Veterinary big data: when data goes to the dogs

AN Paynter, MD Dunbar, KE Creevy, A Ruple - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Big data has created many opportunities to improve both preventive
medicine and medical treatments. In the field of veterinary medical big data, information …

Inventory of veterinary syndromic surveillance initiatives in Europe (Triple-S project): Current situation and perspectives

C Dupuy, A Bronner, E Watson… - Preventive veterinary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Within the current context that favours the emergence of new diseases, syndromic
surveillance (SyS) appears increasingly more relevant tool for the early detection of …

Antibacterial prescribing patterns in small animal veterinary practice identified via SAVSNET: the small animal veterinary surveillance network

AD Radford, PJ Noble, KP Coyne… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, data from veterinary clinical records were collected via the small animal
veterinary surveillance network (SAVSNET). Over a three‐month period, data were obtained …

Is it time to stop sweeping data cleaning under the carpet? A novel algorithm for outlier management in growth data

CSC Woolley, IG Handel, BM Bronsvoort… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
All data are prone to error and require data cleaning prior to analysis. An important example
is longitudinal growth data, for which there are no universally agreed standard methods for …

Using topic modelling for unsupervised annotation of electronic health records to identify an outbreak of disease in UK dogs

PJM Noble, C Appleton, AD Radford, G Nenadic - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
A key goal of disease surveillance is to identify outbreaks of known or novel diseases in a
timely manner. Such an outbreak occurred in the UK associated with acute vomiting in dogs …

What drives antimicrobial prescribing for companion animals? A mixed-methods study of UK veterinary clinics

AC Tompson, CIR Chandler, ALP Mateus… - Preventive veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial use in companion animals is a largely overlooked contributor to the complex
problem of antimicrobial resistance. Humans and companion animals share living spaces …

Backyard poultry cases in UK small animal practices: Demographics, health conditions and pharmaceutical prescriptions

DA Singleton, C Ball, C Rennie, C Coxon… - Veterinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Backyard poultry ownership is of keen interest in the United Kingdom.
However, despite this, little is known about veterinary care engagement and outcomes of …

Validation of text-mining and content analysis techniques using data collected from veterinary practice management software systems in the UK

JS Jones-Diette, RS Dean, M Cobb… - Preventive veterinary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Electronic patient records from practice management software systems have been used
extensively in medicine for the investigation of clinical problems leading to the creation of …

Safety culture: the Nottingham veterinary safety culture survey (NVSCS)

C Oxtoby, L Mossop, K White, E Ferguson - Veterinary Record, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Safety culture is a vital concept in human healthcare because of its influence on staff
behaviours in relation to patient safety. Understanding safety culture is essential to ensure …

[HTML][HTML] Using open-access taxonomic and spatial information to create a comprehensive database for the study of mammalian and avian livestock and pet infections

KM McIntyre, C Setzkorn, M Wardeh… - Preventive Veterinary …, 2014 - Elsevier
What are all the species of pathogen that affect our livestock? As 6 out of every 10 human
pathogens came from animals, with a good number from livestock and pets, it seems likely …