Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Mastitis Management: A Training Handbook for Extension Workers
(2019-11)Mastitis is a complex multifactorial disease affecting many farmers in low-income countries. Early detection of mastitis and good management practices are necessary to tackle the disease in the short and long term. Even ... -
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 ... -
LD4D - Proceedings of Meeting 4-6 February 2020, Rome
(2020-02-06)Presenters will share experiences measuring impact at different scales, including what methods and data they use to measure impact, and the robustness of those measurements. The community will be invited to provide feedback ... -
LD4D - Proceedings of Meeting 4-6 February 2020, Rome
(2020-02-06)Producers and other actors are making significant investments in livestock farming systems and value chains. How should we plan investments that safeguard sustainable livestock development now and in the future? How should ... -
LD4D - Proceedings of Meeting 4-6 February 2020, Rome
(2020-02-06)How are technology applications supporting livestock health and productivity in LMICs? This dynamic and interactive session will showcase well-established solutions as well as new and emerging tech that support value chains ... -
LD4D - Proceedings of Meeting 4-6 February 2020, Rome
(2020-02-06)Longitudinal datasets provides valuable insights to changes over time at a national level. This session will consider which longitudinal datasets are currently available, how they contribute to knowledge in the sector, and ... -
LD4D - Proceedings of Meeting 4-6 February 2020, Rome
(2020-02-06)Speakers will present their insights into future livestock trends (increased demand for meat, climate change impacts on food production, etc) and present key opportunities and challenges for the livestock sector. -
LD4D - Proceedings of Meeting 4-6 February 2020, Rome
(2020-02-06)The 2020 LD4D Community of Practice meeting was hosted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome from 4-6 February. There was a special focus on “making the most of FAO’s livestock data”. -
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 ... -
Veterinary and medical undergraduate attitudes to pain in animals and non-verbal humans
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)Attitudes have the potential to influence future behaviour and may affect how people respond to pain in animals and non-verbal humans. The attitudes of veterinary and medical students towards pain are unknown. In order ... -
Investigating the impact of osteoblast-specific NPP1 ablation on bone and energy metabolism
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)The skeleton is a mineralised tissue, which facilitates classical functions of locomotion, organ protection and mineral homeostasis. However, the bone has more recently been identified as an endocrine organ with the ability ... -
Application of social network analysis to understand acute and chronic post-mixing aggression in commercially reared pigs
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)In commercial systems, pigs are routinely regrouped with unfamiliar conspecifics which leads to physical aggression in order to establish new dominance relationships. Post-mixing aggression lasts approximately 24 hours ... -
Investigation into germ cell fate determination of rat embryonic stem cells
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)The laboratory rat is an important experimental model in biomedical research. Rat embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are valuable for studying mammalian development and for facilitating germ line-modification of rat strains. ... -
Demand-driven solutions to reduce aggression between pigs
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-04)Aggression between pigs is common in commercial farming as pigs fight to establish dominance relationships at regrouping. The behaviour has been studied extensively since the 1970s and several strategies to reduce ...
