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Publications 2010

1. Browne, W. J., G. Caplen, et al. "Consistency, transitivity and inter-relationships between measures of choice in environmental preference tests with chickens." Behav Processes 83(1): 72-8.
2. Gatica, M. C., G. E. Monti, et al. "Muscle pH, rigor mortis and blood variables in Atlantic salmon transported in two types of well-boat." Veterinary Record 166(2): 45-50.
3. Grint, N., J. Murrell, et al. "Analgesia protocols in donkeys." Veterinary Record 166(4): 121-121.
4. Hothersall, B., E. V. Gale, et al. "Cue use by foals (Equus caballus) in a discrimination learning task." Animal Cognition 13(1): 63-74.
5. Knowles, T. G., S. N. Brown, et al. "The response of untamed (unbroken) ponies to conditions of road transport." Animal Welfare 19(1): 1-15.
6. Marley, C. L., R. F. Weller, et al. "Aligning health and welfare principles and practice in organic dairy systems: a review." Animal 4(2): 259-271.
7. Mullan, S. "Comments on the dilemma in the November/December 2009 issue: 'Canine blood donor'." In Practice 32(1): 39-39.
8. Murray, J. K., W. J. Browne, et al. "Number and ownership profiles of cats and dogs in the UK." Veterinary Record 166(6): 163-168.
9. Murrell, J. C., S. L. Mitchinson, et al. "Electroencephalography during ovariohysterectomy in rats anaesthetized with halothane." Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia 37(1): 14-24.
10. Slingsby, L. S., J. C. Murrell, et al. "Combination of dexmedetomidine with buprenorphine enhances the antinociceptive effect to a thermal stimulus in the cat compared with either agent alone." Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia 37(2): 162-170.
11. Walker, J., A. Dale, et al. "The assessment of emotional expression in dogs using a Free Choice Profiling methodology." Animal Welfare 19(1): 75-84.
12. Yeates, J. "Life, the universe and everything." Journal of Small Animal Practice 51(2): 81-82.

Publications 2009

1. Asher, L., L. M. Collins, et al. (2009). "Recent advances in the analysis of behavioural organization and interpretation as indicators of animal welfare." Journal of the Royal Society Interface 6(41): 1103-1119.
2. Barker, Z. E., J. R. Amory, et al. (2009). "Risk factors for increased rates of sole ulcers, white line disease, and digital dermatitis in dairy cattle from twenty-seven farms in England and Wales." Journal of Dairy Science 92(5): 1971-1978.
3. Bell, N. and J. Huxley (2009). "Locomotion, lameness and mobility in dairy cows." The Veterinary Record 164(23): 726.
4. Bell, N. J., M. J. Bell, et al. (2009). "The development, implementation and testing of a lameness control programme based on HACCP principles and designed for heifers on dairy farms." Veterinary Journal 180(2): 178-188.
5. Bradshaw, J. W. S., E. J. Blackwell, et al. (2009). "Dominance in domestic dogs-useful construct or bad habit?" Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research 4(3): 135-144.
6. Broster, C. E., C. C. Burn, et al. (2009). "The range and prevalence of pathological abnormalities associated with lameness in working horses from developing countries." Equine Veterinary Journal 41(5): 474-481.
7. Browne, W. J. and F. Steele (2009). "Recent advances in multilevel modelling methodology and applications." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series a-Statistics in Society 172: 535-536.
8. Browne, W. J., F. Steele, et al. (2009). "The use of simple reparameterizations to improve the efficiency of Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation for multilevel models with applications to discrete time survival models." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series a-Statistics in Society 172: 579-598.
9. Burman, O. H. P., R. M. A. Parker, et al. (2009). "Anxiety-induced cognitive bias in non-human animals." Physiology & Behavior In Press, Corrected Proof.
10. BURN, C. C., DENNISON, T.L. & WHAY, H.R. (2009). "Environmental and demographic risk factors for poor welfare in working horses, donkeys, and mules in developing countries. ." Veterinary Journal
11. Burn, C. C., J. C. Pritchard, et al. (2009). "Observer reliability for working equine welfare assessment: problems with high prevalences of certain results." Animal Welfare 18(2): 177-187.
12. Burton, N. J., M. R. Owen, et al. (2009). "Can owners and clinicians assess outcome in dogs with fragmented medical coronoid process?" Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 22(3): 183-189.
13. Caplen, G. (2009). "Hunger." The Encyclopaedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare.
14. Caplen, G. (2009). "Lethargy. ." The Encyclopaedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare. .
15. Dennison, T. (2009). "Everyday ethics." In Practice 31(3): 147-147.
16. Dennison, T. and S. Mullan (2009). "Everyday ethics." In Practice 31(6): 302-303.
17. Ellis, T., I. Hoyle, et al. (2009). "Further development of the "Fin Index" method for quantifying fin erosion in rainbow trout." Aquaculture 289(3-4): 283-288.
18. Ellis, T., I. Hoyle, et al. (2009). "Further development of the "Fin Index" method for quantifying fin erosion in rainbow trout." Aquaculture 289(3-4): 283-288.
19. Evans, L. K. M., T. G. Knowles, et al. (2009). "The efficacy of chlorhexidine gluconate in canine skin preparation - practice survey and clinical trials." Journal of Small Animal Practice 50(9): 458-465.
20. Gibson, T. J., C. B. Johnson, et al. (2009). "Components of electroencephalographic responses to slaughter in halothane-anaesthetised calves: Effects of cutting neck tissues compared with major blood vessels." New Zealand Veterinary Journal 57(2): 84-89.
21. Gibson, T. J., C. B. Johnson, et al. (2009). "Electroencephalographic responses of halothane-anaesthetised calves to slaughter by ventral-neck incision without prior stunning." New Zealand Veterinary Journal 57(2): 77-83.
22. Gibson, T. J., C. B. Johnson, et al. (2009). "Amelioration of electroencephalographic responses to slaughter by non-penetrative captive-bolt stunning after ventral-neck incision in halothane-anaesthetised calves." New Zealand Veterinary Journal 57(2): 96-101.
23. Gibson, T. J., C. B. Johnson, et al. (2009). "Electroencephalographic responses to concussive non-penetrative captive-bolt stunning in halothane-anaesthetised calves." New Zealand Veterinary Journal 57(2): 90-95.
24. Green, M. J., Browne, W.J., Green, L.E., Bradley, A.J., Leach, K.A., Breen, J.E. and Medley, G.F. (2009). "Bayesian Analysis of a Mastitis Control Plan to Investigate the Influence of Veterinary Prior Beliefs on Clinical Interpretation." Preventive Veterinary Medicine.
25. Green, M. J., G. F. Medley, et al. (2009). "Use of posterior predictive assessments to evaluate model fit in multilevel logistic regression." Vet. Res. 40(4): 30.
26. Haslam, S. M., T. G. Knowles, et al. (2009). "Prevalence and factors associated with it, of birds dead on arrival at the slaughterhouse and other rejection conditions in broiler chickens (vol 49, pg 685, 2009)." British Poultry Science 50(1): 150-150.
27. Hernandez, C., Harding, J., Oliver, M., Bloomfield, F., Held, S. and Matthews, L. (2009). "Effects of litter size, sex and peri-conceptional ewe nutrition on side preference and cognitive flexibility on the offspring." Behavioural Brain Research.
28. Johnstone RA, R. S., Evans MR (2009). "Sexual selection and condition-dependence." Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
29. Kasapidou, E., M. Enser, et al. (2009). "Influence of vitamin E supplementation and basal diet on the vitamin E status, performance and tissue fatty acid concentration in lambs." Animal 3(4): 516-526.
30. Knowles, T. G. and P. D. Warriss (2009). "Space allowances for confined livestock and their determination from allometric principles: A comment on." Applied Animal Behaviour Science In Press, Corrected Proof.
31. Kostoulas, P., L. Leontides, et al. (2009). "Bayesian estimation of variance partition coefficients adjusted for imperfect test sensitivity and specificity." Preventive Veterinary Medicine 89(3-4): 155-162.
32. LAVEN, R. A., HUXLEY, J.N., WHAY, H.R. & STAFFORD, K.J (2009). "Results of a survey of attitudes of dairy veterinarians in New Zealand regarding painful procedures and conditions in cattle. ." New Zealand Veterinary Journal
33. Leach, K. A., S. Dippel, et al. (2009). "Assessing lameness in cows kept in tie-stalls." Journal of Dairy Science 92(4): 1567-1574.
34. Love, E. J., P. M. Taylor, et al. (2009). "Analgesic effect of butorphanol in ponies following castration." Equine Veterinary Journal 41: 552-556.
35. Main, D. (2009). "Application of Welfare Assessment to Commercial Livestock Production." Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 12(2): 97-104.
36. Main, D. C. J., M. C. Appleby, et al. (2009). "Essential veterinary education in the welfare of food production animals." Revue Scientifique Et Technique-Office International Des Epizooties 28(2): 611-616.
37. Mendl, M., O. H. P. Burman, et al. (2009). "Cognitive bias as an indicator of animal emotion and welfare: Emerging evidence and underlying mechanisms." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 118(3-4): 161-181.
38. Mullan, S., W. J. Browne, et al. (2009). "The effect of sampling strategy on the estimated prevalence of welfare outcome measures on finishing pig farms." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 119(1-2): 39-48.
39. Mullan, S., S. A. Edwards, et al. (2009). "Interdependence of welfare outcome measures and potential confounding factors on finishing pig farms." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 121(1): 25-31.
40. Murray, J. K., Browne W.J., Roberts,M.A., Whitmarsh, A. and Gruffydd-Jones, T.J. (2009). "Owned cats and dogs in the UK: who owns them and how many are there in England and Wales?" Veterinary Record.
41. Murray, J. K., M. A. Roberts, et al. (2009). "Risk factors for feline immunodeficiency virus antibody test status in Cats Protection adoption centres (2004)." Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 11(6): 467-473.
42. Murray, J. K., M. A. Roberts, et al. (2009). "Survey of the characteristics of cats owned by households in the UK and factors affecting their neutered status." Veterinary Record 164(5): 137-141.
43. Murrell JC, M. S., Lesperance L, Sivakumaran S, Johnson B (2009). "Electroencephalography during ovariohysterectomy in rats anaesthetized with halothane. ." Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
44. Nicol C.J., C. G., Edgar J., Browne W J (2009). "Associations between welfare indicators and environmental choice in laying hens." Animal Behaviour. .
45. Owen, L. J., J. A. Gines, et al. (2009). "Efficacy of Adhesive Incise Drapes in Preventing Bacterial Contamination of Clean Canine Surgical Wounds." Veterinary Surgery 38(6): 732-737.
46. Pritchard, J. C., C. C. Burn, et al. (2009). "Haematological and serum biochemical reference values for apparently healthy working horses in Pakistan." Research in Veterinary Science 87(3): 389-395.
47. Rands, S. A. (2009). "Ethical policies on experiments involving animals are not compromised by whether a journal is freely accessible or charges for publication." Animal.
48. Reusch, B., J. K. Murray, et al. (2009). "Urinary protein:creatinine ratio in rabbits in relation to their serological status to Encephalitozoon cuniculi." Veterinary Record 164(10): 293-295.
49. Rooney, N., S. Gaines, et al. (2009). "A practitioner's guide to working dog welfare." Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research 4(3): 127-134.
50. Rooney, N. J. (2009). "The welfare of pedigree dogs: Cause for concern." Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research 4(5): 180-186.
51. Sandercock, D. A., Z. E. Barker, et al. (2009). "Changes in muscle cell cation regulation and meat quality traits are associated with genetic selection for high body weight and meat yield in broiler chickens." Genetics Selection Evolution 41.
52. Statham, P. (2009). "Causal Factors, Behavioural Need and Tail biting." The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare.
53. Statham, P., L. Green, et al. (2009). "Predicting tail-biting from behaviour of pigs prior to outbreaks." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 121(3-4): 157-164.
54. Tasker, S., I. R. Peters, et al. (2009). "Description of outcomes of experimental infection with feline haemoplasmas: Copy numbers, haematology, Coombs' testing and blood glucose concentrations." Veterinary Microbiology 139(3-4): 323-332.
55. Taylor, N. R., Main, D.C.J., Mendl, M. & Edwards, S.E. (2009). "Tail-biting: a new perspective. ." Veterinary Journal.
56. Taylor, S. S., Goodfellow, M.R., Browne, W.J., Walding, B., Murphy, A., Tzannes, S., Gerou-Ferriani, M., Schwartz, A. and Dobson, J.M. (2009). "Feline extranodal lymphoma: response to chemotherapy and survival in 110 cats." Journal of Small Animal Practice.
57. Valtolina, C., J. H. Robben, et al. (2009). "Clinical evaluation of the efficacy and safety of a constant rate infusion of dexmedetomidine for postoperative pain management in dogs." Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia 36(4): 369-383.
58. Weaver, A. L. and S. B. Wotton (2009). "The Jarvis Beef Stunner: Effects of a prototype chest electrode." Meat Science 81(1): 51-56.
59. Yeates, J. and D. Main (2009). "Assessment of companion animal quality of life in veterinary practice and research." Journal of Small Animal Practice 50(6): 274-281.
60. Zimmerman, P. H., S. J. Pope, et al. (2009). "Involvement of the sun and the magnetic compass of domestic fowl in its spatial orientation." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 116(2-4): 204-210.