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Evidence-based recruitment. Part 2: best practice for interviewing and selection (2022)
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Perrin, H. (2022). Evidence-based recruitment. Part 2: best practice for interviewing and selection. In Practice, 44(8), 483-489. https://doi.org/10.1002/inpr.251

In the current recruitment climate, interviewing candidates for a vacancy in your practice is a two-way process. Are they the right fit for you, and are you the right fit for them? This article is the second in a three-part series on evidence-based r... Read More about Evidence-based recruitment. Part 2: best practice for interviewing and selection.

The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a morphogenetic shift from torsion to growth along the avian stem (2022)
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Hutchinson, J. (2022). The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a morphogenetic shift from torsion to growth along the avian stem. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0740

"The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a cryptic evolutionary shift in morphogenetic process." The evolution of birds-and their highly derived locomotion-from their terrestrial dinosaurian ancestors has captured scientific interest for generations... Read More about The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a morphogenetic shift from torsion to growth along the avian stem.

Changes in Head, Withers, and Pelvis Movement Asymmetry in Lame Horses as a Function of Diagnostic Anesthesia Outcome, Surface and Direction (2022)
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Marunova, E., Hoenecke, K., Fiske-Jackson, A., Smith, R., Bolt, D., Perrier, M., …Pfau, T. (2022). Changes in Head, Withers, and Pelvis Movement Asymmetry in Lame Horses as a Function of Diagnostic Anesthesia Outcome, Surface and Direction. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2022.104136

Evaluation of diagnostic anesthesia during equine lameness examination requires comparison of com-plex movement patterns and can be influenced by expectation bias. There is limited research about how changes in movement asymmetries after successful a... Read More about Changes in Head, Withers, and Pelvis Movement Asymmetry in Lame Horses as a Function of Diagnostic Anesthesia Outcome, Surface and Direction.

Metabolic fingerprinting of dogs with idiopathic epilepsy receiving a ketogenic medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil (2022)
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Berk, B., Ottka, C., Law, T., Packer, R., Wessmann, A., Bathen-Nothen, A., …Volk, H. (2022). Metabolic fingerprinting of dogs with idiopathic epilepsy receiving a ketogenic medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.935430

Consumption of medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) has been shown to improve seizure control, reduce behavioural comorbidities and improve cognitive function in epileptic dogs. However, the exact metabolic pathways affected by dietary MCT remain poorly... Read More about Metabolic fingerprinting of dogs with idiopathic epilepsy receiving a ketogenic medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil.

Anatomy in practice: how do equine and production animal veterinarians apply anatomy in primary care settings? (2022)
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Homfray, B., Attwood, A., & Channon, S. B. (2022). Anatomy in practice: how do equine and production animal veterinarians apply anatomy in primary care settings?. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2022-0074

To successfully prepare veterinary undergraduates for the workplace, it is critical that anatomy educators consider the context in which developing knowledge and skills will be applied. This study aimed to establish how farm animal and equine general... Read More about Anatomy in practice: how do equine and production animal veterinarians apply anatomy in primary care settings?.

Wild boar visits to commercial pig farms in southwest England: implications for interspecies disease transmission (2022)
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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)
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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)
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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.