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Molecular and Serological Surveillance for Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis in Wild Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) from Scotland and Northern England (2024)
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Zhou, Z., van Hooij, A., Wassenaar, G. N., Seed, E., Verhard-Seymonsbergen, E. M., Corstjens, P. L. A. M., …Geluk, A. (2024). Molecular and Serological Surveillance for Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis in Wild Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) from Scotland and Northern England. Animals, 14(13), Article 2005. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14132005

Leprosy is a poverty-associated infectious disease in humans caused by Mycobacterium leprae or M. lepromatosis, often resulting in skin and peripheral nerve damage, which remains a significant public health concern in isolated areas of low- and middl... Read More about Molecular and Serological Surveillance for Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis in Wild Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) from Scotland and Northern England.

Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland (2024)
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Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., Behnke, M. C., & Robinson, P. A. (2024). Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland. Veterinary Record Open, 11(1), Article e278. https://doi.org/10.1002/vro2.78

Background: In order to improve antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), including changes in antimicrobial prescribing and use, an enhanced understanding is needed of the barriers that veterinary surgeons (vets) encounter to institute such change. Methods:... Read More about Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland.

Antibiotic use in the Northern Irish sheep flock: What lessons can be learnt from medicine records and farmer attitudes to improve stewardship of these essential medicines? (2024)
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Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., Behnke, M. C., & Robinson, P. A. (in press). Antibiotic use in the Northern Irish sheep flock: What lessons can be learnt from medicine records and farmer attitudes to improve stewardship of these essential medicines?. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 226, Article 106169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106169

Stewardship of antibiotics used in livestock production has come under increasing scrutiny, from both the animal welfare point of view and due to concerns that antibiotic use in livestock may pose a risk to human health through sele... Read More about Antibiotic use in the Northern Irish sheep flock: What lessons can be learnt from medicine records and farmer attitudes to improve stewardship of these essential medicines?.

Flock health planning: How to move from a plan to a reflective planning process in northern Irish sheep flocks? (2024)
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Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., Behnke, M. C., & Robinson, P. A. (in press). Flock health planning: How to move from a plan to a reflective planning process in northern Irish sheep flocks?. Annals of Applied Biology, 184(3), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12907

Flock health planning has been advocated as part of a wider drive within livestock production for veterinarians and farmers to adopt a prevention‐focused approach to veterinary medicine. This approach has, at its core, a cyclical process of assessmen... Read More about Flock health planning: How to move from a plan to a reflective planning process in northern Irish sheep flocks?.

SVEPM 2023, the annual conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: Toulouse finally welcomes us in person (2024)
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Dórea, F. C., Vergne, T., Correia-Gomes, C., Carmo, L. P., Fischer, E. A., Messam, L. L. M., …Robinson, P. A. (2024). SVEPM 2023, the annual conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: Toulouse finally welcomes us in person. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 226, Article 106174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106174

Suspected tick‐borne flavivirus meningoencephalomyelitis in dogs from the UK: six cases (2021) (2023)
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Gonzalo‐Nadal, V., Kohl, A., Rocchi, M., Brennan, B., Hughes, J., Nichols, J., …Gutierrez‐Quintana, R. (2024). Suspected tick‐borne flavivirus meningoencephalomyelitis in dogs from the UK: six cases (2021). Journal of Small Animal Practice, 65(2), 132-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13682

Objectives Tick-borne encephalitis virus and louping ill virus are neurotropic flaviviruses transmitted by ticks. Epidemiologically, tick-borne encephalitis is endemic in Europe whereas louping ill's predominant geographical distribution is the UK.... Read More about Suspected tick‐borne flavivirus meningoencephalomyelitis in dogs from the UK: six cases (2021).

Improving analgesia provision for sheep: An analysis of farm medicine records and attitudes towards pain relief on sheep farms in Northern Ireland (2023)
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Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., Behnke, M. C., & Robinson, P. A. (2023). Improving analgesia provision for sheep: An analysis of farm medicine records and attitudes towards pain relief on sheep farms in Northern Ireland. Veterinary Record Open, 10(2), Article e75. https://doi.org/10.1002/vro2.75

Background: Management of pain is critical to improve the welfare of farmed livestock and meet consumer expectations. There is limited published information about the use of analgesic drugs in the sheep sector. Methods: A mixed‐method approach wa... Read More about Improving analgesia provision for sheep: An analysis of farm medicine records and attitudes towards pain relief on sheep farms in Northern Ireland.

Data analysis of zoonoses notifications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia 1996–2021: implications for One Health (2023)
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Riley, T., Lovett, R., Cumming, B., Meredith, A., Anderson, N. E., & Thandrayen, J. (2023). Data analysis of zoonoses notifications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia 1996–2021: implications for One Health. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1175835

Introduction: Zoonoses are a health concern for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia that face elevated risk of disease related to the environment and animals. Internationally, One Health is encouraged to effectively manage zoon... Read More about Data analysis of zoonoses notifications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia 1996–2021: implications for One Health.

Epidemiology of a Hybrid Swarm: Evidence of 11 Feline Infectious Agents Circulating in a Population of Sympatric European Wildcat Hybrids and Free-Living Domestic Cats, in Scotland (2023)
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Sofia Gomes Alves, B., Bacon, A., Langridge, K., Papasouliotis, K., Handel, I., Anderson, N., & Meredith, A. (2023). Epidemiology of a Hybrid Swarm: Evidence of 11 Feline Infectious Agents Circulating in a Population of Sympatric European Wildcat Hybrids and Free-Living Domestic Cats, in Scotland. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2023, Article 6692514. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6692514

Hybridisation between wild and domestic species poses a serious challenge to conservation management and can, potentially, lead to extinction. Alongside it, disease transmission will inevitably occur. However, the link between these two phenomena has... Read More about Epidemiology of a Hybrid Swarm: Evidence of 11 Feline Infectious Agents Circulating in a Population of Sympatric European Wildcat Hybrids and Free-Living Domestic Cats, in Scotland.

Isolation and molecular characterization of pathogenic Leptospira species from cattle in Zaria and its environs, Kaduna State, Nigeria (2023)
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Udechukwu, C. C., Kudi, C. A., Abdu, P. A., Mamman, P. H., Pilau, N. N., Abiayi, E. A., …Adekola, A. A. (2023). Isolation and molecular characterization of pathogenic Leptospira species from cattle in Zaria and its environs, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 99, Article 102003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2023.102003