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Effect of milk feed source, frequency of feeding and age at turnout on calf performance, live-weight at mating and 1^st lactation milk production

Female calves (n = 108) were assigned to 6 cold milk feeding treatments in two experiments for a 70-day period. Live-weight (LW) was measured weekly, with an additional LW taken at day 410 and post-calving for...

Authors: David Gleeson and Bernadette O’Brien

Salmonella in meats, water, fruit and vegetables as disclosed from testing undertaken by Food Business Operators in Ireland from 2005 to 2009

Food Business Operators (FBO) are responsible for the safety of the food they produce and in Ireland those under the regulatory control of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine are required to provide...

Authors: Sharon Duggan, Emily Jordan, Montserrat Gutierrez, Gaye Barrett, Tony O’Brien, Darren Hand, Kevin Kenny, June Fanning, Nola Leonard and John Egan

Bovine viral diarrhoea virus seroprevalence and vaccination usage in dairy and beef herds in the Republic of Ireland

Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is an infectious disease of cattle with a worldwide distribution. Herd-level prevalence varies among European Union (EU) member states, and prevalence information facilitates decis...

Authors: D J Bosco Cowley, Tracy A Clegg, Michael L Doherty and Simon J More

Maxillary osteosarcoma in a beef suckler cow

A ten-year-old beef suckler cow was referred to the Scottish Centre for Production Animal Health & Food Safety of the University of Glasgow, because of facial swelling in the region of the right maxilla. The f...

Authors: Diether G J Prins, Thomas Wittek and David C Barrett

Outbreaks of highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in Jiangxi province, China

In 2007, herds of pigs in Jiangxi Province, China experienced outbreaks of a severe form of suspected porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) characterized by high fever, high morbidity and mortal...

Authors: Aijiang Guo, Guohua Wu, Wei Gong, Xuenong Luo, Haixue Zheng, Huanjie Jia and Xuepeng Cai

A case of bovine raw milk contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

During routine sampling of bulk raw milk on a dairy farm, the pathogenic bacteria Listeria monocytogenes was found to be a contaminant, at numbers < 100 cfu/ml. A strain with an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel...

Authors: Karen Hunt, Niall Drummond, Mary Murphy, Francis Butler, Jim Buckley and Kieran Jordan

A review of African horse sickness and its implications for Ireland

African horse sickness is an economically highly important non-contagious but infectious Orbivirus disease that is transmitted by various species of Culicoides midges. The equids most severely affected by the vir...

Authors: Geoffrey M Thompson, Stephen Jess and Archie K Murchie

Predicted costs and benefits of eradicating BVDV from Ireland

Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) causes an economically important endemic disease (BVD) of cattle in Ireland and worldwide. Systematic eradication by detection and removal of infectious (BVDV carrier) cattl...

Authors: Alistair W Stott, Roger W Humphry, George J Gunn, Isabella Higgins, Thia Hennessy, Joe O’Flaherty and David A Graham

Good animal welfare makes economic sense: potential of pig abattoir meat inspection as a welfare surveillance tool

During abattoir meat inspection pig carcasses are partially or fully condemned upon detection of disease that poses a risk to public health or welfare conditions that cause animal suffering e.g. fractures. Thi...

Authors: Sarah Harley, Simon More, Laura Boyle, Niamh O’ Connell and Alison Hanlon

A review of official data obtained from dog control records generated by the dog control service of county cork, Ireland during 2007

There are no peer reviewed data on dog control records from an official agency in Ireland. In order to address this, a total of 2,669 official dog control service records generated during 2007 by Cork County C...

Authors: Edmond N O’Sullivan and Alison J Hanlon

Seroprevalence of Leptospira Hardjo in the Irish suckler cattle population

Prior to the present study, the seroprevalence of leptospirosis in Irish suckler herds was unknown. In this study, we describe the herd and animal-level prevalence of Leptospira Hardjo infection in the Irish suck...

Authors: Eoin Gerard Ryan, Nola Leonard, Luke O’Grady, Simon J More and Michael L Doherty

Insights into udder health and intramammary antibiotic usage on Irish dairy farms during 2003-2010

By international standards, Ireland is a relatively small dairy producer. However, the industry plays a critical role to the national economy, accounting for approximately 3% of national gross domestic product...

Authors: Simon J More, Tracy A Clegg and Luke O'Grady

Herd-level risk factors associated with Leptospira Hardjo seroprevalence in Beef/Suckler herds in the Republic of Ireland

The aim of the present study was to investigate risk factors for herd seropositivity to Leptospira Hardjo in Irish suckler herds. Herds were considered eligible for the study if they were unvaccinated and contain...

Authors: Eoin Gerard Ryan, Nola Leonard, Luke O'Grady, Michael L Doherty and Simon J More

Geographical, clinical, clinicopathological and radiographic features of canine angiostrongylosis in Irish dogs: a retrospective study

Angiostrongylus vasorum infection is associated with high morbidity and mortality in dogs. Although recognised in Ireland, there are no large series of cases reported. The aim of this retrospective study was to i...

Authors: Barbara Gallagher, Sheila F Brennan, Micaela Zarelli and Carmel T Mooney

Antioxidant defence of colostrum and milk in consecutive lactations in sows

Parturition is supposed to be related to oxidative stress, not only for the mother, but also for the newborn. Moreover, it is not clear whether consecutive pregnancies, parturitions, and lactations are similar...

Authors: Justyna Lipko-Przybylska and Marta Kankofer

A demographic survey of unwanted horses in Ireland 2005-2010

The Irish Horse Industry expanded during the Celtic Tiger boom years, then contracted in the current economic recession. High value horses were traditionally controlled through sale at public auction, private ...

Authors: DP Leadon, Dylan O'Toole and Vivienne E Duggan

Relative effectiveness of Irish factories in the surveillance of slaughtered cattle for visible lesions of tuberculosis, 2005-2007

In Ireland, every animal is examined at slaughter for its fitness for human consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of factories in submitting and subsequently in having ...

Authors: Francisco Olea-Popelka, Zach Freeman, Paul White, Eamonn Costello, James O'Keeffe, Klaas Frankena, Wayne Martin and Simon More

Glycaemia as a sign of the viability of the foetuses in the last days of gestation in dairy goats with pregnancy toxaemia

Pregnancy toxaemia is one of the most common diseases affecting small ruminants in the last month of gestation. Nearly 80% of the foetal growth occurs in the last 6 weeks of gestation. Fat goats and goats carr...

Authors: Miguel S Lima, Rita A Pascoal and George T Stilwell

Calf health from birth to weaning. III. housing and management of calf pneumonia

Calfhood diseases have a major impact on the economic viability of cattle operations. A three part review series has been developed focusing on calf health from birth to weaning. In this paper, the last of the...

Authors: Ingrid Lorenz, Bernadette Earley, John Gilmore, Ian Hogan, Emer Kennedy and Simon J More

Identification of key performance indicators for on-farm animal welfare incidents: possible tools for early warning and prevention

The objective of this study was to describe aspects of case study herds investigated by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF) in which animal welfare incidents occurred and to identify key p...

Authors: Patricia C Kelly, Simon J More, Martin Blake and Alison J Hanlon

Considerations on BVD eradication for the Irish livestock industry

Animal Health Ireland has produced clear guidelines for the control of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) infection in Irish cattle herds. In the course of developing these guidelines it was clear that a framework f...

Authors: Damien J Barrett, Simon J More, David A Graham, Joe O'Flaherty, Michael L Doherty and H Michael Gunn

Aspects of the owning/keeping and disposal of horses, and how these relate to equine health/welfare in Ireland

Ireland has long been renowned as a major centre for the breeding, rearing and keeping of horses. Since 2007, however, there has been increasing concern for horse health and welfare standards, and links betwee...

Authors: Joseph A Collins, Alison Hanlon, Simon J More, Patrick G Wall and Vivienne Duggan

Calf health from birth to weaning. I. General aspects of disease prevention

Calfhood diseases have a major impact on the economic viability of cattle operations. This is the first in a three part review series on calf health from birth to weaning, focusing on preventive measures. The ...

Authors: Ingrid Lorenz, John F Mee, Bernadette Earley and Simon J More

Calf health from birth to weaning. II. Management of diarrhoea in pre-weaned calves

Calfhood diseases have a major impact on the economic viability of cattle operations. The second of this three part review series considers the management of diarrhoeic diseases in pre-weaned calves. In neonat...

Authors: Ingrid Lorenz, John Fagan and Simon J More

Communication in production animal medicine: modelling a complex interaction with the example of dairy herd health medicine

The importance of communication skills in veterinary medicine is increasingly recognised. Appropriate communication skills towards the client are of utmost importance in both companion animal practice and prod...

Authors: Joachim L Kleen, Owen Atkinson and Jos PTM Noordhuizen

A HACCP-based approach to mastitis control in dairy herds. Part 2: Implementation and evaluation

Part 1 of the study described the development of a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) based programme and accompanying handbook for the control of mastitis. This paper describes the implementat...

Authors: Lies Beekhuis-Gibbon, Catherine Devitt, Paul Whyte, Luke O'Grady, Simon J More, Bairbre Redmond, Suzanne Quin and Michael L Doherty

Genotypic characterisation and cluster analysis of Campylobacter jejuniisolates from domestic pets, human clinical cases and retail food

The genetic similarity of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from pets, compared to human clinical cases and retail food isolates collected in Ireland over 2001-2006 was investigated by cluster analysis of pulsed-fiel...

Authors: Els Acke, Cyril Carroll, Aoife O'Leary, Kevina McGill, Lorraine Kelly, Amanda Lawlor, Robert H Madden, Lynn Moran, Pam Scates, Eleanor McNamara, John E Moore, Boyd R Jones, Seamus Fanning and Paul Whyte

Genetics of animal health and disease in cattle

There have been considerable recent advancements in animal breeding and genetics relevant to disease control in cattle, which can now be utilised as part of an overall programme for improved cattle health. Thi...

Authors: Donagh P Berry, Mairead L Bermingham, Margaret Good and Simon J More

Gastrointestinal nematode control practices on lowland sheep farms in Ireland with reference to selection for anthelmintic resistance

Gastrointestinal parasitism is a widely recognised problem in sheep production, particularly for lambs. While anthelmintics have a pivotal role in controlling the effects of parasites, there is a paucity of da...

Authors: Thomas Patten, Barbara Good, James P Hanrahan, Grace Mulcahy and Theo de Waal

Anaesthesia of three young grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) for fracture repair

Three young grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) were presented separately for fracture repair to the veterinary teaching hospital of University College Dublin. The seals were premedicated with a combination of pet...

Authors: Vilhelmiina Huuskonen, Lynne Hughes and Rachel Bennett

A HACCP-based approach to mastitis control in dairy herds. Part 1: Development

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) systems are a risk based preventive approach developed to increase levels of food safety assurance. This is part 1 of a pilot study on the development, imple...

Authors: Lies Beekhuis-Gibbon, Paul Whyte, Luke O'Grady, Simon J More and Michael L Doherty

Irish Veterinary Journal goes open access

Authors: Michael L Doherty

A survey of bone integrity from cull sows in Ireland

The objective of this study was to examine the differences in sow metacarpal properties through various parities and to compare the incidence of locomotory problems between stalled and loose-housed sows. Metac...

Authors: WF Ryan, PB Lynch and JV O'Doherty

An investigation into reduced milk production following dietary alteration on an Irish dairy farm

A nutritional evaluation of an Irish dairy herd indicated gross overfeeding of late lactation cows, over-conditioning of cows at parturition and a high rate of body condition loss in early lactation. Metabolis...

Authors: Timothy Geraghty, Luke O'Grady and Finbar J Mulligan

A review of bovine cases consigned under veterinary certification to emergency and casualty slaughter in Ireland during 2006 to 2008

The emergency and casualty slaughter of cattle for human consumption (in cases where animals are likely to have suffered from acute or chronic pain, respectively) in Ireland requires that the animal is accompa...

Authors: Mary Cullinane, Edmond O'Sullivan, Gerald Collins, Daniel M Collins and Simon J More

Pemoline and tetramisole 'positives' in English racehorses following levamisole administration

Pemoline is a central nervous system stimulant that has been used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy in humans; its identification in horses could be considered evidence of attemp...

Authors: J. Gutierrez, R.L. Eisenberg, N.J. Koval, E.R. Armstrong, J. Tharappel, C.G. Hughes and T. Tobin

Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia associated with angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a Jack Russell terrier

A twenty-month-old Jack Russell terrier was presented with a four-day history of thrombocytopenia, echymotic inguinal haemorrhages, coughing and reduced exercise tolerance. Clinical examination revealed severa...

Authors: Emma JO'Neill, Els Acke, Emma Tobin and Grainne McCarthy

Antimicrobial resistance in commensal faecal Escherichia coli of hospitalised horses

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of hospitalisation and antimicrobial drug administration on the prevalence of resistance in commensal faecal E. coli of horses. Faecal samples were collected ...

Authors: Jill Bryan, Nola Leonard, Séamus Fanning, Lisa Katz and Vivienne Duggan

latrogenic lipoid pneumonia in an adult horse

A 20-year-old gelding presented with a history of acute respiratory distress which began immediately after administration of a mineral oil and water mix, via nasogastric intubation, for treatment of suspected ...

Authors: Lucy Metcalfe, Carolyn Cummins, Eva Maischberger and Lisa Katz

Veterinary dairy herd fertility service provision in seasonal and non-seasonal dairy industries - a comparison

The decline in dairy herd fertility internationally has highlighted the limited impact of traditional veterinary approaches to bovine fertility management. Three questionnaire surveys were conducted at buiatri...

Authors: JF Mee

Oesophageal foreign bodies in dogs: factors affecting success of endoscopic retrieval

Oesophageal foreign bodies are common in dogs. Endoscopic removal is a viable treatment option but few studies have assessed the clinical and radiographic features that would be useful in decision-making and p...

Authors: Florence Juvet, Manuel Pinilla, Robert E. Shiel and Carmel T. Mooney

Causes of disease and death from birth to 12 months of age in the Thoroughbred horse in Ireland

A retrospective study was carried out to investigate the causes of disease and death in a population of foals in Ireland during their first 12 months post partum. Foaling and veterinary records from 343 foals ...

Authors: NP Galvin and KTT Corley

A review of Ireland's waterbirds, with emphasis on wintering migrants and reference to H5N1 avian influenza

Ireland is characterised by its diversity and large abundance of wetlands, making it attractive to a wide variety of waterbirds throughout the year. This paper presents an overview of Ireland's waterbirds, inc...

Authors: O Crowe, J Wilson, I Aznar and SJ More

A non-invasive technique for standing surgical repair of urinary bladder rupture in a post-partum mare: a case report

An 11-year-old mare presented 36 hours after foaling with a ruptured bladder. Uroperitoneum was diagnosed on ultrasound and from the creatinine concentration of the peritoneal fluid. Bladder endoscopy demonstr...

Authors: JO Stephen, MS Harty, AR Hollis, JM Yeomans and KTT Corley

Omentalisation as adjunctive treatment of an infected femoral nonunion fracture: a case report

A three-year-old male working border collie with an infected femoral nonunion fracture was managed in a two-stage procedure involving debridement and omentalisation, followed by stabilisation with a bone plate...

Authors: A McAlinden, M Glyde, H McAllister and B Kirby

Prevalence and distribution of paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) in cattle herds in Ireland

A simple random survey was conducted in Ireland during 2005 to estimate the ELISA-prevalence of paratuberculosis, commonly called Johne's disease (JD), in the cattle population. Serum samples were collected fr...

Authors: M Good, T Clegg, H Sheridan, D Yearsely, T O'Brien, J Egan and P Mullowney

Direct and indirect effects of Johne's disease on farm and animal productivity in an Irish dairy herd

Johne's disease (JD) is caused by infection with the organism Mycobacterium avium spp. paratuberculosis, leading to chronic diarrhoea and ill thrift in adult cattle. JD is considered to adversely affect farm perf...

Authors: EKB Richardson and SJ More

Effect of pre-milking teat preparation procedures on the microbial count on teats prior to cluster application

A study was carried out to investigate the effect of six pre-milking teat preparation procedures on lowering the staphylococal, streptococcal and coliform microbial count on teat skin prior to cluster applicat...

Authors: D Gleeson, B O'Brien, J Flynn, E O'Callaghan and F Galli

Molecular epidemiology of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from horses in Ireland

Clinical isolates (n = 63) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa obtained from various sites in 63 horses were compared using ERIC2 RAPD PCR to determine their genetic relatedness. Resulting banding patterns (n = 24 genotype...

Authors: A Tazumi, Y Maeda, T Buckley, BC Millar, CE Goldsmith, JSG Dooley, JS Elborn, M Matsuda and JE Moore

An outbreak of tuberculosis affecting cattle and people on an Irish dairy farm, following the consumption of raw milk

Bovine tuberculosis is an ongoing problem in Ireland, and herd incidence has remained at approximately 5% for some years. Spillover of infection from cattle to people remains an ever-present possibility, given...

Authors: P Doran, J Carson, E Costello and SJ More