The effects of undernutrition, in utero, on reproductive function in adult male and female sheep
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Rae, M., Kyle, C., Miller, D., Hammond, A., Brooks, A., & Rhind, S. (2002)
The effects of undernutrition, in utero, on reproductive function in adult male and female sheep. Animal Reproduction Science, 72(1-2), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4320%2802%2900068-4
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of maternal undernutrition during pregnancy on adult reproductive function in male and female offspring. Groups of ewes were...
Development, validation and reliability of a web-based questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in dogs
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Reid, J., Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. M. (2013)
Development, validation and reliability of a web-based questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in dogs. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 54(5), 227-233. doi:10.1111/jsap.12059
Objectives
To describe the development, preliminary validation and reliability testing of a shortened web-based form of GUVQuest, a structured questionnaire to measure health...
Non-genomic steroid receptors in the bovine ovary
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Bramley, T., Menzies, G., Rae, M., & Scobie, G. (2002)
Non-genomic steroid receptors in the bovine ovary. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 23(1-2), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0739-7240%2802%2900140-6
Over the last few years, rapid and physiologically important non-genomic actions of all classes of steroid hormones have been described in many cell types. A putative non-geno...
Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (Part 1)
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Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. M. (2011)
Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (Part 1). Animal Welfare, 20(4), 535=548
Health-related quality of life (HRQL) was defined for farmed animals and identified as an appropriate focus of integrative welfare
measurement for farmed pigs that embraces me...
Undernutrition of ewe lambs in utero and in early post-natal life does not affect hypothalamic–pituitary function in adulthood
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Borwick, S., Rae, M., Brooks, J., McNeilly, A., Racey, P., & Rhind, S. (2003)
Undernutrition of ewe lambs in utero and in early post-natal life does not affect hypothalamic–pituitary function in adulthood. Animal Reproduction Science, 77(1-2), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4320%2802%2900261-0
The effect of undernutrition in utero, during late gestation (from day 100), and early neonatal life on hypothalamic–pituitary function was investigated in female lambs born t...
The impact of prenatal stress on basal nociception and evoked responses to tail-docking and inflammatory challenge in juvenile pigs
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Sandercock, D. A., Gibson, I. F., Rutherford, K. M. D., Donald, R. D., Lawrence, A. B., Brash, H. M., …Nolan, A. M. (2011)
The impact of prenatal stress on basal nociception and evoked responses to tail-docking and inflammatory challenge in juvenile pigs. Physiology and Behavior, 104(5), 728-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.07.018
The consequences of tail-docking (at 2–4 days) and prenatal stress (maternal social stress during the 2nd third of pregnancy) on baseline nociceptive thresholds and responses ...
Ovine trophoblasts express cathelicidin host defence peptide in response to infection
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Coyle, C., Wheelhouse, N., Jacques, M., Longbottom, D., Svoboda, P., Pohl, J., …Barlow, P. G. (2016)
Ovine trophoblasts express cathelicidin host defence peptide in response to infection. Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 117, 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jri.2016.06.006
Cationic host defence peptides (CHDP; also known as antimicrobial peptides) are key components of the immune response in the female reproductive tract. The role of the placent...
Quality of life is reduced in obese dogs but improves after successful weight loss
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German, A. J., Holden, S. L., Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Reid, J., Nolan, A. M., Biourge, V., …Scott, E. M. (2012)
Quality of life is reduced in obese dogs but improves after successful weight loss. Veterinary Journal, 192(3), 428-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.09.015
Obesity is thought to affect quality of life, but limited objective data exist to support this supposition. The current study aim was to use a questionnaire to determine healt...
Stimulation of specific binding of [3H]-progesterone to bovine luteal cell-surface membranes: specificity of digitonin
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Menzies, G., Howland, K., Rae, M., & Bramley, T. (1999)
Stimulation of specific binding of [3H]-progesterone to bovine luteal cell-surface membranes: specificity of digitonin. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 153, 57-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0303-7207%2899%2900091-X
Non-genomic actions of progesterone have been described in the ovary, and luteal membranes of several species have been shown to possess specific binding sites for [3H]-proges...
Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (part 2)
Journal Article
Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. (2011)
Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (part 2). Animal Welfare, 20(4), 549-558
The development of a novel structured questionnaire instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) in individual farmed pigs was described previously (companion p...