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  • Lyle CH, Uzal FA, McGorum BC, Aida H, Blissitt KJ, Case JT, Charles JA, Gardner I, Horodagoda N, Kusano K, Lam K, Pack JD, Parkin TD, Slocombe RF, Stewart BD, Boden LA (2011) Sudden death in racing Thoroughbred horses: an international multicentre study of post mortem findings. Equine Vet J 43, 324-331
  • Lyle CH, Blissit, K, Kennedy N, McGorum BC, Newton R, Parkin TD, Stirk A, Boden L. (2011). Risk factors for race-associated sudden death in thoroughbred horses in the UK (2000-2007). Equine Veterinary Journal In Press.
  • McGorum BC, Pirie RS, Fry S. (2011). Quantification of cyanogenic glycosides in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) from horse pastures in relation to equine grass sickness. Grass and Forage Science Accepted Nov 2011.
  • Stratford, C. H., McGorum, B. C., Pickles, K. J. Matthews, J. B. (2011). An update on cyathostomins: Anthelmintic resistance and diagnostic tools. Equine Veterinary Journal 43, 133-139
  • Shotton HR, Lincoln J, McGorum BC (2011) Effects of equine grass sickness on sympathetic neurons in prevertebral and paravertebral ganglia. J Comp Path 145, 35-44 
  • Wylie CE, Proudman CJ, McGorum BC, Newton JR (2011) A nationwide surveillance scheme for equine grass sickness in Great Britain; results for the period 2000-2009. Equine Vet J 43, 571-579
  • McGorum BC, Pirie RS (2010) Asinine typhlocolitis; ‘scouring’ the literature for diagnostic and aetiological clues. Equine Vet Education 22, 58-59.
  • McGorum BC, Pirie RS (2010) Antimicrobial associated diarrhoea in the horse; Part 2, Which antimicrobials are associated with AAD? Equine Vet Education 22 43-50.
  • Lyle CH, Turley G, Blissitt KJ, Pirie RS, Mayhew IG, McGorum BC, Keen JA (2010) Retrospective evaluation of collapse in the horse in a referred population: 25 cases (1995-2009). J Vet Int Med 24:1498–1502.
  • Milne EM, Pirie RS, McGorum BC, Shaw DJ (2010) Evaluation of formalin-fixed ileum is the optimum method to diagnose equine dysautonomia (grass sickness) in simulated intestinal biopsies. J Vet Diagnostic Invest 22 248-252.
  • Newton JR, Wylie CE, Proudman CJ, McGorum BC, Poxton IR (2010) Science Overviews. Equine grass sickness: are we any nearer to answers on its cause and prevention after a century of research? Equine Vet J 42 477-481.
  • Scott PR, Collie DD, McGorum B (2010) Relationship between thoracic auscultation and lung pathology detected by ultrasonography in sheep. The Veterinary Journal 186 53-57.
  • Waggett BE, McGorum BC, Shaw DJ, Pirie RS, MacIntyre N, Wernery U, Milne EM (2010) Evaluation of synaptophysin as an immunohistochemical marker for equine grass sickness. J Comp Path 142, 284-290.
  • Waggett BE, McGorum BC, Wernery IU, Shaw DJ, and Pirie RS (2010) Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in faeces and ileal contents from grass sickness affected horses: comparisons with 3 control populations. Equine Vet J 42 494-499.
  • McGorum BC, Henderson ISF, Stirling D, Wallace R, Haggart C and Thomas AE (2009) Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in a Standardbred colt. J Vet Int Med 23 1307-1310.
  • McGorum BC, Pirie RS (2009) Antimicrobial associated diarrhoea in the horse; Part 1, Overview, pathogenesis and risk factors. Equine Vet Education 21 610-616.
  • Hughes KJ, McGorum BC, Love S, Dixon PM (2009) Bilateral laryngeal paralysis associated with hepatic dysfunction and hepatic encephalopathy in six ponies and four horses. Vet Rec 164 142-147.
  • McGorum BC, Pirie RS (2008) A review of recurrent airway obstruction and summer pasture associated obstructive pulmonary disease. Ippologia 19 11-19.
  • Henderson ISF, Mair TS, Keen JA, Shaw DJ, McGorum BC (2008) Study of the short- and long-term outcomes of 65 horses with peritonitis. Vet Rec 163 293-297.
  • Keen JA, Hillier C, McGorum BC, Bunton D, Nally JE (2008) Evaluation of equine laminar vein function: harvesting, dissection and the use of functional methods to distinguish between veins and arteries. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 57 92-99.
  • Keen JA, Hillier C, McGorum BC, Bunton D, Nally JE (2008) Endothelin mediated contraction of equine laminar veins. Equine Vet J 40 488-492.
  • Dacre KJ, McGorum BC, Marlin DJ, Bartner LR, Brown JK, Shaw DJ, Robinson NE, Deaton C, Pemberton AD (2007) Organic dust exposure increases mast cell tryptase in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and airway epithelium of heaves horses. Clin Experimental Allergy 37 1809-1818.
  • du Toit N, McGorum BC, Pemberton AD, Brown J, Dacre KD (2007) The involvement of mast cells and mast cell proteinases in the intestinal response to equine cyathostomin infection. Vet Immunol Immunopath 115 35-42.
  • Nunn FG, Pirie RS, McGorum BC, Wernery U, Poxton IR (2007) Preliminary study of mucosal IgA in the equine small intestine; specific IgA in cases of acute grass sickness and controls. Equine Veterinary Journal 39 457-460.
  • Nunn FG, Pirie RS, McGorum B, Wernery U, Poxton IR (2007) Comparison of IgG antibody levels to Clostridium botulinum antigens between euthanased and surviving cases of chronic grass sickness. Res Vet Sci 83 82–84.
  • [main originator] McGorum BC, Mayhew IG, Amory H, Deprez P, Gillies L, Green K, Mair TS, Nollet N, Wijnberg I, Hahn C (2006) Horses on pasture may be affected by equine motor neuron disease. Equine Vet J 38 47-51
  • Collins NM, Keen J, Barakzai SZ, Mayhew IG, McGorum BC (2006) Suspected complex regional pain syndrome in two horses. JVIM 20 1014-1017
  • Dacre KJ, McAleese SM, Knight P, McGorum BC, Pemberton AD (2006) cDNA cloning and substrate specificity of equine tryptase, a possible mediator in equine heaves. Clin Experimental Allergy 36 1303-1309.
  • Hudson NPH, McGorum BC, Dixon PM (2006) A review of 4 cases of dysphagia in the horse: buccal abscess, lingual abscess, retropharyngeal foreign body and oesophageal obstruction. EVE 18 199-204.
  • Simonen-Jokinen T, Maisi P, Tervahartiala T, McGorum BC, Pirie RS, Sorsa T (2006) Direct activation of gelatinase B (MMP-9) by hay dust suspension and different components of organic dust. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 109 289-295.
  • Simonen-Jokinen T, Pirie RS, McGorum B, Maisi P (2005) Dose responses to inhalation of endotoxin, hay dust suspension and Aspergillus fumigatus extract in horses as measured by levels and activation of MMP-9. Equine Vet J 37 155-160.
  • Simonen-Jokinen T, Pirie RS, McGorum BC, Maisi P (2005) Effect of composition and different fractions of hay dust suspension on inflammation in lungs of heaves horses: MMP-9 and MMP-2 as indicators of tissue destruction. Equine vet J 37, 412-417
  • Swain JM, Pirie RS, Hudson NPH, Else RW, Evans H and McGorum BC (2005) Insulin-like growth factors and recurrent hypoglycaemia associated with renal cell carcinoma in a horse. JVIM 19 613-616.
  • Brazil TJ, Dagleish MP, McGorum BC, Dixon PM, Haslett C, Chilvers ER (2005) Kinetics of pulmonary neutrophil recruitment and clearance in a natural and spontaneously resolving model of airway inflammation. Clin Experimental Allergy 35 854-865.
  • Kleiber C, McGorum BC, Hohorov DW, Pirie RS, Zurbriggen A, Straub R (2005) Cytokine profiles of peripheral blood and airway CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocytes in horses with recurrent airway obstruction. Vet Immunol Immunopath 104 91-97.