of a ball and chain: simple environmental enrichments improve welfare and reproductive success in farmed American mink (Neovison vison).

Feline hyperthyroidism reported in primary-care veterinary practices in England: prevalence, associated factors and spatial distribution (2014)
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Stephens, M. J., O'Neill, D. G., Church, D. B., McGreevy, P. D., Thomson, P. C., & Brodbelt, D. C. (2014). Feline hyperthyroidism reported in primary-care veterinary practices in England: prevalence, associated factors and spatial distribution. Veterinary Record, 175(18), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.102431

Feline hyperthyroidism is a commonly diagnosed endocrinopathy that can have a substantial deleterious impact on the welfare of affected cats. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence, associated factors and geographical distribution for feline hyp... Read More about Feline hyperthyroidism reported in primary-care veterinary practices in England: prevalence, associated factors and spatial distribution.

Pig farmers' perceptions, attitudes, influences and management of information in the decision-making process for disease control (2014)
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Alarcon, P., Wieland, B., Mateus, A. L. P., & Dewberry, C. (2014). Pig farmers' perceptions, attitudes, influences and management of information in the decision-making process for disease control. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 116(3), 223-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.08.004

The objectives of this study were (1) to explore the factors involved in the decision-making process used by pig farmers for disease control and (2) to investigate pig farmers’ attitudes and perceptions about different information sources relating to... Read More about Pig farmers' perceptions, attitudes, influences and management of information in the decision-making process for disease control.

Characterisation of a putative AraC transcriptional regulator from Mycobacterium smegmatis (2014)
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Evangelopoulos, D., Gupta, A., Lack, N. A., Maitra, A., Ten Bokum, A. M. C., Kendall, S. L., …Bhakta, S. (2014). Characterisation of a putative AraC transcriptional regulator from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Tuberculosis, 94(6), 664-671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2014.08.007

MSMEG_0307 is annotated as a transcriptional regulator belonging to the AraC protein family and is located adjacent to the arylamine N-acetyltransferase (nat) gene in Mycobacterium smegmatis, in a gene cluster, conserved in most environmental mycobac... Read More about Characterisation of a putative AraC transcriptional regulator from Mycobacterium smegmatis.

A retrospective study of the prevalence of the canine degenerative myelopathy associated superoxide dismutase 1 mutation (SOD1: c. 118G> A) in a referral population of German Shepherd dogs from the UK (2014)
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Holder, A. L., Price, J. A., Adams, J. P., Volk, H. A., & Catchpole, B. (2014). A retrospective study of the prevalence of the canine degenerative myelopathy associated superoxide dismutase 1 mutation (SOD1: c. 118G> A) in a referral population of German Shepherd dogs from the UK. Canine Genetics and Epidemiology, 1(10), https://doi.org/10.1186/2052-6687-1-10