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Should we be treating animal schistosomiasis in Africa? The need for a One Health economic evaluation of schistosomiasis control in people and their livestock (2017)
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Gower, C. M., Vince, L., & Webster, J. P. (2017). Should we be treating animal schistosomiasis in Africa? The need for a One Health economic evaluation of schistosomiasis control in people and their livestock. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111(6), 244-247

A One Health economic perspective allows informed decisions to be made regarding control priorities and/or implementation strategies for infectious diseases. Schistosomiasis is a major and highly resilient disease of both humans and livestock. The zo... Read More about Should we be treating animal schistosomiasis in Africa? The need for a One Health economic evaluation of schistosomiasis control in people and their livestock.

Risk factors for race-day fatality, distal limb fracture and epistaxis in Thoroughbreds racing on all-weather surfaces in Great Britain (2000 to 2013) (2017)
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Rosanowski, S. M., Chang, Y. M., Stirk, A. J., & Verheyen, K. L. P. (2017). Risk factors for race-day fatality, distal limb fracture and epistaxis in Thoroughbreds racing on all-weather surfaces in Great Britain (2000 to 2013). Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 148, 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.10.003

The incidence of race-day injuries in Great Britain (GB) is higher on all-weather (AW) surfaces than on turf. However, to date no studies have focused on identifying risk factors for injury specific to AW racing. Therefore, the objective of the curre... Read More about Risk factors for race-day fatality, distal limb fracture and epistaxis in Thoroughbreds racing on all-weather surfaces in Great Britain (2000 to 2013).

Comparison of ultrasonographic findings in cats with and without azotaemia (2017)
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Lamb, C. R., Dirrig, H., & Cortellini, S. (2017). Comparison of ultrasonographic findings in cats with and without azotaemia. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 20(10), 948-954. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X17736657

US findings in 238 cats with (serum creatinine >180 μmol/l) and 270 cats without azotaemia were compared in a retrospective case-control study. Cats with pre-renal azotaemia or urethral obstruction were excluded. Data extracted from the medical recor... Read More about Comparison of ultrasonographic findings in cats with and without azotaemia.

A descriptive pilot study of cytokine production following stimulation of ex-vivo whole blood with commercial therapeutic feline hydrolyzed diets in individual healthy immunotolerant cats (2017)
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Kathrani, A., Larsen, J. A., Cortopassi, G., Datta, S., & Fascetti, A. J. (2017). A descriptive pilot study of cytokine production following stimulation of ex-vivo whole blood with commercial therapeutic feline hydrolyzed diets in individual healthy immunotolerant cats. BMC Veterinary Research, 13(1), 297. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1219-9

Comparison of medical and surgical treatment for acute cervical compressive hydrated nucleus pulposus extrusion in dogs (2017)
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Borlace, T., Gutierrez-Quintana, R., Taylor-Brown, F. E., & De Decker, S. (2017). Comparison of medical and surgical treatment for acute cervical compressive hydrated nucleus pulposus extrusion in dogs. Veterinary Record, 181, https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104528

Although successful outcomes have been reported after medical and surgical treatment for dogs with cervical hydrated nucleus pulposus extrusion (HNPE), it is unknown which treatment option is preferred. Thirty-four dogs treated medically (n=18) or su... Read More about Comparison of medical and surgical treatment for acute cervical compressive hydrated nucleus pulposus extrusion in dogs.

Disease risk analysis and post-release health surveillance for a reintroduction programme: the pool frog Pelophylax lessonae (2017)
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Sainsbury, A. W., Chang, Y. M., Ågren, E., Vaughan-Higgins, R. J., McGill, I. S., Molenaar, F., Peniche, G., & Foster, J. (2017). Disease risk analysis and post-release health surveillance for a reintroduction programme: the pool frog Pelophylax lessonae. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 64(5), 1530-1548. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12545

There are risks from disease in undertaking wild animal reintroduction programmes. Methods of disease risk analysis have been advocated to assess and mitigate these risks, and post‐release health and disease surveillance can be used to assess the eff... Read More about Disease risk analysis and post-release health surveillance for a reintroduction programme: the pool frog Pelophylax lessonae.

Re-direction of maternal behaviour in dairy cows (2017)
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Mandel, R., & Nicol, C. J. (2017). Re-direction of maternal behaviour in dairy cows. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 195, 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2017.06.001

In the milk producing industry, most aspects of maternal behaviour are discouraged, but milk production is actively maintained in the absence of the calf. The process of milk let down, is mediated, at least partly, by oxytocin, which has been shown t... Read More about Re-direction of maternal behaviour in dairy cows.

Supplementing a-Linolenic acid in the in vitro maturation media improves nuclear maturation rate of oocytes and early embryonic development in the Nili Ravi buffalo (2017)
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Azam, A., Shahzad, Q., Ul-Husna, A., Qadee, S., Ejaz, R., Fouladi-Nashta, A. A., Khalid, M., Ullah, N., Akhtar, T., & Akhter, S. (2017). Supplementing a-Linolenic acid in the in vitro maturation media improves nuclear maturation rate of oocytes and early embryonic development in the Nili Ravi buffalo. Animal Reproduction Science, 14(4), 1161-119. https://doi.org/10.21451/1984-3143-AR859

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of omega-3 poly unsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), α-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3 n-3) on the in vitro maturation (IVM) of buffalo oocytes and subsequent embryonic development. Buffalo cumulusoocyte... Read More about Supplementing a-Linolenic acid in the in vitro maturation media improves nuclear maturation rate of oocytes and early embryonic development in the Nili Ravi buffalo.

Influence of hyaluronan on endometrial receptivity and embryo attachment in sheep (2017)
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Marei, W. F. A., Wathes, D. C., Raheem, K. A., Mohey-Elsaeed, O., Ghafari, F., & Fouladi-Nashta, A. A. (2017). Influence of hyaluronan on endometrial receptivity and embryo attachment in sheep. https://doi.org/10.1071/RD16232

An increasing number of reports suggests a role of hyaluronan (HA) in female reproduction and interest in its application in assisted reproduction is rising. However, there are contrasting data about the effectiveness of adding HA to the embryo-trans... Read More about Influence of hyaluronan on endometrial receptivity and embryo attachment in sheep.

VetCompass Australia: A National Big Data Collection System for Veterinary Science (2017)
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McGreevy, P., Thomson, P., Dhand, N., Raubenheimer, D., Masters, S., Mansfield, C., Baldwin, T., Soares Magalhaes, R. J., Rand, J., Hill, P., Peaston, A., Gilkerson, J., Combs, M., Raidal, S., Irwin, P., Irons, P., Squires, R., Brodbelt, D. C., & Hammond, J. (2017). VetCompass Australia: A National Big Data Collection System for Veterinary Science. Animals, 7(10), 74. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani7100074

VetCompass Australia is veterinary medical records-based research coordinated with the global VetCompass endeavor to maximize its quality and effectiveness for Australian companion animals (cats, dogs, and horses). Bringing together all seven Austral... Read More about VetCompass Australia: A National Big Data Collection System for Veterinary Science.

Clinical, pathological and functional characterization of riboflavin-responsive neuropathy (2017)
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Manole, A., Jaunmuktane, Z., Hargreaves, I., Ludtmann, M. H. R., Pandraud, A., Salpietro, V., Pope, S., Horga, A., Scalco, R. S., Li, A., Ashokkumar, B., Lourenço, C. M., Horvath, R., Chinnery, P. F., Toro, C., Singleton, A. B., Abramov, A. Y., Muntoni, F., Hanna, F. G., Reilly, M. M., …Houlden, H. (2017). Clinical, pathological and functional characterization of riboflavin-responsive neuropathy. Brain, 140(11), 2820-2837. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awx231

Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome represents a phenotypic spectrum of motor, sensory, and cranial nerve neuropathy, often with ataxia, optic atrophy and respiratory problems leading to ventilator-dependence. Loss-of-function mutations in two riboflav... Read More about Clinical, pathological and functional characterization of riboflavin-responsive neuropathy.

Practices of traditional beef farmers in their production and marketing of cattle in Zambia (2017)
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Mumba, C., Haesler, B., Muma, J. B., Munyeme, M., Sitali, D. C., Skjerve, E., & Rich, K. M. (2017). Practices of traditional beef farmers in their production and marketing of cattle in Zambia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 50(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1399-0

Understanding the practices of traditional cattle farmers in developing countries is an important factor in the development of appropriate, pro-poor disease control policies, and in formulating regional-specific production incentives that can improve... Read More about Practices of traditional beef farmers in their production and marketing of cattle in Zambia.

Effects of Eimeria tenella infection on chicken caecal microbiome diversity, exploring variation associated with severity of pathology (2017)
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Macdonald, S. E., Nolan, M. J., Harman, K., Boulton, K., Hume, D. A., Tomley, F. M., Stabler, R. A., & Blake, D. P. (2017). Effects of Eimeria tenella infection on chicken caecal microbiome diversity, exploring variation associated with severity of pathology. PLoS ONE, 12(9), e0184890. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184890

Eimeria species cause the intestinal disease coccidiosis, most notably in poultry. While the direct impact of coccidiosis on animal health and welfare is clear, its influence on the enteric microbiota and by-stander effects on chicken health and prod... Read More about Effects of Eimeria tenella infection on chicken caecal microbiome diversity, exploring variation associated with severity of pathology.

A novel mammalian glucokinase exhibiting exclusive inorganic polyphosphate dependence in the cell nucleus (2017)
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Ali, A., Wathes, D. C., Swali, A., Burns, H., & Burns, S. (2017). A novel mammalian glucokinase exhibiting exclusive inorganic polyphosphate dependence in the cell nucleus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2017.09.004

We report the discovery of a polyphosphate-dependent enzyme system in mammalian cells with kinetics similar to established ATP-dependent glucokinase, also known to have a nuclear location. The kinetics suggest possible regulatory or redox protective... Read More about A novel mammalian glucokinase exhibiting exclusive inorganic polyphosphate dependence in the cell nucleus.