Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies thesis and dissertation collection
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies teaches postgraduate and undergraduate degree programmes, the latter providing the necessary training for a future career as a veterinary surgeon, and undertakes research across a range of veterinary-related fields.Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is part of The College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine.
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Development of strategies to reduce anthelmintic use in livestock
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-01-20)Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections are one of the main health challenges in small ruminant and beef cattle systems, leading to reduced production and welfare globally. GIN are traditionally controlled with anthelmintic ... -
Toward mitigating radiation-induced lung injury using precision cut lung slices technology (PCLS)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-21)Radiation induced lung injury (RILI) occurs when healthy lung tissue is exposed to radiation. Such exposure will typically occur during radiotherapy for lung or breast cancer, but may also occur as a consequence of ... -
Can the survival of lambs from larger litters be improved?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-20)Improved fecundity in sheep in the past 20 years has increased numbers of triplet lambs born on farm. The survival of triplet lambs is lower compared to single- and twin-born lambs, which raises welfare and wastage concerns ... -
Investigating the epidemiology of canine health using data science techniques
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-14)Research into dog health has historically relied on small scale cross-sectional studies or specialised medical and clinical data, which are subject to bias and are difficult to generalise to the wider canine population. ... -
Gene editing for resistance to influenza A virus in swine
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-11-25)Influenza A Virus (IAV) presents a major threat to human health and animal welfare. As pigs are susceptible to infection from avian and mammalian origin IAVs, they can be an intermediate host for onwards transmission ... -
Immunopathogenesis of Chlamydia abortus infections in vaccinated and non-vaccinated ewes
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-11-16)Enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) is caused by the obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium Chlamydia abortus. EAE is considered one of the most important causes of infectious abortion in sheep in many parts of the ... -
Investigation of the clinical safety and efficacy of lyophilized platelets in the treatment of bleeding associated with thrombocytopenia in dogs
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)Introduction Platelets (thrombocytes) are an essential part of the mammalian haemostasis system. Platelets localise to sites of injury, adhere, activate and aggregate in a process termed primary haemostasis. Thrombocytopenia ... -
Impact of Atypical Porcine Pestivirus (APPV) in Great Britain
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-09-28)Atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) is a positive-sense ribonucleic acid (RNA) enveloped virus belonging to the Pestivirus genus, a group of viruses known for their high socio-economic impact. Since its discovery in 2015, ... -
Functional genomics in the regulation of the immune response
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-09-02)Genetics contribute substantially to the ability of the immune system to respond appropriately to a challenge. Consequently, many infectious and inflammatory diseases have a heritable component. As genome-wide association ... -
Behavioural and physiological consequences of tooth resection in commercial piglets: implications for welfare
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-30)BACKGROUND: In commercial farming the shortening of piglet needle teeth is a common but controversial and legally restricted practice due to its potential to induce pain and stress. However, very limited data on the long ... -
Post-transcriptional regulation of a micro-injection system
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-29)Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is a food-borne pathogen associated with outbreaks of bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome in humans. It originates from asymptomatic carriage in cattle and other ... -
Movement, mobility and disease modelling in three epidemic contexts
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-29)Infectious diseases have played a considerable role in shaping human history. Although their global burden has significantly decreased through the past centuries, they are still among the main causes of human death worldwide. ... -
Modelling short- and long-term resilience and efficiency of cattle production in Europe
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-28)Efficiency is a long-standing objective of dairy cattle production systems. However, the expected impact of external stressors such as climate change means resilience may now be an increasingly important production goal. ... -
Investigating the role of persisting antigen in immunity against foot-and-mouth disease virus
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-27)Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most economically important diseases of livestock, characterised by fever and blister like sores on the tongue and around the mouth and on the feet, resulting in a significantly ... -
Mechanisms underpinning chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-17)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an irreversible systemic disease characterised by the gradual loss of kidney function over time. Patients with progressive CKD frequently encounter altered levels of circulating and bone-derived ... -
Horse welfare within Traveller/Gypsy communities; ethnic groups under-represented in horse welfare research
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-16)Travellers/Gypsies are recognised ethnic groups in the UK and Ireland. Horses are significant to their lives, with horse ownership seen as a last link to their nomadic way of life. While horse welfare issues can be found ... -
DNA methylation as a determinant of organism size
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-14)Microcephalic dwarfism (MD) represents a group of single gene disorders that are characterised by a severe reduction in head and body size. Over 40 genes have been identified as MD genes. A common feature of many of these ... -
Development of antibody therapeutic approaches for poultry diseases using avian influenza as a disease model
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-08)One of the main threats to poultry is avian influenza virus (AIV), causing significant economic losses worldwide and threatening human populations due to its zoonotic potential. To reduce disease impact, vaccination of ... -
Investigating alternative AUG codon usage in avian influenza A virus segment 2
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-07)Influenza A viruses (IAVs) have a segmented, negative sense RNA genome. PB1-F2 is an IAV accessory protein encoded by segment 2, in the +1 reading frame. Avian IAVs predominantly encode full length PB1-F2s, whereas ... -
Investigation of the associations between the gastrointestinal microbiome and animal host performance and health
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-06-07)The projected human population growth drives a worldwide increased pressure to improve animal production systems from both the economic and environmental perspectives. Bovine ruminants are one of the most interesting ...
