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Frequency, breed predisposition and demographic risk factors for overweight status in dogs in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Pegram, C., Raffan, E., White, E., Ashworth, A., Brodbelt, D., Church, D., & O'Neill, D. (2021). Frequency, breed predisposition and demographic risk factors for overweight status in dogs in the UK. Journal of Small Animal Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13325

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for overweight status in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK.
Methods: A retrospective study design was used to estimate the one-year (2016) period prevalence of overweight status. The... Read More about Frequency, breed predisposition and demographic risk factors for overweight status in dogs in the UK.

Pergolide dosing compliance and factors affecting the laboratory control of equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (2021)
Journal Article
Menzies-Gow, N. (2021). Pergolide dosing compliance and factors affecting the laboratory control of equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction. Veterinary Record,

Background: Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is treated with daily pergolide therapy. Owner compliance and its effect on PPID control has not been previously investigated.
Methods: Clinical records were searched to identify the sa... Read More about Pergolide dosing compliance and factors affecting the laboratory control of equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction.

Audit of the provision of nutritional support to mechanically ventilated dogs and cats (2021)
Journal Article
Greensmith, T. D., & Chan, D. L. (in press). Audit of the provision of nutritional support to mechanically ventilated dogs and cats. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.13060

Objectives

To evaluate the use of enteral and parenteral nutrition in a population of mechanically ventilated cats and dogs, identify factors associated with implementation of nutrition, and assess the frequency of nutritional support within 72 ho... Read More about Audit of the provision of nutritional support to mechanically ventilated dogs and cats.

Zoonotic disease preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries (2021)
Journal Article
Elton, L., And the PANDORA-ID-NET consortium, Haider, N., Kock, R., Thomason, M. J., Tembo, J., Arruda, L. B., Ntoumi, F., Zumla, A., & McHugh, T. D. (2021). Zoonotic disease preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries. One Health Outlook, 3(5), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-021-00037-8

Background: The emergence of high consequence pathogens such as Ebola and SARS-CoV-2, along with the continued burden of neglected diseases such as rabies, has highlighted the need for preparedness for emerging and endemic infectious diseases of zoon... Read More about Zoonotic disease preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries.

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding Antibiotic Use and Resistance Among Veterinary Students in Bangladesh (2021)
Journal Article
Chapot, L. (2021). Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding Antibiotic Use and Resistance Among Veterinary Students in Bangladesh. Antibiotics, 10(3), 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10030332

The use of antibiotics in animals for both therapeutic and non-therapeutic purposes is a major driver of the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). While several studies have investigated prescription and consumption patterns in huma... Read More about Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding Antibiotic Use and Resistance Among Veterinary Students in Bangladesh.

Preclinical modeling of chronic inhibition of the Parkinson’s disease associated kinase LRRK2 reveals altered function of the endolysosomal system in vivo (2021)
Journal Article
Mamais, A., Cookson, M. R., Lewis, P. A., Manzoni, C., Li, Y., Mazza, M. C., & Kluss, J. H. (2021). Preclinical modeling of chronic inhibition of the Parkinson’s disease associated kinase LRRK2 reveals altered function of the endolysosomal system in vivo. Molecular Neurodegeneration, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-021-00441-8

The structure of a major surface antigen SAG19 from Eimeria tenella unifies the Eimeria SAG family (2021)
Journal Article
Ramly, N. Z., Dix, S. R., Ruzheinikov, S. N., Sedelnikova, S. E., Baker, P. J., Chow, Y.-P., Tomley, F. M., Blake, D. P., Wan, K.-L., Nathan, S., & Rice, D. W. (2021). The structure of a major surface antigen SAG19 from Eimeria tenella unifies the Eimeria SAG family. Communications Biology, 4(1), Article 376. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01904-w

In infections by apicomplexan parasites including Plasmodium, Toxoplasma gondii, and Eimeria, interactions with the host are mediated by numerous proteins including families of membrane-anchored cysteine-rich surface antigens (SAGs) and SAG-related s... Read More about The structure of a major surface antigen SAG19 from Eimeria tenella unifies the Eimeria SAG family.

Changes in retinal vascular diameters in senior and geriatric cats in association with variation in systemic blood pressure (2021)
Journal Article
Enache, A., Dietrich, U., Drury, O., Trucco, E., MacGillivray, T., Syme, H., Elliott, J., & Chang, Y.-M. (2021). Changes in retinal vascular diameters in senior and geriatric cats in association with variation in systemic blood pressure. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery,

Objectives Early diagnosis of arterial hypertension is essential to prevent target organ damage. In humans, retinal arteriolar narrowing predicts hypertension. This blinded prospective observational study investigated the retinal vessel diameters amo... Read More about Changes in retinal vascular diameters in senior and geriatric cats in association with variation in systemic blood pressure.

World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme - 'The Clock is Ticking' - and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Zumla, A., Chakaya, J., Khan, M., Fatima, R., Wejse, C., Al-Abri, S., Fox, G., Nachega, J., Kapata, N., Knipper, M., Orcutt, M., Gosce, L., Abubakar, I., Nagu, T., Mugusi, F., Gordon, A., Shanmugam, S., Bachmann, N., Lam, C., Sintchenko, V., …Petersen, E. (2021). World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme - 'The Clock is Ticking' - and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 113, S1-S6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.046

Global network analysis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe reveals three distinct consequences of the common 1-kb deletion causing juvenile CLN3 disease (2021)
Journal Article
Russell, C., Minnis, C. J., Townsend, S., Petschnigg, J., Tinelli, E., Bähler, J., Russell, C., & Mole, S. E. (2021). Global network analysis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe reveals three distinct consequences of the common 1-kb deletion causing juvenile CLN3 disease. Scientific Reports,

Juvenile CLN3 disease is a recessively inherited paediatric neurodegenerative disorder, with most patients homozygous for a 1-kb intragenic deletion in CLN3. The btn1 gene is the Schizosaccharomyces pombe orthologue of CLN3. Here, we have extended th... Read More about Global network analysis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe reveals three distinct consequences of the common 1-kb deletion causing juvenile CLN3 disease.

Old Dog, New Tricks: An alternative method of representing costal cartilages in a Basset Hound skeleton exhibiting multiple skeletal diseases and disorders (2021)
Journal Article
Nicoll, S. (in press). Old Dog, New Tricks: An alternative method of representing costal cartilages in a Basset Hound skeleton exhibiting multiple skeletal diseases and disorders. Journal of the Institute of Anatomical Sciences,

A Basset Hound cadaver was donated to the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). The skeleton of this breed with chondrodysplasia was articulated for use in anatomy teaching and for display in the RVCs anatomy museum. The skeleton showed signs of grade 3 sp... Read More about Old Dog, New Tricks: An alternative method of representing costal cartilages in a Basset Hound skeleton exhibiting multiple skeletal diseases and disorders.

The past, present and future of hormonal contraceptive use in managed captive female tiger populations with a focus on the current use of deslorelin acetate (2021)
Journal Article
Guthrie, A., Strike, T., Patterson, S., Walker, C., Cowl, V., Franklin, A., & Powell, D. (in press). The past, present and future of hormonal contraceptive use in managed captive female tiger populations with a focus on the current use of deslorelin acetate. Zoo Biology, https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21601

Tigers (Panthera tigris spp.) are endangered in the wild; ensuring sustainable insurance populations requires careful planning within zoological collections. In captive situations, contraceptives are often used to control breeding and ensure genetic... Read More about The past, present and future of hormonal contraceptive use in managed captive female tiger populations with a focus on the current use of deslorelin acetate.

Retrospective analysis of oblique and straight distal sesamoidean ligament desmitis in 52 horses (2021)
Journal Article
Hawkins, A., O’Leary, L., Bolt, D., Fiske‐Jackson, A., Berner, D., & Smith, R. (2021). Retrospective analysis of oblique and straight distal sesamoidean ligament desmitis in 52 horses. Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.13438

Background
Injuries to the oblique (ODSL) or straight (SDSL) distal sesamoidean ligaments are a recognised cause of distal limb lameness in the horse. However, there are only limited publications addressing common diagnostic features and prognosis.... Read More about Retrospective analysis of oblique and straight distal sesamoidean ligament desmitis in 52 horses.

Genetic and biological characterisation of three cryptic Eimeria operational taxonomic units that infect chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) (2021)
Journal Article
Blake, D., Blake, D., Vrba, V., Xia, D., Xia, D., Tomley, F., Danladi Jatau, I., Spiro, S., Nolan, M. J., Underwood, G., & Tomley, F. (2021). Genetic and biological characterisation of three cryptic Eimeria operational taxonomic units that infect chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus). International Journal for Parasitology,

More than 68 billion chickens were produced globally in 2018, emphasising their major contribution to the production of protein for human consumption, and the importance of their pathogens. Protozoan Eimeria species are the most economically signific... Read More about Genetic and biological characterisation of three cryptic Eimeria operational taxonomic units that infect chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus).

Telomere attrition rates are associated with weather conditions and predict productive lifespan in dairy cattle (2021)
Journal Article
Seeker, L. A., Underwood, S. L., Wilbourn, R. V., Dorrens, J., Froy, H., Holland, R., Ilska, J. J., Psifidi, A., Bagnall, A., Whitelaw, B., Coffey, M., Banos, G., & Nussey, D. H. (2021). Telomere attrition rates are associated with weather conditions and predict productive lifespan in dairy cattle. Scientific Reports, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84984-2

Preliminary testing of psychometric properties of the ‘student perceptions of veterinary interprofessional education and work scale’ (SP-VIEWS) (2021)
Journal Article
Kinnison, T., Lumbis, R., de Mestre, A., & Cardwell, J. M. (in press). Preliminary testing of psychometric properties of the ‘student perceptions of veterinary interprofessional education and work scale’ (SP-VIEWS). Journal of Interprofessional Care,

Responsibility for the provision of veterinary care and services is increasingly shared between veterinary surgeons/veterinarians and registered veterinary nurses/veterinary technicians. Interprofessional education of these clinical professionals is... Read More about Preliminary testing of psychometric properties of the ‘student perceptions of veterinary interprofessional education and work scale’ (SP-VIEWS).