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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?.

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

Characterization of canine intestinal microRNA expression in inflammatory bowel disease and T-cell lymphoma (2023)
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Irving, J. R., Hiron, T. K., Davison, L. J., Xia, D., Beck, S., Werling, D., & Williams, J. (2023). Characterization of canine intestinal microRNA expression in inflammatory bowel disease and T-cell lymphoma. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 204, 23-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.03.186

Differentiating between canine inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and intestinal T-cell lymphoma by histopathological examination of endoscopically-derived intestinal biopsies can be challenging and involves an invasive procedure requiring specialized... Read More about Characterization of canine intestinal microRNA expression in inflammatory bowel disease and T-cell lymphoma.

Joint Models to Predict Dairy Cow Survival from Sensor Data Recorded during the First Lactation. (2022)
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Statham. (2022). Joint Models to Predict Dairy Cow Survival from Sensor Data Recorded during the First Lactation. Animals, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12243494

Early predictions of cows' probability of survival to different lactations would help farmers in making successful management and breeding decisions. For this purpose, this research explored the adoption of joint models for longitudinal and survival... Read More about Joint Models to Predict Dairy Cow Survival from Sensor Data Recorded during the First Lactation..

Determining sex in golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nestlings (2022)
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Peniche, G., Shaw, D., Dures, S., Ciavaglia, S., Thompson, D., Anderson, N., & Meredith, A. (2023). Determining sex in golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nestlings. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-022-01627-1

Incorporating sex ratios of nestlings into population viability studies increases knowledge of overall health of endangered populations. Currently, a reliable non-invasive method to identify the sex of golden eagle nestlings is not available; however... Read More about Determining sex in golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nestlings.

Zoonoses and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: A One Health scoping review (2022)
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Riley, T., Anderson, N., Lovett, R., Meredith, A., & Cumming, B. (2022). Zoonoses and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: A One Health scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(10), Article e0000921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000921

With limited access to animal health services, and high disease burdens among domesticated animals, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia face higher risk of disease including zoonoses. However, we lack understanding of the c... Read More about Zoonoses and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: A One Health scoping review.

Risk Factors for Persistent Infection of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Poultry Farms, North Central Nigeria (2022)
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Sanni, A. O., Onyango, J., Usman, A., Abdulkarim, L. O., Jonker, A., & Fasina, F. O. (in press). Risk Factors for Persistent Infection of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Poultry Farms, North Central Nigeria. Antibiotics, 11(8), Article 1121. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11081121

Salmonellosis is a bacterial zoonosis causing an array of health conditions. Non-typhoidal salmonellosis (NTS) has a discrete adaptation to certain animals; in poultry, pullorum and fowl typhoid are its primary disease manifestations. The diseases ar... Read More about Risk Factors for Persistent Infection of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Poultry Farms, North Central Nigeria.

Establishing haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging Scottish golden eagle nestlings (Aquila chrysaetos) (2022)
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Peniche, G., Shaw, D., Thompson, D., Brain, J., Reid, R., Weston, E., …Meredith, A. (2022). Establishing haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging Scottish golden eagle nestlings (Aquila chrysaetos). European Journal of Wildlife Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-022-01586-7

Health assessment of individuals is an important aspect of monitoring endangered wildlife populations. Haematological and biochemical values are a common health assessment tool, and whilst reference values are well established for domestic species, t... Read More about Establishing haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging Scottish golden eagle nestlings (Aquila chrysaetos).

Sheep scab in Northern Ireland: Its distribution, costs and farmer knowledge about prevention and control (2022)
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Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., & Robinson, P. A. (2022). Sheep scab in Northern Ireland: Its distribution, costs and farmer knowledge about prevention and control. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 205, 105682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105682

Sheep scab (psoroptic mange), which is endemic in the United Kingdom (UK) flock, has a significant, negative impact on sheep welfare. Nothing has previously been published about the distribution of sheep scab in Northern Ireland (NI), nor about North... Read More about Sheep scab in Northern Ireland: Its distribution, costs and farmer knowledge about prevention and control.

Capacity building for wildlife health professionals: the Wildlife Health Bridge (2022)
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Meredith, A., Anderson, N., Malik, P., Nigam, P., Thomas, A., Masters, N., …Sainsbury, A. (2022). Capacity building for wildlife health professionals: the Wildlife Health Bridge. One Health & Implementation Research, https://doi.org/10.20517/ohir.2022.03

The Wildlife Health Bridge was established in 2009 with the aim of improving the expertise and knowledge base of wildlife health professionals in biodiverse low- and middle-income countries. The Wildlife Health Bridge centres around partnerships amon... Read More about Capacity building for wildlife health professionals: the Wildlife Health Bridge.

Detection of Antibodies to Ehrlichia spp. in Dromedary Camels and Co-Grazing Sheep in Northern Kenya Using an Ehrlichia ruminantium Polyclonal Competitive ELISA (2022)
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Collins, M., Ngetich, C., Owido, M., Getange, D., Harris, R., Bargul, J. L., …Bell-Sakyi, L. (2022). Detection of Antibodies to Ehrlichia spp. in Dromedary Camels and Co-Grazing Sheep in Northern Kenya Using an Ehrlichia ruminantium Polyclonal Competitive ELISA. Microorganisms, 10(5), Article ARTN 916. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10050916

A disease with clinical and post-mortem presentation similar to those seen in heartwater, a tick-borne disease of domestic and wild ruminants caused by the intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium, was first reported in dromedary camels in Kenya... Read More about Detection of Antibodies to Ehrlichia spp. in Dromedary Camels and Co-Grazing Sheep in Northern Kenya Using an Ehrlichia ruminantium Polyclonal Competitive ELISA.

CLINICAL PROGRESSION OF LEPROSY IN EURASIAN RED SQUIRRELS (SCIURUS VULGARIS) IN A NATURALLY INFECTED WILD POPULATION (2021)
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Schilling, A., van Hooij, A., Lurz, P. W., Shaw, D. J., Geluk, A., Corstjens, P. L., …Meredith, A. L. (2021). CLINICAL PROGRESSION OF LEPROSY IN EURASIAN RED SQUIRRELS (SCIURUS VULGARIS) IN A NATURALLY INFECTED WILD POPULATION. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 52(4), 1159-1166. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0067

Leprosy has been described in Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris; ERS) carcasses since 2014. Studies of ERS carcasses have not provided information about incubation or disease progression in this host but have provided important insights into pa... Read More about CLINICAL PROGRESSION OF LEPROSY IN EURASIAN RED SQUIRRELS (SCIURUS VULGARIS) IN A NATURALLY INFECTED WILD POPULATION.

One Health in Indigenous Communities: A Critical Review of the Evidence (2021)
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Riley, T., Anderson, N. E., Lovett, R., Meredith, A., Cumming, B., & Thandrayen, J. (2021). One Health in Indigenous Communities: A Critical Review of the Evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), Article 11303. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111303

Indigenous populations around the world face disproportionately high rates of disease related to the environment and animals. One Health is a concept that has been used effectively to understand and address these health risks. One Health refers to th... Read More about One Health in Indigenous Communities: A Critical Review of the Evidence.