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Hyperammonemia and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Predicts Presence of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Dogs with Congenital Portosystemic Shunts (2014)
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Tivers, M. S., Handel, I., Gow, A. G., Lipscomb, V. J., Jalan, R., & Mellanby, R. (2014). Hyperammonemia and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Predicts Presence of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Dogs with Congenital Portosystemic Shunts. PLoS ONE, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082303

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with liver disease. The pathogenesis of he is incompletely understood although ammonia and inflammatory cytokines have been implicated as key mediators. To facil... Read More about Hyperammonemia and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Predicts Presence of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Dogs with Congenital Portosystemic Shunts.

Animal welfare science: recent publication trends and future research priorities (2014)
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Walker, M., Diez-Leon, M., & Mason, G. (2014). Animal welfare science: recent publication trends and future research priorities. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 27(1), 80-100

Animal welfare science is a young and thriving field. Over the last two decades, the output of scientific publications on welfare has increased by c. 10-15% annually (tripling as a proportion of all science papers logged by ISI’s Web of Science), wit... Read More about Animal welfare science: recent publication trends and future research priorities.

Diet composition, food intake, apparent digestibility, and body condition score of the captive asian elephant (elephas maximus): a pilot study in two collections in Thailand (2014)
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Romain, S., Angkawanish, T., Bampenpol, P., Pongsopawijit, P., Sombatphuthorn, P., Nomsiri, R., & Silva-Fletcher, A. T. (2014). Diet composition, food intake, apparent digestibility, and body condition score of the captive asian elephant (elephas maximus): a pilot study in two collections in Thailand. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 45(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1638/2011-0261r3.1

Limited data are available regarding the nutrition and feeding of captive Asian elephants in range countries. In this study, feeding regimens of two collections in northern Thailand and their actual diets shaped by availability of forage and mahout p... Read More about Diet composition, food intake, apparent digestibility, and body condition score of the captive asian elephant (elephas maximus): a pilot study in two collections in Thailand.

Identifying optimal parameters for quantification of changes in pelvic movement symmetry as a response to diagnostic analgesia in the hindlimbs of horses (2014)
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Pfau, T., Spicer-Jenkins, C., Smith, R. K. W., Bolt, D. M., Fiske-Jackson, A. R., & Witte, T. H. (2014). Identifying optimal parameters for quantification of changes in pelvic movement symmetry as a response to diagnostic analgesia in the hindlimbs of horses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 46(6), 759-763. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12220

Risk Assessment of the Introduction of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus via Boar Semen into Switzerland as an Example of a PRRSV-Free Country (2014)
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Nathues, C., Zimmerli, U., Hauser, R., Nathues, H., Beilage, E. G., & Schuepbach-Regula, G. (2014). Risk Assessment of the Introduction of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus via Boar Semen into Switzerland as an Example of a PRRSV-Free Country. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 61(6), 546-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12059

Switzerland is currently porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) free, but semen imports from PRRSV‐infected European countries are increasing. As the virus can be transmitted via semen, for example, when a free boar stud becomes... Read More about Risk Assessment of the Introduction of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus via Boar Semen into Switzerland as an Example of a PRRSV-Free Country.

Influences of farmer and veterinarian behaviour on emerging disease surveillance in England and Wales (2014)
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Gilbert, W. H., Haesler, B., & Rushton, J. (2014). Influences of farmer and veterinarian behaviour on emerging disease surveillance in England and Wales. Epidemiology and Infection, 142(1), 172-181. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268813000484

Surveillance for new and re-emerging animal diseases in England and Wales is based on post-mortem and syndromic analysis of laboratory data collated in a central database by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), with the aim o... Read More about Influences of farmer and veterinarian behaviour on emerging disease surveillance in England and Wales.

Reconsidering the Lecture in Modern Veterinary Education (2014)
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Campanella, M., & Lygo-Baker, S. (2014). Reconsidering the Lecture in Modern Veterinary Education. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 41(2), 138-145. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0713-097R

Those teaching in the higher-education environment are now increasingly meeting with larger cohorts of students. The result is additional pressure on the resources available and on the teacher and learners. Against this backdrop, discussions and refl... Read More about Reconsidering the Lecture in Modern Veterinary Education.