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The bacterial pedome associated with foot pathologies in sheep: a case study. (2018)
Journal Article
CHAMBERS, A.K., JONES, H.G., WILKINSON, T., WORGAN, H.J., A. WARR, A., HUSON, K.M. and MCEWAN, N.R. 2018. The bacterial pedome associated with foot pathologies in sheep: a case study. Large animal review [online], 24(6), pages 243-246. Available from: https://cms.sivarnet.it/it/lar

Hoof lameness is considered to be a major health issue in sheep, and can impact on both animal welfare and production of livestock. However the causes, although generally assumed to have a microbiological basis, are poorly understood. The work presen... Read More about The bacterial pedome associated with foot pathologies in sheep: a case study..

Epizootic rabbit enteropathy (ERE): a review of current knowledge. (2018)
Journal Article
PUÓN-PELÁEZ, X.-H.D., MCEWAN, N.R. and OLVERA-RAMIREZ, A.M. 2018. Epizootic rabbit enteropathy (ERE): a review of current knowledge. European scientific journal [online], 14(36), pages 137-149. Available from: https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2018.v14n36p137

This literature review deals with Epizootic rabbit enteropathy (ERE), a condition which is potentially fatal to infected animals and continues to threaten the rabbit production industry internationally. The documented history of the condition is revi... Read More about Epizootic rabbit enteropathy (ERE): a review of current knowledge..

Inheritance patterns of coat colouration and horn number in Jacob sheep. (2018)
Journal Article
ANJOLA, O.A. and MCEWAN, N.R. 2018. Inheritance patterns of coat colouration and horn number in Jacob sheep. Open Agriculture [online], 3(1), pages 363-367. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2018-0040

The allele for black coat colour is dominant relative to the allele for lilac in Jacob sheep and is affected by a single gene locus. The percentage of this colouration, as opposed to white fleece, across the body has a heritability value of 0.255. Th... Read More about Inheritance patterns of coat colouration and horn number in Jacob sheep..

Addressing global ruminant agricultural challenges through understanding the rumen microbiome: past, present and future. (2018)
Journal Article
HUWS, S.A., CREEVEY, C.J., OYAMA, L.B., MIZRAHI, I., DENMAN, S.E., POPOVA, M., MUÑOZ-TAMAYO, R., FORANO, E., WATERS, S.M., HESS, M., TAPIO, I., SMIDT, H., KRIZSAN, S.J., YÁÑEZ-RUIZ, D.R., BELANCHE, A., GUAN, L., GRUNINGER. R.J., MCALLISTER, T.A., NEWBOLD, C.J., ROEHE. R., DEWHURST, R.J., SNELLING, T.J., WATSON, M., SUEN, G., HART, E.H., KINGSTON-SMITH, A.H., SCOLLAN, N.D., DO PRADO, R.M., PILAU, E.J., MANTOVANI, H.C., ATTWOOD, G.T., EDWARDS, J.E., MCEWAN, N.R., MORRISSON, S., MAYORGA, O.L., ELLIOTT, C. and MORGAVI, D.P. 2018. Addressing global ruminant agricultural challenges through understanding the rumen microbiome: past, present and future. Frontiers in microbiology [online], 9, Article 2161. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02161

The rumen is a complex ecosystem composed of anaerobic bacteria, protozoa, fungi, methanogenic archaea and phages. These microbes interact closely to breakdown plant material that cannot be digested by humans, whilst providing metabolic energy to the... Read More about Addressing global ruminant agricultural challenges through understanding the rumen microbiome: past, present and future..

Detecting genetic regions associated with height in the native ponies of the British Isles by using high density SNP genotyping. (2018)
Journal Article
SKUJINA, I., WINTON, C.L., HEGARTY, M.J., MCMAHON, R., NASH, D.M., DAVIES-MOREL, M.C.G. and MCEWAN, N.R. 2018. Detecting genetic regions associated with height in the native ponies of the British Isles by using high density SNP genotyping. Genome [online], 61(10), pages 767-770. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0006

Height is an important characteristic in the equine industry, although little is known about its genetic control in native British breeds of ponies. This study aimed to map QTL data with the withers height in four pony breeds native to the British Is... Read More about Detecting genetic regions associated with height in the native ponies of the British Isles by using high density SNP genotyping..

Detecting genetic regions associated with height in the native ponies of the British Isles by using high density SNP genotyping. [Dataset] (2018)
Data
SKUJINA, I., WINTON, C.L., HEGARTY, M.J., MCMAHON, R., NASH, D.M., DAVIES-MOREL, M.C.G. and MCEWAN, N.R. 2018. Detecting genetic regions associated with height in the native ponies of the British Isles by using high density SNP genotyping. [Dataset]. Genome [online], 61(10), pages 767-770. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0006

The aim of this research was to map quantitative trait loci data with withers height in four pony breeds native to the British Isles. Using a genome-wide analysis approach using the Illumina EquineSNP50 Infinium BeadChip, DNA samples from either hair... Read More about Detecting genetic regions associated with height in the native ponies of the British Isles by using high density SNP genotyping. [Dataset].

Analysis of the composition of milk in the first three lactations in Ayrshire cattle across four decades. (2018)
Journal Article
KNIGHT, R.B. and MCEWAN, N.R. 2018. Analysis of the composition of milk in the first three lactations in Ayrshire cattle across four decades. Open agriculture [online], 3(1), pages 245-249. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2018-0026

Using historic lactation records for Ayrshire cattle, we report a gradual increase in the production of milk, butter fat and protein levels across four decades. This was generally at the extent of attaining a level of increase per decade which was si... Read More about Analysis of the composition of milk in the first three lactations in Ayrshire cattle across four decades..

Sequence variation in multidrug-resistant plasmid pLUH01, isolated from human nasopharyngeal swabs. (2018)
Journal Article
ATKINSON, K.V., BISHOP, L.A., RHODES, G., SALEZ, N., MCEWAN, N.R., HEGARTY, M.J., ROBEY, J., HARDING, N., WETHERELL, S., LAUDER, R.M., PICKUP, R.W., WILKINSON, M. and GATHERER, D. 2018. Sequence variation in multidrug-resistant plasmid pLUH01, isolated from human nasopharyngeal swabs. Microbiology resource announcements [online], 7(1), article number 00835-18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00835-18

Three variants of the multidrug-resistant plasmid pLUH01 were assembled by deep sequencing from nasopharyngeal swabs. All have a 21-bp deletion in the RS14515 hypothetical gene. Variants 1 through 3 have 2, 6, and 3 nucleotide substitutions, respecti... Read More about Sequence variation in multidrug-resistant plasmid pLUH01, isolated from human nasopharyngeal swabs..

The effect of administration of fenbendazole on the microbial hindgut population of the horse. (2018)
Journal Article
CROTCH-HARVEY, L., THOMAS, L.-A., WORGAN, H.J., DOUGLAS, J.-L., GILBY, D.E. and MCEWAN, N.R. 2018. The effect of administration of fenbendazole on the microbial hindgut population of the horse. Journal of equine science [online], 29(2), pages 47-51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1294/jes.29.47

Anthelmintics are used as anti-worming agents. Although known to affect their target organisms, nothing has been published regarding their effect on other digestive tract organisms, or metabolites produced by them. The current work investigated effec... Read More about The effect of administration of fenbendazole on the microbial hindgut population of the horse..

Correlation between bacterial G+C content, genome size and the G+C content of associated plasmids and bacteriophages. (2018)
Journal Article
ALMPANIS, A., SWAIN, M., GATHERER, D. and MCEWAN, N. 2018. Correlation between bacterial G+C content, genome size and the G+C content of associated plasmids and bacteriophages. Microbial genomics [online], 4(4), article number 168. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000168

Based on complete bacterial genome sequence data, we demonstrate a correlation between bacterial chromosome length and G+C content of the genome, with longer genomes having higher G+C contents. The correlation value decreases at shorter genome sizes... Read More about Correlation between bacterial G+C content, genome size and the G+C content of associated plasmids and bacteriophages..