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  1. UK Dog Owners’ Pre-Acquisition Information- and Advice-Seeking: A Mixed Methods Study

    Article • Animals, March 2024, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  2. In the Doghouse? An Exploration of Online Discussions Around the Challenges of Human-Dog Relationships

    Article • Society and Animals, November 2023, De Gruyter

    robert christley

  3. The spatio-temporal distribution of acute encephalitis syndrome and its association with climate and landcover in Vietnam

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  4. Impact Assessment of Free-Roaming Dog Population Management by CNVR in Greater Bangkok

    Article • Animals, May 2023, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  5. National Dog Survey: Describing UK Dog and Ownership Demographics

    Article • Animals, March 2023, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  6. “Do Your Homework as Your Heart Takes over When You Go Looking”: Factors Associated with Pre-Acquisition Information-Seeking among Prospective UK Dog Owners

    Article • Animals, March 2023, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  7. Impact Assessment of Free-Roaming Dog Population Management by CNVR in Greater Bangkok

    Article • March 2023, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  8. Dog-related deaths registered in England and Wales from 2001 to 2021

    Article • October 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    robert christley, Mr James A Oxley

  9. Impact of Changes in Time Left Alone on Separation-Related Behaviour in UK Pet Dogs

    Article • Animals, February 2022, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  10. “If You Don’t See the Dog, What Can You Do?” Using Procedures to Negotiate the Risk of Dog Bites in Occupational Contexts

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2021, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  11. Study design synopsis: From the horse’s mouth: Qualitative methods for equine veterinary research

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, April 2021, Wiley

    robert christley

  12. “Don’t Bring Me a Dog…I’ll Just Keep It”: Understanding Unplanned Dog Acquisitions Amongst a Sample of Dog Owners Attending Canine Health and Welfare Community Events in the United Kingdom

    Article • Animals, February 2021, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  13. “More Attention than Usual”: A Thematic Analysis of Dog Ownership Experiences in the UK during the First COVID-19 Lockdown

    Article • Animals, January 2021, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  14. Exploring horse owners' understanding of obese body condition and weight management in UK leisure horses

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, October 2020, Wiley

    robert christley, Catherine McGowan

  15. A Fully Integrated Real-Time Detection, Diagnosis, and Control of Community Diarrheal Disease Clusters and Outbreaks (the INTEGRATE Project): Protocol for an Enhanced Surveillance System

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, September 2019, JMIR Publications Inc.

    robert christley

  16. The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in Cavalier King Charles spaniels compared with other breeds with myxomatous mitral valve disease

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, June 2019, Elsevier

    robert christley

  17. A Fully Integrated Real-Time Detection, Diagnosis, and Control of Community Diarrheal Disease Clusters and Outbreaks (the INTEGRATE Project): Protocol for an Enhanced Surveillance System (Preprint)

    Article • March 2019, JMIR Publications Inc.

    robert christley

  18. Mapping tweets to a known disease epidemiology; a case study of Lyme disease in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Informatics, January 2019, Elsevier

    robert christley

  19. What is a dog bite? Perceptions of UK dog bite victims

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, January 2019, Elsevier

    robert christley, Mr James A Oxley

  20. Usefulness of pulsed-wave tissue Doppler imaging at the mitral annulus for prediction of new-onset atrial fibrillation in dogs

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, December 2018, Elsevier

    robert christley

  21. Eliciting preferences for attributes of Newcastle disease vaccination programmes for village poultry in Ethiopia

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, October 2018, Elsevier

    robert christley

  22. The topology of between-herd cattle contacts in a mixed farming production system in western Kenya

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, October 2018, Elsevier

    robert christley

  23. Contexts and consequences of dog bite incidents

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, January 2018, Elsevier

    Mr James A Oxley, robert christley

  24. Pets, Purity and Pollution: Why Conventional Models of Disease Transmission Do Not Work for Pet Rat Owners

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2017, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  25. I Walk My Dog Because It Makes Me Happy: A Qualitative Study to Understand Why Dogs Motivate Walking and Improved Health

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, August 2017, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  26. Companion Animals and Child/Adolescent Development: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2017, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  27. Development of a framework for genotyping bovine-derived Cryptosporidium parvum, using a multilocus fragment typing tool

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  28. Changing risk of environmental Campylobacter exposure with emerging poultry production systems in Ethiopia

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, July 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Tesfaye Sisay Tessema, robert christley

  29. Participatory appraisal of the impact of epizootic lymphangitis in Ethiopia

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, July 2015, Elsevier

    robert christley

  30. Farmers’ willingness to pay for a village poultry vaccine service in Ethiopia: prospect for enhancing rural livelihoods

    Article • Food Security, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  31. Factors associated with daily walking of dogs

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  32. Effect of signs of oestrus, disease stressors and cow activity on pregnancy rate following artificial insemination

    Article • Veterinary Record, April 2015, Wiley

    robert christley

  33. A Survey of UK Healthcare Workers’ Attitudes on Volunteering to Help with the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

    Article • PLOS One, March 2015, PLOS

    robert christley

  34. Analysis of pig movements across eastern Indonesia, 2009–2010

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, March 2015, Elsevier

    robert christley

  35. Statistical guidelines forEquine Veterinary Journal

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, February 2015, Wiley

    robert christley

  36. Participatory evaluation of chicken health and production constraints in Ethiopia

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, January 2015, Elsevier

    robert christley

  37. Can Policy Be Risk-Based? The Cultural Theory of Risk and the Case of Livestock Disease Containment

    Article • Sociologia Ruralis, December 2014, Wiley

    robert christley

  38. Infection-interactions in Ethiopian village chickens

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, November 2014, Elsevier

    robert christley

  39. What stops healthcare workers volunteering to fight Ebola in west Africa?

    Article • BMJ, October 2014, BMJ

    robert christley

  40. Reply to Comment Clement et al.: (Prevalence of Antibodies against Hantaviruses in Serum and Saliva of Adults Living or Working on Farms in Yorkshire, United Kingdom)

    Article • Viruses, September 2014, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  41. How might we increase physical activity through dog walking?: A comprehensive review of dog walking correlates

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  42. Prevalence of Antibodies against Hantaviruses in Serum and Saliva of Adults Living or Working on Farms in Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Article • Viruses, February 2014, MDPI AG

    robert christley

  43. Genetic characterisation of infectious bursal disease virus isolates in Ethiopia

    Article • Acta Tropica, February 2014, Elsevier

    robert christley

  44. Correction: “Wrong, but Useful”: Negotiating Uncertainty in Infectious Disease Modelling

    Article • PLOS One, January 2014, PLOS

    robert christley

  45. Could it be colic? Horse-owner decision making and practices in response to equine colic

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  46. Identification of inadequate maternal progesterone concentrations in nulliparous dairy heifers and treatment with human chorionic gonadotrophin

    Article • Veterinary Record, November 2013, Wiley

    robert christley

  47. “Wrong, but Useful”: Negotiating Uncertainty in Infectious Disease Modelling

    Article • PLOS One, October 2013, PLOS

    robert christley

  48. Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Eimeriaspecies in Ethiopian village chickens

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  49. Semi-stochastic models for Salmonella infection within finishing pig units in the UK

    Article • Mathematical Biosciences, October 2013, Elsevier

    robert christley

  50. Trend mining in social networks: from trend identification to visualization

    Article • Expert Systems, July 2013, Wiley

    robert christley

  51. Effectiveness of Simulated Interventions in Reducing the Estimated Prevalence of Salmonella in UK Pig Herds

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    robert christley

  52. Foal immunodeficiency syndrome: carrier testing has markedly reduced disease incidence

    Article • Veterinary Record, April 2013, Wiley

    robert christley

  53. Descriptive and social network analysis of pig transport data recorded by quality assured pig farms in the UK

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, February 2013, Elsevier

    robert christley

  54. A community-based participatory study investigating the epidemiology and effects of rabies to livestock owners in rural Ethiopia

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, January 2013, Elsevier

    robert christley

  55. A Comparative Study of Three Image Representations for Population Estimation Mining Using Remote Sensing Imagery

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  56. Antimicrobial resistance changes in enteric Escherichia coli of horses during hospitalisation: Resistance profiling of isolates

    Article • The Veterinary Journal, January 2013, Elsevier

    robert christley

  57. Cattle producers’ perceptions of biosecurity

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  58. Population Estimation Mining Using Satellite Imagery

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  59. Satellite Image Mining for Census Collection: A Comparative Study with Respect to the Ethiopian Hinterland

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  60. Adding the spatial dimension to the social network analysis of an epidemic: Investigation of the 2007 outbreak of equine influenza in Australia

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, September 2012, Elsevier

    robert christley

  61. Large-Scale Spatial and Temporal Genetic Diversity of Feline Calicivirus

    Article • Journal of Virology, August 2012, ASM Journals

    robert christley

  62. Effects of periparturient events on subsequent culling and fertility in eight UK dairy herds

    Article • Veterinary Record, May 2012, Wiley

    robert christley

  63. Finding “interesting” trends in social networks using frequent pattern mining and self organizing maps

    Article • Knowledge-Based Systems, May 2012, Elsevier

    robert christley

  64. Policy, practice and decision making for zoonotic disease management: Water and Cryptosporidium

    Article • Environment International, April 2012, Elsevier

    robert christley

  65. Assessment of a point-of-care test for measurement of blood triglyceride levels for rapid detection of equid hypertriglyceridaemia

    Article • Equine Veterinary Education, February 2012, Wiley

    robert christley

  66. Biosecurity on Cattle Farms: A Study in North-West England

    Article • PLOS One, January 2012, PLOS

    robert christley

  67. Identification and Visualisation of Pattern Migrations in Big Network Data

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  68. The importance of location in contact networks: Describing early epidemic spread using spatial social network analysis

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, December 2011, Elsevier

    robert christley

  69. Prevalence and shedding patterns of Campylobacter spp. in longitudinal studies of kennelled dogs

    Article • The Veterinary Journal, November 2011, Elsevier

    robert christley

  70. A systematic review of the efficacy of interventions for dynamic intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, August 2011, Wiley

    robert christley

  71. Quantitative and qualitative comparison of three scoring systems for assessing recovery quality after general anaesthesia in horses

    Article • Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, July 2011, Elsevier

    robert christley

  72. What's in a name? Inflammatory airway disease in racehorses in training

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, June 2011, Wiley

    robert christley, James Wood

  73. A cluster-randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of different knowledge-transfer interventions for rural working equid users in Ethiopia

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, June 2011, Elsevier

    robert christley

  74. Responses of farmers to introduction in England and Wales of pre-movement testing for bovine tuberculosis

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, June 2011, Elsevier

    robert christley

  75. Uncertainties in the governance of animal disease: an interdisciplinary framework for analysis

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    robert christley

  76. Effects of lameness, subclinical mastitis and loss of body condition on the reproductive performance of dairy cows

    Article • Veterinary Record, March 2011, Wiley

    robert christley

  77. A randomized triple blind trial to assess the effect of an anthelmintic programme for working equids in Morocco

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  78. Dr Peter Rossdale, OBE, Editor Equine Veterinary Journal 1980-2010

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor René van Weeren, robert christley

  79. Predisposition to repeat breeding in UK cattle and success of artificial insemination alone or in combination with embryo transfer

    Article • Veterinary Record, July 2010, Wiley

    robert christley

  80. Dog behaviour on walks and the effect of use of the leash

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, June 2010, Elsevier

    robert christley

  81. Researching hard to reach areas of knowledge: Qualitative research in veterinary science

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, April 2010, Wiley

    robert christley

  82. Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in a cross-sectional study of dogs attending veterinary practices in the UK and risk indicators associated with shedding

    Article • The Veterinary Journal, April 2010, Elsevier

    Jenny Stavisky, robert christley

  83. Factors associated with cat ownership in a community in the UK

    Article • Veterinary Record, March 2010, Wiley

    robert christley

  84. Systematic review of human-directed dog aggression

    Article • Veterinary Record, March 2010, Wiley

    robert christley

  85. Power and Error: Increased Risk of False Positive Results in Underpowered Studies

    Article • The Open Epidemiology Journal, January 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    robert christley

  86. Frequent Pattern Trend Analysis in Social Networks

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  87. Trend Mining in Social Networks: A Study Using a Large Cattle Movement Database

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  88. Correspondence

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, November 2009, Wiley

    robert christley

  89. Trypanosoma vivax displays a clonal population structure

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, November 2009, Elsevier

    robert christley

  90. Preventable H5N1 avian influenza epidemics in the British poultry industry network exhibit characteristic scales

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, October 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    robert christley

  91. A novel approach to real-time risk prediction for emerging infectious diseases: A case study in Avian Influenza H5N1

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, September 2009, Elsevier

    robert christley

  92. Discovery of Mating in the Major African Livestock Pathogen Trypanosoma congolense

    Article • PLOS One, May 2009, PLOS

    robert christley

  93. Molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium subtypes in cattle in England

    Article • The Veterinary Journal, March 2009, Elsevier

    robert christley

  94. Walking the dog: exploration of the contact networks between dogs in a community

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, November 2008, Cambridge University Press

    robert christley

  95. A network model of E. coli O157 transmission within a typical UK dairy herd: The effect of heterogeneity and clustering on the prevalence of infection

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, September 2008, Elsevier

    robert christley

  96. Statistical significance, power and sample size part 2

    Article • Journal of Small Animal Practice, July 2008, Wiley

    robert christley

  97. Statistical significance, power and sample size – what does it all mean?

    Article • Journal of Small Animal Practice, June 2008, Wiley

    robert christley

  98. Direct and indirect contacts between cattle farms in north-west England

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, May 2008, Elsevier

    robert christley

  99. Prevalence and risk factors for Cryptosporidium spp. infection in young calves

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, March 2008, Elsevier

    robert christley

  100. Trypanosomosis in The Gambia: prevalence in working horses and donkeys detected by whole genome amplification and PCR, and evidence for interactions between trypanosome species

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  101. Epidemiological consequences of an incursion of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza into the British poultry flock

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2007, Royal Society Publishing

    robert christley

  102. Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in fresh and frozen cattle faeces: comparison of three methods

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, October 2007, Wiley

    robert christley

  103. Exploring the role of auction markets in cattle movements within Great Britain

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, September 2007, Elsevier

    robert christley

  104. A survey of horse owners in Great Britain regarding horses in their care. Part 1: Horse demographic characteristics and management

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, July 2007, Wiley

    robert christley

  105. A survey of horse owners in Great Britain regarding horses in their care. Part 2: Risk factors for recurrent airway obstruction

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, July 2007, Wiley

    robert christley

  106. Recent network evolution increases the potential for large epidemics in the British cattle population

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, February 2007, Royal Society Publishing

    robert christley

  107. Factors associated with dog ownership and contact with dogs in a UK community

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  108. Inflammatory Airway Disease

    Article • January 2007, Elsevier

    robert christley

  109. Construction and validation of a risk-screening questionnaire for the investigation of recurrent airway obstruction in epidemiological studies of horse populations in Great Britain

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, July 2006, Elsevier

    robert christley

  110. Identifying temporal variation in reported births, deaths and movements of cattle in Britain

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    robert christley

  111. Infection in Social Networks: Using Network Analysis to Identify High-Risk Individuals

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, September 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    robert christley

  112. Validation of a method for collection and assay of pentane in the exhaled breath of the horse

    Article • Research in Veterinary Science, April 2004, Elsevier

    robert christley

  113. Seasonal development of Cyathostominae larvae on pasture in a northern temperate region of the United Kingdom

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, February 2004, Elsevier

    robert christley

  114. Parasiticides

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    robert christley

  115. Comparing diagnoses from expert systems and human experts

    Article • Agricultural Systems, May 2003, Elsevier

    robert christley

  116. Suggests review of admission policies . . . . More on testing for equivalence . . . . Another solution to identify FIV-vaccinated cats

    Article • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, May 2003, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

    robert christley

  117. Factors related to the risk of neonatal mortality, birth-weight and serum immunoglobulin concentration in lambs in the UK

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, April 2003, Elsevier

    robert christley

  118. No significant difference: use of statistical methods for testing equivalence in clinical veterinary literature

    Article • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, February 2003, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

    robert christley

  119. The13C-octanoic acid breath test for detection of effects of meal composition on the rate of solid-phase gastric emptying in ponies

    Article • Research in Veterinary Science, August 2001, Elsevier

    robert christley

  120. Attitudes of Australian veterinarians about the cause and treatment of lower-respiratory-tract disease in racehorses

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, August 2000, Elsevier

    robert christley

  121. Issues associated with the application to veterinarians of a mailed questionnaire regarding lower respiratory-tract disease in racehorses

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, August 2000, Elsevier

    robert christley

  122. Society for veterinary epidemiology and preventive medicine conference proceedings, 1999

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, January 2000, Elsevier

    robert christley