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Recent Publications

• Miedema, H. M., Cockram, M. S., Dwyer, C. M., Macrae, A. I. (2011). Behavioural predictors of the start of normal and dystocic calving in dairy cows and heifers. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 132, 14-19
• Miedema, H. M., Cockram, M. S. Dwyer, C. M., Macrae, A. I. (2011). Changes in the behaviour of dairy cows during the 24 h before normal calving compared with behaviour during late pregnancy. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 131, 8-14
• Sargison, N. D., Scott, P. R., Wilson, D. J., Macrae, A. I., Penny, C. D. (2010). Teladorsagia circumcincta resistance to moxidectin and multiple anthelmintic groups in ewes following use of the persistent drug before lambing. Veterinary Record 167, 523-527
• Scott P.R., Sargison N.D., Macrae A.I., Gough M.R. (2009) Melatonin treatment prior to the normal breeding season increases fetal number in United Kingdom sheep flocks. Veterinary Journal 182, 198-202
• Penny, C.D., Macrae, A.I., Hagen, R., Hahn, C., Sargison, N., Scott, P.R., Smith, S., Wilson, D. and Mayhew, I.G. (2007) Compressive Cervical  Myelopathy in Young Texel and Beltex Sheep. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 21, pp322-7
• Macrae, A.I., Whitaker, D.A., Burrough, E., Dowell, A., Kelly, J.M. (2006) Use of metabolic profiles for the assessment of dietary adequacy in UK dairy herds. The Veterinary Record 159, pp655-61.
• Brown, J.K., McAleese, S.M., Thornton, E.M., Pate, J.A., Schock, A., Macrae, A.I., Scott, P.R., Miller, H.R., Collie, D.D. (2006) Integrin-αvβ6, a Putative Receptor for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus, Is Constitutively Expressed in Ruminant Airways. Journal of Histochemistry Cytochemistry 54, pp807-16.
• McAleese, S.M., Brown, J.K., Macrae, A.I., Mackellar, A., Huntley, J.F., Miller, H.R.(2006) Cloning and expression of the extra-cellular part of the alpha chain of the equine high-affinity IgE receptor and its use in the detection of IgE. Veterinary Immunology Immunopathology. 110, pp187-91.
• Scott, P.R., Sargison, N.D., Macrae, A., Rhind, S.R. (2005) An outbreak of subacute fasciolosis in Soay sheep: ultrasonographic biochemical and histological studies. Veterinary Journal 170, pp325-31.
• Sargison, N.D., Macrae, A.I. and Scott, P.R. (2004) Hypomagnesaemic tetany in lactating Cheviot gimmers associated with pasture sodium deficiency. The Veterinary Record 155, 674-6
• Taylor, S.E., Macrae, A.I., Squires, M.B. and Booth, T.M. (2004) Rupture of the plantar ligament in a goat. The Veterinary Record 155, 335-6
• Whitaker, D.A., Macrae, A.I., Burrough, E. (2004) Disposal and disease rates in British dairy herds between April 1998 and March 2002. The Veterinary Record 155, 43-7
• Bell, G.J., Macrae, A.I., Scott, P.R. and Milne, E.M. (2004) Extensive uroperitoneum and pleural effusion associated with a necrotic urachal remnant in a 4 month-old bull calf. The Veterinary Record 154, 508-9
• Sargison, N.D., Macrae, A.I., Scott, P.R. and Baird, P. (2003) The investigation and management of necrotising orchitis associated with a scrotal haematoma in a Texel ram. The Veterinary Record 153, 752-3
• Macrae, A.I., Barnes, D.F., Hunter, H.A.A., Sargison, N.D., Scott, P.R., Blissitt, K.J., Booth, T.M. and Pirie, R.S. (2003) Diagnosis and treatment of retropharyngeal injuries associated with the administration of an intra-ruminal bolus to lambs. The Veterinary Record 153, 489-92
• Macrae A.I., Usherwood, E.J., Husain, S.M., Flaño, E., Kim, I.-J., Woodland, D.L., Nash, A.A., Blackman, M.A., Sample, J.T. and Stewart J.P. (2003) Murid Herpesvirus 4 Strain 68 M2 Protein is a B Cell-Associated Antigen Important for Latency but not Lymphocytosis. Journal of Virology 77, 9700-9
• Macrae, A.I., Bell, G.J., Sargison, N.D. and Scott, P.R. (2003). Submandibular oedema associated with anterior mediastinal abscessation in a ram. The Veterinary Record 152, 369-70