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Organization profile
Organisation profile
The Disease Systems Research Team’s main areas of work are identifying, characterising and quantifying the key biological processes that drive disease persistence and spread in livestock systems of production. In particular the team studies those that are sensitive to manipulation for the purpose of disease control.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Spiridoula Athanasiadou
- Animal And Veterinary Sciences, Disease Systems - Reader
- Safe & Improved Food Challenge Centre
- Scotland's Rural College - Reader
Person: Academic contract that is both teaching and research
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Ross Davidson
- Animal And Veterinary Sciences, Disease Systems - Lecturer
- Scotland's Rural College - Lecturer
Person: Academic contract that is research only
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Naomi Fox
- Animal And Veterinary Sciences, Disease Systems - Lecturer
- Scotland's Rural College - Lecturer
Person: Academic contract that is research only
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Glucocorticoid metabolism; a hidden link between obesity and its consequences
1/08/22 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
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An Integrated Parasite Control Framework for Ruminants
Pearce, M., Beechener, S. & Fox, N.
1/07/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Growth performance, caecal microbiome profile, short-chain fatty acids, and litter characteristics in response to placement on reused litter and combined threonine, arginine and glutamine supplementation to juvenile male broiler chickens
Hussein, M. A., Khattak, F., Vervelde, L., Athanasiadou, S. & Houdijk, J. G. M., 22 Mar 2023, (First published) In: Animal Microbiome. 5, 18, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reducing anthelmintic inputs in organic farming: Are small ruminant farmers integrating alternative strategies to control gastrointestinal nematodes?
Chylinski, C., Athanasiadou, S., Thüer, T. S., Grovermann, C., Moakes, S., Hoste, H., Petkevicius, S., Verwer, C., Verkaik, J. & Werne, S., Mar 2023, In: Veterinary Parasitology. 315, 109864.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social isolation of unfamiliar cattle by groups of familiar cattle
Smith, L. A., Swain, D. L., Innocent, G. T. & Hutchings, M. R., Apr 2023, In: Behavioural Processes. 207, 104847.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data from: The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance
Walton, L. (Contributor), Marion, G. (Creator), Davidson, R. (Contributor), White, P. C. L. (Creator), Smith, L. (Contributor), Gavier-Widen, D. (Contributor), Yon, L. (Creator), Hannant, D. (Creator), Hutchings, M. (Contributor) & White, P. C. L. (Creator), Dryad, 1 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s6518, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.s6518
Dataset
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Quantification of selected antimicrobial resistance genes in pig faeces on a British commercial pig farm during a typical production cycle
Pollock, J. (Contributor), Corbishley, A. (Contributor), Hutchings, M. (Contributor) & Gally, D. L. (Contributor), Natural Environment Research Council, 1 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.5285/e548dc5d-49e3-467d-9435-c199da40e7be, https://doi.org/10.5285%2Fe548dc5d-49e3-467d-9435-c199da40e7be
Dataset
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Comparative analysis of the anthelmintic efficacy of European heather extracts on Teladorsagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus colubriformis egg hatching and larval motility
Shepherd, F. (Creator), Chylinski, C. (Creator), Hutchings, M. (Creator), Lima, J. (Creator), Davidson, R. (Creator), Kelly, R. (Creator), Macrae, A. (Creator), Salminen, J. (Creator), Engström, M. T. (Creator), Maurer, V. (Creator), Steinshamn, H. (Creator), Fittje, S. (Creator), Perez, A. M. (Creator), García, R. R. (Creator) & Athanasiadou, S. (Creator), Figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6283832, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Comparative_analysis_of_the_anthelmintic_efficacy_of_European_heather_extracts_on_Teladorsagia_circumcincta_and_Trichostrongylus_colubriformis_egg_hatching_and_larval_motility/6283832
Dataset
Activities
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Society for Endocrinology You and Your Hormones Podcast
Ruth Morgan (Speaker)
28 Feb 2023Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Wellcome Connecting Science STEM
Ruth Morgan (Speaker)
9 Feb 2023Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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The particularities of avian immune responses to parasites, focussing on coccidiosis and the poultry red mite
Francesca Soutter (Speaker)
25 Sept 2022Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk