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The Hidden Curriculum of Veterinary Education: Mediators and Moderators of Its Effects (2017)
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Roder, C. A., & May, S. A. (2017). The Hidden Curriculum of Veterinary Education: Mediators and Moderators of Its Effects. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 44(3), 542-551. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0416-082

The “hidden curriculum” has long been supposed to have an effect on students' learning during their clinical education, and in particular in shaping their ideas of what it means to be a professional. Despite this, there has been little evidence linki... Read More about The Hidden Curriculum of Veterinary Education: Mediators and Moderators of Its Effects.

Dogs with macroadenomas have lower body temperature and heart rate than dogs with microadenomas (2017)
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Benchekroun, G., Desquilbet, L., Herrtage, M. E., Jeffery, N. D., Rosenberg, D., & Granger, N. (2017). Dogs with macroadenomas have lower body temperature and heart rate than dogs with microadenomas. The Veterinary Journal, 227, 42-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.08.007

Pituitary macroadenomas compress the hypothalamus, which partly regulates heart rate and body temperature. The aim of this study was to investigate whether heart rate and/or body temperature could aid in clinically differentiating dogs with macroaden... Read More about Dogs with macroadenomas have lower body temperature and heart rate than dogs with microadenomas.

Comparison of musculoskeletal networks of the primate forelimb (2017)
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Molnar, J., Esteve-Altava, B., Rolian, C., & Diogo, R. (2017). Comparison of musculoskeletal networks of the primate forelimb. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09566-7

Anatomical network analysis is a framework for quantitatively characterizing the topological organization of anatomical structures, thus providing a way to compare structural integration and modularity among species. Here we apply this approach to st... Read More about Comparison of musculoskeletal networks of the primate forelimb.

Systemic hypertension in cats with acute kidney injury (2017)
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Cole, L., Jepson, R. E., & Humm, K. R. (2017). Systemic hypertension in cats with acute kidney injury. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 58(10), 577-581. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12726

Retrospective study of cats presenting to the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, Royal Veterinary College with acute kidney injury between 2007 and 2015. Systolic blood pressure was measured using Doppler sphygmomanometry and systemic hypertension wa... Read More about Systemic hypertension in cats with acute kidney injury.

Treatment of intrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunts in dogs: a systematic review (2017)
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Tivers, M. S., Lipscomb, V. J., & Brockman, D. J. (2017). Treatment of intrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunts in dogs: a systematic review. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 58(9), 485-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12712

The aim of this study was to establish the evidence base for the treatment of intrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunts in dogs through a systematic review of the pertinent literature. Studies were filtered for evidence to answer the question “Whi... Read More about Treatment of intrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunts in dogs: a systematic review.

Reversible Keap1 inhibitors are preferential pharmacological tools to modulate cellular mitophagy (2017)
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Georgakopoulos, N. D., Frison, M., Alvarez, M. S., Bertrand, H., Wells, G., & Campanella, M. (2017). Reversible Keap1 inhibitors are preferential pharmacological tools to modulate cellular mitophagy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07679-7

Mitophagy orchestrates the autophagic degradation of dysfunctional mitochondria preventing their pathological accumulation and contributing to cellular homeostasis. We previously identified a novel chemical tool (hereafter referred to as PMI), which... Read More about Reversible Keap1 inhibitors are preferential pharmacological tools to modulate cellular mitophagy.

Discipline-Specific Compared to Generic Training of Teachers in Higher Education (2017)
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Silva-Fletcher, A., & May, S. A. (2017). Discipline-Specific Compared to Generic Training of Teachers in Higher Education. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 45(1), https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0616-105r

A recurrent theme arising in the higher education sector is the suitability and effectiveness of generic versus discipline-specific training of university teachers, who are often recruited based on their disciplinary specialties to become teachers in... Read More about Discipline-Specific Compared to Generic Training of Teachers in Higher Education.

X Chromosome Evolution in Cetartiodactyla (2017)
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Proskuryakova, A. A., Kulemzina, A. I., Perelman, P. L., Makunin, I. A., Larkin, D. M., Farré, M., …Graphodatsky, S. A. (2017). X Chromosome Evolution in Cetartiodactyla. Genes, 8(9), 216. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8090216

The phenomenon of a remarkable conservation of the X chromosome in eutherian mammals has been first described by Susumu Ohno in 1964. A notable exception is the cetartiodactyl X chromosome, which varies widely in morphology and G-banding pattern betw... Read More about X Chromosome Evolution in Cetartiodactyla.

Elastin is Localised to the Interfascicular Matrix of Energy Storing Tendons and Becomes Increasingly Disorganised With Ageing (2017)
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Godinho, M. S., Thorpe, C. T., Greenwald, S. E., & Screen, H. R. (2017). Elastin is Localised to the Interfascicular Matrix of Energy Storing Tendons and Becomes Increasingly Disorganised With Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09995-4

Tendon is composed of fascicles bound together by the interfascicular matrix (IFM). Energy storing tendons are more elastic and extensible than positional tendons; behaviour provided by specialisation of the IFM to enable repeated interfascicular sli... Read More about Elastin is Localised to the Interfascicular Matrix of Energy Storing Tendons and Becomes Increasingly Disorganised With Ageing.

Where food safety meets nutrition outcomes in livestock and fish value chains: a conceptual approach (2017)
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Haesler, B., Dominguez-Salas, P., Fornace, K. M., Garza, M., Grace, D., & Rushton, J. (2017). Where food safety meets nutrition outcomes in livestock and fish value chains: a conceptual approach. Food Security, 9(5), 1001-1007. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-017-0710-2

There is increasing interest in the links between food safety and nutrition. Animal-source foods contribute to fulfilling important micronutrient requirements by supplying vitamin B12, high quality protein, iron, zinc, vitamin A of high bioavailabili... Read More about Where food safety meets nutrition outcomes in livestock and fish value chains: a conceptual approach.

The broiler meat system in Nairobi, Kenya: using a value chain framework to understand animal and product flows, governance and sanitary risks (2017)
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Carron, M., Alarcon, P., Karani, M., Muinde, P., Akoko, J., Onono, J., …Rushton, J. (2017). The broiler meat system in Nairobi, Kenya: using a value chain framework to understand animal and product flows, governance and sanitary risks. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 147, 90-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.08.013

Livestock food systems play key subsistence and income generation roles in low to middle income countries and are important networks for zoonotic disease transmission. The aim of this study was to use a value chain framework to characterize the broil... Read More about The broiler meat system in Nairobi, Kenya: using a value chain framework to understand animal and product flows, governance and sanitary risks.

Hypercoagulability progresses to hypocoagulability during evolution of acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury in pigs (2017)
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Lee, K. C. L., Baker, L., Mallett, S., Riddell, A., Chowdary, P., Alibhai, H. I. K., …Agarwal, B. (2017). Hypercoagulability progresses to hypocoagulability during evolution of acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury in pigs. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09508-3

Increases in prothrombin time (PT) and international normalised ratio (INR) characterise acute liver injury (ALI) and failure (ALF), yet a wide heterogeneity in clotting abnormalities exists. This study defines evolution of coagulopathy in 10 pigs wi... Read More about Hypercoagulability progresses to hypocoagulability during evolution of acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury in pigs.

Sialylated glycosylphosphatidylinositols suppress the production of toxic amyloid-ß oligomers (2017)
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Nolan, W., McHale-Owen, H., & Bate, C. (2017). Sialylated glycosylphosphatidylinositols suppress the production of toxic amyloid-ß oligomers. Biochemical Journal, 474(17), 3045-3058. https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20170239

The production of amyloid-β (Aβ) is a key factor driving pathogenesis in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Increasing concentrations of soluble Aβ oligomers within the brain lead to synapse degeneration and the progressive dementia characteristic of AD. Sinc... Read More about Sialylated glycosylphosphatidylinositols suppress the production of toxic amyloid-ß oligomers.

Clinicopathologic Features and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in 24 Cats With Histopathologically Confirmed Neurologic Feline Infectious Peritonitis (2017)
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Crawford, A. H., Stoll, A. L., Sanchez-Masian, D., Shea, A., Michaels, J., Fraser, A. R., & Beltran, E. (2017). Clinicopathologic Features and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in 24 Cats With Histopathologically Confirmed Neurologic Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 31(5), 1477-1486. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.14791

Background: Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is the most common infectious central nervous system (CNS) disease in the cat and is invariably fatal. Improved means of antemortem diagnosis is required to facilitate clinical decision making. Informat... Read More about Clinicopathologic Features and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in 24 Cats With Histopathologically Confirmed Neurologic Feline Infectious Peritonitis.

Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 2 (2017)
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Lees, P., Chambers, D., Pelligand, L., Toutain, P. L., Whiting, M., & Whitehead, M. L. (2017). Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 2. Veterinary Record, 181, 198-207. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104279

Part 2 of this narrative review outlines the theoretical and practical bases for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of conventional medicines and homeopathic products. Known and postulated mechanisms of action are critically reviewed. The evide... Read More about Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 2.

Dynamic Lumbosacral Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Dog with Tethered Cord Syndrome with a Tight Filum Terminale (2017)
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De Decker, S., Watts, V., & Neilson, D. M. (2017). Dynamic Lumbosacral Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Dog with Tethered Cord Syndrome with a Tight Filum Terminale. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(134), https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00134

A 1-year and 11-month- old English Cocker Spaniel was evaluated for clinical signs of progressive right pelvic limb lameness and urinary incontinence. Neurological examination was suggestive of a lesion localized to the L4–S3 spinal cord segments. No... Read More about Dynamic Lumbosacral Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Dog with Tethered Cord Syndrome with a Tight Filum Terminale.

Anti-nausea effects and pharmacokinetics of ondansetron, maropitant and metoclopramide in a low-dose cisplatin model of nausea and vomiting in the dog: a blinded crossover study (2017)
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Kenward, H., Elliott, J., Lee, T., & Pelligand, L. (2017). Anti-nausea effects and pharmacokinetics of ondansetron, maropitant and metoclopramide in a low-dose cisplatin model of nausea and vomiting in the dog: a blinded crossover study. BMC Veterinary Research, 13(1), 244. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1156-7

Nausea is a subjective sensation which is difficult to measure in non-verbal species. The aims of this study were to determine the efficacy of three classes of antiemetic drugs in a novel low dose cisplatin model of nausea and vomiting and measure ch... Read More about Anti-nausea effects and pharmacokinetics of ondansetron, maropitant and metoclopramide in a low-dose cisplatin model of nausea and vomiting in the dog: a blinded crossover study.