The conduct of randomized controlled trials in livestock with production, health, and food-
safety outcomes presents unique challenges that may not be adequately reported in trial …

Bacteriocins are bacterial antimicrobial peptides with bactericidal activity against other
bacteria. Staphylococcins are bacteriocins produced by staphylococci, which are Gram …

Concerns about the completeness and accuracy of reporting of randomized clinical trials
(RCTs) and the impact of poor reporting on decision-making have been documented in the …

For more than 130 years, there have been reports from around the world of a contagious
disease confined to the eyes of cattle, variously called keratitis contagiosa, infectious …

Human illness due to infections with Escherichia coli O 157 is a serious health concern.
Infection occurs through direct contact with infected animals or their faeces, through …

This article is the first in a series of six articles related to systematic reviews in animal
agriculture and veterinary medicine. In this article, we overview the methodology of …

PROBLEM ADDRESSED: Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) is an ocular disease
that causes substantial weight loss in beef calves. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study …

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for evaluating efficacy of
treatments under real world conditions and, as such, it is important that they are conducted …

In this manuscript we discuss an approach to critically appraising papers based on the
results of laboratory animal experiments. The roles of external and internal validity in …

Background Equid herpesvirus type 1 (EHV‐1) infection can cause a range of disease
syndromes of variable severity that can result in a lethal outcome and restriction of horse …