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Wild boar visits to commercial pig farms in southwest England: implications for interspecies disease transmission (2022)
Journal Article
Anthony James Bacigalupo, S., Dixon, L., Gubbins, S., Kucharski, A., & Drewe, J. (2022). Wild boar visits to commercial pig farms in southwest England: implications for interspecies disease transmission. European Journal of Wildlife Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-022-01618-2

Contact between wild animals and farmed livestock may result in disease transmission with huge financial, welfare and ethical consequences. Conflicts between people and wildlife can also arise when species such as wild boar (Sus scrofa) consume crops... Read More about Wild boar visits to commercial pig farms in southwest England: implications for interspecies disease transmission.

Developmental Programming of Fertility in Cattle-Is It a Cause for Concern? (2022)
Journal Article
Wathes, D. (2022). Developmental Programming of Fertility in Cattle-Is It a Cause for Concern?. Animals, 12(19), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12192654

Simple Summary Poor fertility is the main reason for premature culling of cattle. Dam factors and external variables can both influence how the calf fetus develops, known as fetal programming. Dam factors include age, parity, body condition, health a... Read More about Developmental Programming of Fertility in Cattle-Is It a Cause for Concern?.

Nfkb2 deficiency and its impact on plasma cells and immunoglobulin expression in murine small intestinal mucosa (2022)
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Papoutsopoulou, S., Tang, J., Elramli, A. H., Williams, J. M., Gupta, N., Ikuomola, F. I., …Pritchard, D. M. (2022). Nfkb2 deficiency and its impact on plasma cells and immunoglobulin expression in murine small intestinal mucosa. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 323(4), G306-G317. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00037.2022

Background & aims: The alternative (non-canonical) nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) signalling pathway predominantly regulates the function of the p52/RelB heterodimer. Germline Nfkb2 deficiency in mice leads to loss of p100/p52 protein and offers protectio... Read More about Nfkb2 deficiency and its impact on plasma cells and immunoglobulin expression in murine small intestinal mucosa.

Crossover-Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock in Agricultural Communities: A Qualitative Cross-Country Comparison between Uganda, Tanzania and India (2022)
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Myers, J., Hennessey, M., Arnold, J., McCubbin, K., Lembo, T., Mateus, A., …Clarke, S. (2022). Crossover-Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock in Agricultural Communities: A Qualitative Cross-Country Comparison between Uganda, Tanzania and India. Antibiotics, 11(10), https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11101342

Antibiotic use in animal agriculture contributes significantly to antibiotic use globally and is a key driver of the rising threat of antibiotic resistance. It is becoming increasingly important to better understand antibiotic use in livestock in low... Read More about Crossover-Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock in Agricultural Communities: A Qualitative Cross-Country Comparison between Uganda, Tanzania and India.

What Did We Learn About Fracture Pain from Animal Models? (2022)
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Radulescu, A., White, F. A., & Chenu, C. (in press). What Did We Learn About Fracture Pain from Animal Models?. Journal of Pain Research, Volume 15, 2845-2856. https://doi.org/10.2147/jpr.s361826

Progress in bone fracture repair research has been made possible due to the development of reproducible models of fracture in rodents with more clinically relevant fracture fixation, where there is considerably better assessment of the factors that a... Read More about What Did We Learn About Fracture Pain from Animal Models?.

Dairy vs. beef production – expert views on welfare of cattle in common food production systems (2022)
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Mandel, R., Bracke, M., Nicol, C., Webster, J., & Gygax, L. (2022). Dairy vs. beef production – expert views on welfare of cattle in common food production systems. animal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2022.100622

Consumers’ views and concerns about the welfare of farm animals may play an important role in their decision to consume dairy, meat and/or plants as their primary protein source. As animals are killed prematurely in both dairy and beef industries, it... Read More about Dairy vs. beef production – expert views on welfare of cattle in common food production systems.

Agreeing Language in Veterinary Endocrinology (ALIVE): Diabetes mellitus - a modified Delphi-method-based system to create consensus disease definitions (2022)
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ESVE SCE Membership, Niessen, S., Bjornvad, C., Church, D., Davison, L., Esteban-Saltiveri, D., …Thuroczy, J. (2022). Agreeing Language in Veterinary Endocrinology (ALIVE): Diabetes mellitus - a modified Delphi-method-based system to create consensus disease definitions. The Veterinary Journal, 289, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2022.105910

Environmental and Social Influences on the Behaviour of Free-Living Mandarin Ducks in Richmond Park (2022)
Journal Article
Munday, C., & Rose, P. (2022). Environmental and Social Influences on the Behaviour of Free-Living Mandarin Ducks in Richmond Park. Animals, 12(19), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12192554

Simple Summary Collecting information on how wild animals behave in the free-living environment can be useful for improving how such species are managed when under human care (e.g., in the zoo). Mandarin Ducks are an example of a species with a large... Read More about Environmental and Social Influences on the Behaviour of Free-Living Mandarin Ducks in Richmond Park.

Ketogenic diets in healthy dogs induce gut and serum metabolome changes suggestive of anti-tumourigenic effects: A model for human ketotherapy trials (2022)
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Allenspach, K., Borcherding, D., Iennarella-Servantez, C., Mosichuk, A., Atherly, T., Sahoo, D., …Mochel, J. (2022). Ketogenic diets in healthy dogs induce gut and serum metabolome changes suggestive of anti-tumourigenic effects: A model for human ketotherapy trials. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 12(9), https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.1047

Interleukin-10 Deficiency Impacts on TNF-Induced NFκB Regulated Responses In Vivo (2022)
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Papoutsopoulou, S., Pollock, L., Williams, J. M., Abdul-Mahdi, M. M. L. F., Dobbash, R., Duckworth, C. A., & Campbell, B. J. (in press). Interleukin-10 Deficiency Impacts on TNF-Induced NFκB Regulated Responses In Vivo. Biology, 11(10), 1377. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11101377

Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that has a major protective role against intestinal inflammation. We recently revealed that intestinal epithelial cells in vitro regulate NFκB-driven transcriptional responses to TNF via an auto... Read More about Interleukin-10 Deficiency Impacts on TNF-Induced NFκB Regulated Responses In Vivo.

The Correlation of Endogenous Progesterone Concentration in Diestrus on Early Pregnancy Rate in Thoroughbred Mares (2022)
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Hollinshead, F., Mehegan, M., Gunn, A., Nett, T., Bruemmer, J., & Hanlon, D. (2022). The Correlation of Endogenous Progesterone Concentration in Diestrus on Early Pregnancy Rate in Thoroughbred Mares. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2022.104127

The aim of this project was to test the hypothesis that progesterone concentration 5 days after ovula-tion did not differ between pregnant and nonpregnant Thoroughbred mares on stud farms located in the Waikato region of New Zealand. A prospective co... Read More about The Correlation of Endogenous Progesterone Concentration in Diestrus on Early Pregnancy Rate in Thoroughbred Mares.

Galleria mellonella as an infection model for the virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (2022)
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Asai, M., Li, Y., Spiropoulos, J., Cooley, W., Everest, D. J., Kendall, S., …Newton, S. M. (2022). Galleria mellonella as an infection model for the virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Virulence, https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2022.2119657

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), is a leading cause of infectious disease mortality. Animal infection models have contributed substantially to our understanding of TB, yet their biological and non-biological limitation... Read More about Galleria mellonella as an infection model for the virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv.

Cytosolic sequestration of spatacsin by Protein Kinase A and 14-3-3 proteins (2022)
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Cogo, S., Tomkins, J., Vavouraki, N., Giusti, V., Forcellato, F., Franchin, C., …Greggio, E. (2022). Cytosolic sequestration of spatacsin by Protein Kinase A and 14-3-3 proteins. Neurobiology of Disease, 174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105858

Mutations in SPG11, encoding spatacsin, constitute the major cause of autosomal recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) with thinning of the corpus callosum. Previous studies showed that spatacsin orchestrates cellular traffic events through th... Read More about Cytosolic sequestration of spatacsin by Protein Kinase A and 14-3-3 proteins.

Survey investigating factors affecting recruitment and retention in the UK veterinary nursing profession (2022)
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Hagen, J., Weller, R., Mair, T., Batt-Williams, S., & Kinnison, T. (2022). Survey investigating factors affecting recruitment and retention in the UK veterinary nursing profession. Vet Record Case Reports, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2078

Background: Recruitment and retention have been identified as contributing factors to workforce shortages in the veterinary team. Methods: Results from veterinary nurses to an online questionnaire regarding recruitment and retention were analysed. Re... Read More about Survey investigating factors affecting recruitment and retention in the UK veterinary nursing profession.

Investigation Of Factors Affecting Recruitment And Retention In The UK Veterinary Nursing Profession (2022)
Journal Article
Hagen, J., Weller, R., Mair, T., Batt-Williams, S., & Kinnison, T. (2022). Investigation Of Factors Affecting Recruitment And Retention In The UK Veterinary Nursing Profession. Vet Record Case Reports, https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.106044

Background Recruitment and retention have been identified as contributing factors to workforce shortages in the veterinary team. Methods In this second part of a project exploring recruitment and retention in veterinary professions, results from v... Read More about Investigation Of Factors Affecting Recruitment And Retention In The UK Veterinary Nursing Profession.

Additional stains and immunohistochemistry: what else can the pathologist tell us? (2022)
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Priestnall, S., & Suarez-Bonnet, A. (2022). Additional stains and immunohistochemistry: what else can the pathologist tell us?. In Practice, 44(7), 385-393. https://doi.org/10.1002/inpr.90

Background: For the veterinary pathologist, the 'bread and butter' of our work is the tissue slide stained with haematoxylin and eosin (H&E). This has long become globally recognised as the 'standard' stain, with haematoxylin highlighting the nuclei... Read More about Additional stains and immunohistochemistry: what else can the pathologist tell us?.