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  1. Paying more attention to free-roaming dogs’ population control seems to be necessary because of public health and environmental problems. The present study used the community readiness model to determine the r...

    Authors: Tahereh Kamalikhah, Somayeh Mirrezaei, Tahereh Rahimi, Leila Sabzmakan and Safiye Ghobakhloo

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:10

    Content type: Research

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  2. Bluetongue (BT) is a vector-borne viral disease of ruminant and camelid species which is transmitted by Culicoides spp. The causative agent of BT is bluetongue virus (BTV) that belongs to genus Orbivirus of the f...

    Authors: Molhima M. Elmahi, Mohammed O. Hussien, Abdel Rahim E. Karrar, Amira M. Elhassan and Abdel Rahim M. El Hussein

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:9

    Content type: Research

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  3. An accurate assessment of feline behaviour is essential in reducing the risk of handler injury and evaluating/improving feline welfare within veterinary practices. However, inexperience and/or suboptimal educa...

    Authors: Sandra Louise Nicholson and Roslyn Áine O’Carroll

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:8

    Content type: Research

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  4. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the main cause of mortality among 1-to-5 month old calves in Ireland, accounting for approximately one-third of deaths. Despite widespread use of clinical respiratory signs ...

    Authors: Inmaculada Cuevas-Gómez, Mark McGee, José María Sánchez, Edward O’Riordan, Nicky Byrne, Tara McDaneld and Bernadette Earley

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:7

    Content type: Research

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  5. Cyanide is one of the most rapidly acting toxins affecting cattle, with poisoning typically occurring following ingestion of cyanogenic plants. Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus), is one such potentially toxic cyanogen...

    Authors: Aideen Kennedy, Audrey Brennan, Celine Mannion and Maresa Sheehan

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:6

    Content type: Case Report

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  6. Research on calf health and welfare has intensified in the past decades. This is an update on a review series on calf health from birth to weaning published ten years ago.

    Authors: Ingrid Lorenz

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:5

    Content type: Review

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  7. Although visual locomotion scoring is inexpensive and simplistic, it is also time consuming and subjective. Automated lameness detection methods have been developed to replace the visual locomotion scoring and...

    Authors: G. M. Borghart, L. E. O’Grady and J. R. Somers

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:4

    Content type: Research

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  8. Brachycephalic breeds have anatomical skull changes that are responsible for ocular clinical signs, known as the brachycephalic ocular syndrome (BOS). Their popularity has increased in recent years but the exc...

    Authors: Joana Costa, Andrea Steinmetz and Esmeralda Delgado

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:3

    Content type: Research

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  9. The objective of our study was to evaluate prevalence of selected bacterial and fungal pathogens of mastitis in dairy cattle in north-eastern Poland. Our study was conducted from 2013 to 2019 in 1,665 clinical...

    Authors: E. Kaczorek-Łukowska, J. Małaczewska, R. Wójcik, K. Naumowicz, A. Blank and A. K. Siwicki

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:2

    Content type: Short Report

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  10. Teat disinfection is an important step in the control of mastitis within a dairy herd. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of 96 commercially available teat disinfectant products in I...

    Authors: Sarah Rose Fitzpatrick, Mary Garvey, Jim Flynn, Bernadette O’Brien and David Gleeson

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2021 74:1

    Content type: Research

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  11. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Kyratsoula Pentsou and Vilhelmiina Huuskonen

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:26

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:9

  12. In recent years, there have been multiple (political, environmental, cultural) drivers of change in Irish agriculture, including the establishment of Animal Health Ireland (AHI) in 2009, to provide leadership ...

    Authors: Natascha V. Meunier, Kenneth McKenzie, David A. Graham and Simon J. More

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:25

    Content type: Research

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  13. Respiratory disease is one of the most important factors impacting pig production worldwide. There is no available information on the prevalence of key pathogens implicated in Irish pig production. The objecti...

    Authors: Maria Rodrigues da Costa, Rose Mary Fitzgerald, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, Helen O’Shea, John Moriarty, Máire C. McElroy and Finola Catherine Leonard

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:24

    Content type: Research

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  14. The problems of burnout and the moral and ethical distress resulting from various kinds of conflict have been raised in the veterinary profession. However, their sources and inter-relationships have not been t...

    Authors: Joanna Wojtacka, Wojciech Grudzień, Beata Wysok and Józef Szarek

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:23

    Content type: Research

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  16. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial effect of experimental eye drops with bacteriophages in elimination of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from dogs with bacterial conjunctivitis.. Th...

    Authors: Renata Urban-Chmiel, Ireneusz Balicki, Katarzyna Świąder, Anna Nowaczek, Ewelina Pyzik, Dagmara Stępień-Pyśniak, Agnieszka Marek, Andrzej Puchalski, Andrzej Wernicki, Ewa Poleszak and Marta Dec

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:21

    Content type: Research

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  18. Nasal abnormalities are rare in bovines. In humans, nasal deformities are mainly classified as proboscis lateralis or supernumerary nostrils. This report discusses the etiology of triple nostrils in a calf, ba...

    Authors: Takeshi Tsuka, Ai Saito, Yoshiharu Okamoto, Yuji Sunden, Takehito Morita, Ryo Nishimura, Yusuke Murahata, Kazuo Azuma, Masamichi Yamashita, Tomohiro Osaki, Norihiko Ito and Tomohiro Imagawa

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:19

    Content type: Case Report

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  19. The Irish dairy industry has established a reputation for the production of safe and healthy dairy products and is seeking to further expand its export market for high value dairy products. To support its repu...

    Authors: A. G. Jordan, L. R. Citer, C. G. McAloon, D. A. Graham, E. S. G. Sergeant and S. J. More

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:18

    Content type: Review

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  20. Fibronectin (FN) is a large (450–500 kDa), multidomain and multifunctional glycoprotein existing in mammalian tissues. Some fibronectin (FN) molecular forms might be involved in biological processes occurring ...

    Authors: Paulina Jawor, Dorota Krzyżanowska-Gołąb, Joanna Bajzert, Tadeusz Stefaniak and Iwona Kątnik-Prastowska

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:17

    Content type: Research

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  21. Laryngeal chondritis is a disease of undetermined aetiology, characterised by oedema, ulceration, abscessation and necrosis of the laryngeal mucosa and cartilage. The initial aim of the study was to document f...

    Authors: Aideen Kennedy, Séamus Fagan, Colm Brady, John Fagan, Eamon Wall, Seamus Hoey, Emma Tobin, Mícheál Casey and Maresa Sheehan

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:16

    Content type: Research

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  22. Ultrasonographic monitoring of the pregnant bitch is an established routine in many veterinary clinics. In order to better assess foetal health and avoid pregnancy losses, Doppler ultrasonographic evaluation o...

    Authors: Sandeep Mahadeo Gaikwad, Sarita Ulhas Gulavane, Umesh Balkrishna Kumbhar, Raju Ramrao Shelar, Ravindra Jayram Chaudhari and Ruth Ann Ribeiro

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:15

    Content type: Research

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  23. A longitudinal prospective study was conducted from October 2017 to April 2018 on calf diarrhea and coccidiosis in dairy farms in Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia with the objectives of determining the incidence...

    Authors: Habtamu Tamrat, Negesse Mekonnen, Yeshwas Ferede, Rudi Cassini and Negus Belayneh

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:14

    Content type: Research

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  24. Hypotension is one of the most common complications observed during inhalation anaesthesia in veterinary patients. Treatment of hypotension in cattle is more challenging than in other species, owing to the lim...

    Authors: Laura Gómez Fernández, María Chie Niimura del Barrio and Claire Loughran

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:13

    Content type: Case Report

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  25. The control of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) of cattle in pasture-based production systems such as Ireland is highly dependent on the availability of efficacious anthelmintics. There is very little informat...

    Authors: Anne C. Kelleher, Barbara Good, Theo de Waal and Orla M. Keane

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:12

    Content type: Research

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  26. Antimicrobial resistance has been recognised as one of the most difficult challenges facing human and animal health in recent decades. The surveillance of antimicrobial use in animal health plays a major role ...

    Authors: Hannah Martin, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, Simon J. More, Lorcan O’Neill, Lisa Bradford, Catherine I. Carty, Áine B. Collins and Conor G. McAloon

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:11

    Content type: Review

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  27. Veterinary regulators require veterinary nursing students to demonstrate clinical competence prior to registration and practice as a veterinary nurse. However, in common with other medical professions, there i...

    Authors: Karen Dunne, Bernadette Brereton, Vivienne Duggan and Deirdre P. Campion

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:10

    Content type: Research

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  28. There is very little data on the optimal anaesthetic management of ring-tailed lemurs, and the available information is mostly based on extrapolation from other species. In addition, a thorough pre-anaesthetic...

    Authors: Kyratsoula Pentsou and Vilhelmiina Huuskonen

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:9

    Content type: Case Report

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:26

  29. The aim of the study was to evaluate oxidant/antioxidant status in 21 Holstein dairy cows with metritis compared to 8 healthy controls. Blood samples were taken during the first 21 days postpartum. Malondialde...

    Authors: Karolína Mikulková, Romana Kadek, Jaroslav Filípek and Josef Illek

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:8

    Content type: Research

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  31. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) as an emerging zoonotic pathogen causes a major public health issue. Transmission from domestic, wildlife and zoo animals to human has been widely reported. Whether pets also serve as r...

    Authors: Yunlong Li, Changbo Qu, Bart Spee, Ruyi Zhang, Louis C. Penning, Robert A. de Man, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Hille Fieten and Qiuwei Pan

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:6

    Content type: Short Report

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  32. Overdrainage and collapse of the hemispheres is a potential severe complication after surgical treatment of internal hydrocephalus using ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Here we describe a case of a spontaneous he...

    Authors: Agnieszka Olszewska, Daniela Farke and Martin Jürgen Schmidt

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:5

    Content type: Case Report

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  33. Comfortable beds play an important role in increasing the ruminant and milk production efficiency of dairy buffalo. In loose housing systems, cow lying comfort depends on both the bedding materials and bed base.

    Authors: Lin Li, Ping Liu, Lulu Guo, Fulan Zhang, Jinhui Pu, Huaming Mao and Zhaobing Gu

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:4

    Content type: Research

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  34. Dairy and beef cattle can be reservoirs of many pathogens, including Salmonella and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), the causative agent of Johne’s disease (JD). Farm environments may provide po...

    Authors: Elvira Ramovic, Gillian Madigan, Shannon McDonnell, Denise Griffin, Elaine Bracken, Eadaoin NiGhallchoir, Emma Quinless, Aoife Galligan, John Egan and Deirdre M. Prendergast

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:3

    Content type: Research

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  36. Student feedback has played an important role in the maintenance of quality and standards in higher education. Perhaps the most commonly used method to capture feedback is a series of questions or statements w...

    Authors: Conor G. McAloon, Emmet Kelly, Sue Rackard, Catherine McAloon, Marijke Beltman, Luke O’Grady, Lorenzo Viora, Mark Crowe, Michael L. Doherty and Eoin G. Ryan

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2020 73:1

    Content type: Case Report

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  37. Aminorex, (RS)-5- Phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-amine, is an amphetamine-like anorectic and in the United States a Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] Schedule 1 controlled substance. Aminorex in horse uri...

    Authors: George Maylin, Clara Fenger, Jacob Machin, Sucheta Kudrimoti, Rodney Eisenberg, Jonathan Green and Thomas Tobin

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:15

    Content type: Research

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  38. Radiography is useful to determine left atrial (LA) size when echocardiography is not available. Recently, the authors have described Radiographic Left Atrial Dimension (RLAD) as a new radiographic measurement...

    Authors: Xavier Sánchez Salguero, David Prandi, Francisco Llabrés-Díaz, Edgar G. Manzanilla, Llorenç Badiella and Claudio Bussadori

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:14

    Content type: Short Report

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  39. Cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) is a condition of unknown aetiology involving microvascular thrombosis. It has recently been described in over 160 dogs in the United Kingdom and usually has ...

    Authors: Aimee Hope, Carlos Martinez, Joseph P. Cassidy, Barbara Gallagher and Carmel T. Mooney

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:13

    Content type: Case Report

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  41. Influenza D virus (IDV) is a new member of the Orthomyxoviridae family. It was first reported in swine in 2011 and isolated from bovine samples received for routine respiratory disease diagnosis in Ireland dur...

    Authors: Tom O’Donovan, Leah Donohoe, Mariette F. Ducatez, Gilles Meyer and Eoin Ryan

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:11

    Content type: Short Report

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  42. The objective of this study was to identify the prognostic value for survival of blood parameters in the immediate post-caesarean surgery period in kids born from pregnancy toxaemia (PT) goats. This study invo...

    Authors: I. M. Andrade, P. B. A. Simões, L. P. Lamas, N. Carolino and M. S. Lima

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:10

    Content type: Short Report

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  43. In Autumn 2011, nonspecific clinical signs of pyrexia, diarrhoea, and drop in milk yield were observed in dairy cattle near the German town of Schmallenberg at the Dutch/German border. Targeted veterinary diag...

    Authors: Áine B. Collins, Michael L. Doherty, Damien J. Barrett and John F. Mee

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:9

    Content type: Review

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  44. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic pathogen commonly considered an important foodborne virus. Pet dogs are important reservoirs of zoonotic agents. In the present study, the seroprevalence of HEV in pet dog...

    Authors: Kwang-Soo Lyoo, Soo-Jin Yang, Woonsung Na and Daesub Song

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:8

    Content type: Short Report

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  45. The lungworm, Perostrongylus falciformis (fomerly known as Aelurostrongylus falciformis) has been identified in badgers (Meles meles) in Britain, the Russian Federation, Italy, Norway, Poland, Ukraine, Bosnia Her...

    Authors: Jennifer OC. Byrne, Andrew W. Byrne, Annetta Zintl, Karolina Jankowska, Emmanuel Coulange, Theo de Waal, Grainne McCarthy, James O’Keeffe, Inger S. Hamnes and Ursula Fogarty

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:7

    Content type: Research

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  46. T1w turbo spin echo (TSE) represents a fundamental sequence in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocols investigating the brain. Recent human literature has reported T1w Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery’s...

    Authors: Chiara Bergamino, Séamus Hoey, Kenneth Waller and Cliona Skelly

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:6

    Content type: Research

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  47. Tamoxifen (TAM), a selective modulator of estrogen receptors (SERMs) has been recently explored as a therapeutic option for the oral treatment of airway inflammation in the horse. The objective of this work wa...

    Authors: Gonzalo Gajardo, Rodrigo López-Muñoz, Anita Plaza, Benjamin Uberti, José Sarmiento, Gabriel Morán and Claudio Henríquez

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:5

    Content type: Research

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  48. We report on the use of the faecal egg count reduction test to evaluate the performance of ivermectin in treating gastrointestinal nematode infections in first grazing season (FGS) calves on four dairy farms i...

    Authors: James O’Shaughnessy, Yvonne Drought, John Lynch, Marian Denny, Christine Hurley, William Byrne, Mícheál Casey, Theo de Waal and Maresa Sheehan

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:4

    Content type: Short report

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  50. Disregarding atlantoaxial instability in toy breed dogs associated with dens malformation and cervical spondylomyelopathy; cervical vertebral malformations are rare and poorly characterised in veterinary medic...

    Authors: Ricardo Fernandes, Noel Fitzpatrick, Clare Rusbridge, Jeremy Rose and Colin J. Driver

    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2019 72:2

    Content type: Research

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