Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Factors influencing heifer survival and fertility on commercial dairy farms
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wathes, D. C., Brickell, J. S., Bourne, N. E., Swali, A., & Cheng, Z. R. Factors influencing heifer survival and fertility on commercial dairy farms

The average dairy cow survives only three lactations, reducing the availability of replacement heifers. Prenatal losses occur due to early embryonic mortality (about 40%), later embryo loss (up to 20% in high-yielding herds) or abortion (about 5%). A... Read More about Factors influencing heifer survival and fertility on commercial dairy farms.

Compass gait mechanics account for top walking speeds in ducks and humans
Journal Article
Usherwood, J. R., Szymanek, K. L., & Daley, M. A. Compass gait mechanics account for top walking speeds in ducks and humans. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211(23), 3744-3749. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.023416

The constraints to maximum walking speed and the underlying cause of the walk-run transition remains controversial. However, the motions of the body and legs can be reduced to a few mechanical principles, which, if valid, impose simple physics-based... Read More about Compass gait mechanics account for top walking speeds in ducks and humans.

CIS-ACTING REGULATORY MUTATION CAUSES PREMATURE HAIR GREYING AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MELANOMA IN THE HORSE
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sundstrom, E., Pielberg, G. R., Golovko, A., Curik, I., Lennartsson, J., Seltenhammer, M. H., Druml, T., Binns, M., Fitzsimmons, C., Lindgren, G., Sandberg, K., Baumung, R., Vetterlein, M., Stromberg, S., Grabherr, M., Wade, C., Lindblad-Toh, K., Ponten, F., Heldin, C. H., Solkner, J., & Andersson, L. CIS-ACTING REGULATORY MUTATION CAUSES PREMATURE HAIR GREYING AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MELANOMA IN THE HORSE

Gene induction following wounding of wild-type versus macrophage-deficient Drosophila embryos
Journal Article
Stramer, B., Winfield, M., Shaw, T., Millard, T. H., Woolner, S., & Martin, P. Gene induction following wounding of wild-type versus macrophage-deficient Drosophila embryos. EMBO Reports, 9(5), 465-471. https://doi.org/10.1038/embor.2008.34

By using a microarray screen to compare gene responses after sterile laser wounding of wild-type and 'macrophageless' serpent mutant Drosophila embryos, we show the wound-induced programmes that are independent of a pathogenic response and distinguis... Read More about Gene induction following wounding of wild-type versus macrophage-deficient Drosophila embryos.

Effects of exercise on tenocyte cellularity and tenocyte nuclear morphology in immature and mature equine digital tendons
Journal Article
Stanley, R. L., Edwards, L. J., Goodship, A. E., Firth, E. C., & Patterson-Kane, J. C. Effects of exercise on tenocyte cellularity and tenocyte nuclear morphology in immature and mature equine digital tendons. Equine Veterinary Journal, 40(2), 141-146. https://doi.org/10.2746/042516408x266097

Reasons for performing study: The injury-prone, energy-storing equine superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) of the mature performance horse has a limited ability to respond to exercise in contrast with the noninjury-prone, anatomically opposing co... Read More about Effects of exercise on tenocyte cellularity and tenocyte nuclear morphology in immature and mature equine digital tendons.

Accuracy of the TurfTrax Racing Data System for determination of equine speed and position
Journal Article
Spence, A. J., Tan, H., & Wilson, A. M. Accuracy of the TurfTrax Racing Data System for determination of equine speed and position. Equine Veterinary Journal, 40(7), 680-683. https://doi.org/10.2746/042516408X330338

Reasons for performing study: The speed and position data collected by TurfTrax Racing Data Limited during UK Thoroughbred racing have potential to benefit equine science and welfare. The size (the 2006 data set alone consists of 30,932 individual ho... Read More about Accuracy of the TurfTrax Racing Data System for determination of equine speed and position.

Seasonal influences on quantitative changes in sweat-associated anatomy in native and thoroughbred horses
Journal Article
Sneddon, J. C., Ritruechai, P., de Yanes, G. S., & Howard, C. V. Seasonal influences on quantitative changes in sweat-associated anatomy in native and thoroughbred horses. Veterinary Dermatology, 19(3), 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3164.2008.00671.x

Stereological techniques were used to assess seasonal influences on morphometric characteristics of hair follicles, sweat and sebaceous glands in abattoir pelts of ponies (PN), thoroughbred (TB) and non-thoroughbred (NTB) horses. Volume density of sw... Read More about Seasonal influences on quantitative changes in sweat-associated anatomy in native and thoroughbred horses.

The effect of early training and the adaptation and conditioning of skeletal tissues
Journal Article
Smith, R. K. W., & Goodship, A. E. The effect of early training and the adaptation and conditioning of skeletal tissues. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cveq.2007.11.005

Horses as equine athletes must be conditioned and trained to optimize the whole animal for the particular type of athletic activity. An extremely high proportion of all injuries in the equine athlete in general, and in the racehorse in particular, ar... Read More about The effect of early training and the adaptation and conditioning of skeletal tissues.

Identifying the cellular basis for reimplantation failure in repair of the rotator cuff
Journal Article
Simon, D. W. N., Clarkin, C. E., Das-Gupta, V., Rawlinson, S. C. F., Emery, R. J., & Pitsillides, A. A. Identifying the cellular basis for reimplantation failure in repair of the rotator cuff. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.90b5.20013

We examined cultured osteoblasts derived from paired samples from the greater tuberosity and acromion from eight patients with large chronic tears of the rotator cuff. We found that osteoblasts from the tuberosity had no apparent response to mechanic... Read More about Identifying the cellular basis for reimplantation failure in repair of the rotator cuff.

Biological Activity of Follistatin Isoforms and Follistatin like-3 are Dependent on Differential Cell Surface Binding and Specificity for Activin, Myostatin and BMP's
Journal Article
Sidis, Y., Mukherjee, A., Keutmann, H., Delbaere, A., Sadatsuki, M., & Schneyer, A. Biological Activity of Follistatin Isoforms and Follistatin like-3 are Dependent on Differential Cell Surface Binding and Specificity for Activin, Myostatin and BMP's. Endocrinology, 147(7), 3586-3597. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2006-0089