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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EHEC O157 from A to T: EHEC O157:H7 epidemiology supplemented with long-read sequencing
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 (EHEC O157) is a key zoonotic pathogen responsible for large food-borne outbreaks worldwide. Whole genome sequencing is a relatively novel technology being utilised by Public ... -
New developments in foot-and-mouth disease and their potential to influence future control in Bolivia
(The University of Edinburgh, 1994)In the last few year scientists have advanced considerably our understanding of foot-and-mouth disease. This dissertation reviews these new findings and the potential for their application in a future FMD control programme ... -
Predicting tick-borne disease risk: improving the distribution mapping of ticks and tick bite risk in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Maps of Ixodes ricinus distribution and maps depicting tick bite risk are essential for government and health organisations to target prevention and control strategies for tick-borne diseases. However, researchers often ... -
Investigating the effects of preclinical prion disease on blood protein composition and infectivity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Since 1996 there have been 226 cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the UK following dietary exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the late 80s to early 90s. A recent study on archived ... -
Gene expression atlas of the domestic goat and comparative analysis of immune signatures with sheep
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Goats are an economically important livestock species providing a resource of meat and milk across the world. They are of particular importance in developing countries contributing to sustainable agriculture, alleviation ... -
Control and eradication of Aujeszky's disease: an assessment of the scheme in Northern Ireland
(The University of Edinburgh, 1997)Aujeszky's disease (AD) is an important disease affecting the swine industry in many countries. An eradication catnpaign was officially applied in September of 1994 in Northern Ireland. The current eradication scheme was ... -
Optimising cattle genotypes and systems in Sub-Saharan Africa to increase productivity and reduce GHG emissions
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Cattle are important in supporting development in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) as they are a source of both food and income. However studies show there is a substantial gap between the potential and realised production levels, ... -
Modelling climate change impacts on European grassland-based livestock systems
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Climate change is leading to higher temperatures and altered rainfall patterns across Europe. These changes are likely to have major impacts on plant life. This is particularly relevant for livestock production systems ... -
Investigation of genetic and non-genetic factors influencing ewe reproductive performance in a Scottish hill flock
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Hill sheep farming is the backbone of the Scottish sheep farming industry. Due to the low productivity of hill sheep breeds and the changes in EU subsidy support system, the number of breeding ewes declined significantly ... -
Role of microRNAs in Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus infection
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA) is a lung cancer that affects sheep, caused by jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV). OPA is present in most sheeprearing countries of the world, but, at present, there are no reliable ... -
Transcriptome analysis of Primordial Germ Cells of birds
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are germline competent cells which form the functional gametes of the animal. The potential usage of avian PGCs in producing genetically modified birds has driven research in the derivation ... -
Veterinary Transition Study - investigating the transition from veterinary student to practising veterinary surgeon: prospective cohort study
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-08-04)This is a study of mental health and transition. Despite concern about professional mental health, and a suicide rate among veterinary surgeons three to four times that of the general population, studies of veterinary ... -
Molecular mechanisms of oncolytic properties of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in human cancer cells
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-08-04)Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is a single-stranded, non-segmented, negative-sense enveloped RNA virus, which belongs to the Orthoavulavirus genus of Paramyxoviridae family. It is a well-known, economically important ... -
Investigating the mechanisms mediating the outcomes of prenatal stress
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)Excessive stress during pregnancy can strongly impact the developing offspring, leading to long-term changes in the brain that persist into adulthood, in a process known as “prenatal programming”. In a rat model, where ... -
Investigation of farmer-led breeding goals and strategies in smallholder dairy farming systems to cope with variation in feed sources and quality
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)Breeding goals and long term breeding strategies for smallholder dairy farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have not been defined clearly. There is a need for a clear breeding goal that reflects priorities, need and ... -
Evaluation of the efficacy of bleomycin encapsulated within liposomes as novel, topical treatment for skin cancer in veterinary species and its potential for human medicine: an in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo study
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)Bleomycin is a potent anticancer agent that is able to induce single and double stranded breaks in DNA. It is effective against several types of cancer, including cutaneous skin tumours, in both human and veterinary ... -
Tenascin-C: a marker and driver of inflammation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)Tenascin-C, the founding member of the matricellular tenascin family, is a large multifunctional hexameric extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoprotein. It is abundantly expressed in the developing embryo but its expression ... -
Study of gastrointestinal nematodes co-infecting feral Soay sheep on St Kilda
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)The unmanaged, feral Soay sheep population on St Kilda has survived for hundreds of years, despite enduring potentially deleterious gastrointestinal nematode co-infections. Co-infections with multiple nematode species ... -
Identification of viable liver fluke metacercarial challenge to livestock
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)The parasitic liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, presents a significant economic burden to the UK livestock industry. Liver fluke disease (fasciolosis) control is underpinned by forecasting, which is currently performed on a ... -
Molecular mechanisms underlying hair shape variation in the human population
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals and functions in thermoregulation, protection, camouflage and social signalling. In humans, scalp hair is a distinctly variable trait, differing in colour, shape and ...
