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The 2022 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: hypotheses for the late resurgence of cases and fatalities (2023)
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Haider, N., Hasan, M., Khalil, I., Tonge, D., Hegde, S., Chowdhury, M., Rahman, M., Khan, M., Ansumana, R., Zumla, A., & Uddin, M. (2023). The 2022 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: hypotheses for the late resurgence of cases and fatalities. Journal of Medical Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad057

Bangladesh reported the highest number of annual deaths (n = 281) related to dengue virus infection in 2022 since the virus reappeared in the country in 2000. Earlier studies showed that >92% of the annual cases occurred between the months of August... Read More about The 2022 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: hypotheses for the late resurgence of cases and fatalities.

Simulating contact networks for livestock disease epidemiology: a systematic review (2023)
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Leung, W., Rudge, J., & Fournie, G. (2023). Simulating contact networks for livestock disease epidemiology: a systematic review. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 20(202), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0890

Contact structure among livestock populations influences the transmission of infectious agents among them. Models simulating realistic contact networks therefore have important applications for generating insights relevant to livestock diseases. This... Read More about Simulating contact networks for livestock disease epidemiology: a systematic review.

Risk categorisation of abattoirs in Europe: Current state of play (2023)
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Salines, M., Lazou, T., Gomez-Luengo, J., Holthe, J., Nastasijevic, I., Bouwknegt, M., Dadios, N., Houf, K., Blagojevic, B., & Antic, D. (2023). Risk categorisation of abattoirs in Europe: Current state of play. Food Control, 152, 109863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2023.109863

In the last decades, a risk-based approach has been identified as a step forward in modernising meat safety system in Europe. Risk categorisation of abattoirs based on their process hygiene and the appropriate use of harmonised epidemiological indica... Read More about Risk categorisation of abattoirs in Europe: Current state of play.

Pathology and causes of death in captive meerkats (<i>Suricata suricatta</i>) (2023)
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Martí-García, B., Priestnall, S., & Suárez-Bonnet, A. (2023). Pathology and causes of death in captive meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Veterinary Quarterly, 43(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/01652176.2023.2211120

Background Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are endemic carnivores of southern Africa and, although currently listed as 'least concern' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list, there is evidence of a significant decrease in... Read More about Pathology and causes of death in captive meerkats (<i>Suricata suricatta</i>).

Portovenography Findings Following Partial Polypropylene Versus Thin Film Band Attenuation of a Single Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: A Prospective Randomized Study in Dogs (2023)
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Lipscomb, V., Tivers, M., Kummeling, A., & van Sluijs, F. (2023). Portovenography Findings Following Partial Polypropylene Versus Thin Film Band Attenuation of a Single Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: A Prospective Randomized Study in Dogs. Veterinary Sciences, 10(5), https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10050353

Simple SummaryDogs may be born with an abnormal vessel that bypasses their liver (congenital portosystemic shunt), causing a variety of clinical signs due to toxins building up in the bloodstream. Closing the abnormal vessel completely in a one-stage... Read More about Portovenography Findings Following Partial Polypropylene Versus Thin Film Band Attenuation of a Single Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: A Prospective Randomized Study in Dogs.

Why some canine and feline blood donors do not make the cut: A cohort study (2023)
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Descamps, M., & Humm, K. (in press). Why some canine and feline blood donors do not make the cut: A cohort study. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2993

Background

While there has been extensive investigation into the selection and retention of human blood donors, veterinary research in this area is limited. This study aimed to identify the reasons for the rejection and withdrawal of canine and fe... Read More about Why some canine and feline blood donors do not make the cut: A cohort study.

Incidence of disease, injury and mortality in Thoroughbred foals and yearlings on stud farms in the United Kingdom and Ireland (2023)
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Mouncey, R., verheyen, K., DeMestre, A., & Arango-Saboga, J. C. (in press). Incidence of disease, injury and mortality in Thoroughbred foals and yearlings on stud farms in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2994

Background: Up-to-date estimates of early-life morbidity and mortality in Thoroughbreds are lacking.
Methods: A birth cohort was established on Thoroughbred stud farms across the United Kingdom and Ireland. All veterinary interventions for disease... Read More about Incidence of disease, injury and mortality in Thoroughbred foals and yearlings on stud farms in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education (2023)
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Roshania, R., Yates, J., McIntyre, L., Chancellor, T., Fivian, E., Hill, M., Isoto, R., Marinda, P., Narayanan, S., Whatford, L., Zotor, F., & Khandelwal, S. (2023). Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education. Global Food Security, 37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100691

Addressing all forms of malnutrition requires multi-sectoral actions. To accelerate progress, post-graduate ed-ucation - of future researchers, policy-makers and practitioners - that promotes interdisciplinary knowledge and skills is imperative. We r... Read More about Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education.

Scratching beneath the surface: The commercial broiler system's climate change vulnerability, and its hidden impacts on the environment (2023)
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Queenan, K., Cuevas, S., Mabhaudhi, T., Slotow, R., & Haesler, B. (2023). Scratching beneath the surface: The commercial broiler system's climate change vulnerability, and its hidden impacts on the environment. Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems Programme (SHEFS)

This series of five policy briefs draws on research conducted by South African and United Kingdom-based researchers within the SHEFS consortium. The series seeks to encourage policy makers working on the commercial broiler chicken system in South Afr... Read More about Scratching beneath the surface: The commercial broiler system's climate change vulnerability, and its hidden impacts on the environment.

Food Safety: Who's doing what, where and when? Risks from fragmented governance (2023)
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Queenan, K., Cuevas, S., Mabhaudhi, T., Slotow, R., & Haesler, B. (2023). Food Safety: Who's doing what, where and when? Risks from fragmented governance. Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems Programme (SHEFS)

This series of five policy briefs draws on research conducted by South African and United Kingdom- based researchers within the SHEFS consortium. The series seeks to encourage policy makers working on the commercial broiler chicken system in South Af... Read More about Food Safety: Who's doing what, where and when? Risks from fragmented governance.

What's in it for me? Overconsumption of broiler chicken products (2023)
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Queenan, K., Cuevas, S., Mabhaudhi, T., Slotow, R., & Haesler, B. (2023). What's in it for me? Overconsumption of broiler chicken products. Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems Programme (SHEFS)

This series of five policy briefs draws on research conducted by South African and United Kingdom- based researchers within the SHEFS consortium. The series seeks to encourage policy makers working on the commercial broiler chicken system in South Af... Read More about What's in it for me? Overconsumption of broiler chicken products.

Success to the successful: Systemic inequality in the commercial broiler system (2023)
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Queenan, K., Cuevas, S., Mabhaudhi, T., Slotow, R., & Haesler, B. (2023). Success to the successful: Systemic inequality in the commercial broiler system. Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems Programme (SHEFS)

This series of five policy briefs draws on research conducted by South African and United Kingdom- based researchers within the SHEFS consortium. The series seeks to encourage policy makers working on the commercial broiler chicken system in South Af... Read More about Success to the successful: Systemic inequality in the commercial broiler system.

From the spotlight to the floodlight: Illuminating the commercial broiler chicken system (2023)
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Queenan, K., Cuevas, S., Mabhaudhi, T., Slotow, R., & Haesler, B. (2023). From the spotlight to the floodlight: Illuminating the commercial broiler chicken system. Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems Programme (SHEFS)

This series of five policy briefs draws on research conducted by South African and United Kingdom- based researchers within the SHEFS consortium. The series seeks to encourage policy makers working on the commercial broiler chicken system in South Af... Read More about From the spotlight to the floodlight: Illuminating the commercial broiler chicken system.

Effects of ambient temperature, journey duration and flock characteristics on the dead-on-arrival rate in British broiler chickens transported to slaughter (2023)
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Chang, Y.-M., Verheyen, K., Nicol, C., & Allen, S. (2023). Effects of ambient temperature, journey duration and flock characteristics on the dead-on-arrival rate in British broiler chickens transported to slaughter. Poultry Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102634

Broiler mortality during transport and lairage, prior to slaughter, has negative welfare and economic implications. Knowledge of the factors affecting the dead-on-arrival (DOA) rate can help identify risk-mitigating strategies. The objectives of this... Read More about Effects of ambient temperature, journey duration and flock characteristics on the dead-on-arrival rate in British broiler chickens transported to slaughter.

Modulating the early-life gut microbiota using pro-, pre-, and synbiotics to improve gut health, child development, and growth (2023)
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Kadia, B., Otiti, M., Ramsteijn, A., Sow, D., Faye, B., Heffernan, C., Hall, L., Webster, J., Walker, A., & Allen, S. (2023). Modulating the early-life gut microbiota using pro-, pre-, and synbiotics to improve gut health, child development, and growth. Nutrition Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuad050

In children exposed to poor hygiene and sanitation, invasion of the gut by pathogenic microbes can result in a subclinical enteropathy termed "environmental enteric dysfunction" (EED) that contributes to undernutrition, growth faltering, and impaired... Read More about Modulating the early-life gut microbiota using pro-, pre-, and synbiotics to improve gut health, child development, and growth.

A case series of 37 surgically managed, paraplegic, deep pain negative, French bulldogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion from two English referral centres (2023)
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Jones, G., Cherubini, G., Llabres-Diaz, F., Caine, A., & De Stefani, A. (in press). A case series of 37 surgically managed, paraplegic, deep pain negative, French bulldogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion from two English referral centres. Veterinary Record Open, https://doi.org/10.1002/vro2.61

Background:
Thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusions (TL-IVDE) are a common spinal disorder in dogs, especially within chondrodystrophic breeds. Loss of deep nociception is a well-documented negative prognostic indicator in dogs with TL-IVDE, wi... Read More about A case series of 37 surgically managed, paraplegic, deep pain negative, French bulldogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion from two English referral centres.

Extended-spectrum beta- lactamases in poultry in Africa: a systematic review (2023)
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Ayinla, A. O., & Mateus, A. L. P. (2023). Extended-spectrum beta- lactamases in poultry in Africa: a systematic review. Frontiers in Antibiotics, 2 - 2023, https://doi.org/10.3389/frabi.2023.1140750

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria present a unique problem because of their ability to cause infections that are difficult to treat in animals and humans. The presence of ESBL-Escherichia coli (E. coli) in poultry raises a ma... Read More about Extended-spectrum beta- lactamases in poultry in Africa: a systematic review.

Evidence of phylosymbiosis in Formica ants (2023)
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Jackson, R., Patapiou, P., Golding, G., Helantera, H., Economou, C., Chapuisat, M., & Henry, L. (2023). Evidence of phylosymbiosis in Formica ants. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1044286

IntroductionInsects share intimate relationships with microbes that play important roles in their biology. Yet our understanding of how host-bound microbial communities assemble and perpetuate over evolutionary time is limited. Ants host a wide range... Read More about Evidence of phylosymbiosis in Formica ants.

Risk Factors Associated with Plantar Necrosis following Tarsal Arthrodesis in Dogs (2023)
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Holroyd, K., Meeson, R., Pead, M., Mukherjee, L., Ferguson, J., & Kulendra, E. (2023). Risk Factors Associated with Plantar Necrosis following Tarsal Arthrodesis in Dogs. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-57222

Objectives The aim of this study was to define landmarks of the intermetatarsal channel of the dorsal pedal artery and to assess whether damage to the dorsal pedal artery during metatarsal screw placement in dogs undergoing pan- and partial-tarsal ar... Read More about Risk Factors Associated with Plantar Necrosis following Tarsal Arthrodesis in Dogs.

Lumpy, bumpy guinea pigs: a retrospective study of 619 biopsy samples of externally palpable masses submitted from pet guinea pigs for histopathology (2023)
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Dobromylskyj, M., Hederer, R., & Smith, K. (2023). Lumpy, bumpy guinea pigs: a retrospective study of 619 biopsy samples of externally palpable masses submitted from pet guinea pigs for histopathology. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 203, 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.04.001

Biopsy data on externally palpable masses in pet guinea pigs were retrieved from the archives of a large commercial pathology laboratory between November 2013 and July 2021. Of the 619 samples submitted from 493 animals, 54 (8.7%) had arisen from the... Read More about Lumpy, bumpy guinea pigs: a retrospective study of 619 biopsy samples of externally palpable masses submitted from pet guinea pigs for histopathology.