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  1. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:12
  2. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:11
  3. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:10
  4. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:8
  5. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:6
  6. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:5
  7. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:3
  8. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:2
  9. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2012 65:1
  10. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:14
  11. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:13
  12. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:12
  13. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:11
  14. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:8
  15. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:7
  16. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:6
  17. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:5
  18. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:4
  19. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2011 64:2
  20. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2010 63:754
  21. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2010 63:689
  22. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2010 63:568
  23. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2010 63:498
  24. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2010 63:434
  25. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2010 63:373
  26. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2010 63:303
  27. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62:734
  28. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62:597
  29. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62:461
  30. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62:456
  31. The demography of bovine infections caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) in Ireland is poorly defined. The objective of this study was to describe the demographics of cattle positive to...

    Authors: EKB Richardson, JF Mee, C Sánchez-Miguel, J Crilly and SJ More
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62:398
  32. 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
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62:390
  33. The establishment of a single validated endoscopic laryngeal grading system for assessing recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN) is desirable to facilitate direct comparisons between the findings of different cl...

    Authors: N Collins, E Milne, C Hahn and P Dixon
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62:334
  34. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of paratuberculosis sero-status on milk yield, fat, protein, somatic cell count and calving interval in Irish dairy herds. Serum from all animals over ...

    Authors: K Hoogendam, E Richardson and JF Mee
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62(Suppl 4):265

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 62 Supplement 4

  35. In 1998, Countdown Downunder, Australia's national mastitis and cell count control programme, was created. With funding from the country's leading dairy organisation, Dairy Australia, this programme was origin...

    Authors: PB Brightling, RD Dyson, AF Hope and J Penry
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62(Suppl 4):S52

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 62 Supplement 4

  36. Against the background of prevailing udder health problems on dairy farms, this paper discusses a new approach to mastitis control. Current udder health control programmes, such as the 'five-point plan', are h...

    Authors: JPTM Noordhuizen and J Cannas da Silva
    Citation: Irish Veterinary Journal 2009 62(Suppl 4):S21

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 62 Supplement 4