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List of works by Alasdair James Charles Cook

A meta-analysis of studies of the effect of GnRH 11-14 days after insemination on pregnancy rates in cattle

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

A modelling approach to estimate the sensitivity of pooled faecal samples for isolation of Salmonella in pigs.

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Abattoir based survey of Salmonella in finishing pigs in the United Kingdom 2006-2007.

scientific article published on 19 September 2014

Abattoir-based study investigating the association between gross pathological lesions and serological tests for Salmonella infection in pigs.

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

An evaluation of wild bird avian influenza surveillance in Great Britain.

scientific article published on December 2012

Application of an immunoassay to determine risk factors associated with porcine cysticercosis in rural areas of Yucatan, Mexico.

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Application of variable number of tandem repeat analysis to track Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica serovar Typhimurium infection of pigs reared on three British farms through the production cycle to the abattoir.

scientific article published on 18 August 2011

Avian influenza surveillance in wild birds in the European Union in 2006

scientific article published on January 2009

Benefits of PCV-2 vaccination in pigs

scientific article published in January 2015

Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus abortion in alpacas (Vicugna pacos)

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Case-control study of cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy born after July 31, 1996 (BARB cases) in Great Britain

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Changes in perceptions and motivators that influence the implementation of on-farm Salmonella control measures by pig farmers in England

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Communal farmers and tick control--a field study in Zimbabwe.

scientific article published in August 1991

Complete genome sequence of Parvibaculum lavamentivorans type strain (DS-1(T)).

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Continued presentation of cases of Schmallenberg virus in sheep in England.

scientific article published in May 2012

Epidemiological perspectives on West Nile virus surveillance in wild birds in Great Britain.

scientific article published on 5 September 2012

Evaluation of animal and public health surveillance systems: a systematic review.

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Evaluation of the methodological quality of studies of the performance of diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis using QUADAS.

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Evidence from the UK Zoonoses Action Plan in favour of localised anomalies of Salmonella infection on United Kingdom pig farms.

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

Factors associated with bovine neonatal pancytopenia (BNP) in calves: a case-control study.

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Factors limiting the health of semi-scavenging ducks in Bangladesh

scientific article published on October 9, 2010

Factors related to the carriage of Verocytotoxigenic E. coli, Salmonella, thermophilic Campylobacter and Yersinia enterocolitica in cattle, sheep and pigs at slaughter.

scientific article published on 10 February 2009

Farm practices to control E. coli O157 in young cattle--a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 25 October 2007

Impact of Schmallenberg virus on British sheep farms during the 2011/2012 lambing season.

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Implementing biosecurity on dairy farms: rewriting the 'cultural script'.

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Investigation into sampling strategies in response to potential outbreaks of low pathogenicity notifiable avian influenza initiated in commercial duck holdings in Great Britain

scientific article published on July 16, 2012

Investigation of risk factors for Salmonella on commercial egg-laying farms in Great Britain, 2004-2005.

scientific article published on May 2010

MAP: helping farmers to make informed decisions

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

Meta-analyses of the sensitivity and specificity of ante-mortem and post-mortem diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in the UK and Ireland.

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium: comparison of isolates from pigs, poultry and cases of human gastroenteritis.

scientific article published in September 2007

Permanent draft genome sequence of Comamonas testosteroni KF-1

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Postmortem services: Provision of diagnostic postmortem examination services

scientific article published on 01 November 2014

Reducing Campylobacter and Salmonella infection: two studies of the economic cost and attitude to adoption of on-farm biosecurity measures.

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Risk factors for Campylobacter colonisation during rearing of broiler flocks in Great Britain

scientific article published on 28 March 2009

Risk factors for transmission of foot‐and‐mouth disease during an outbreak in southern England in 2007

scientific article published on January 26, 2011

Robust surveillance of animal diseases: An application to the detection of bluetongue disease

scientific article published on 18 February 2012

SERVAL: a new framework for the evaluation of animal health surveillance.

scientific article published on 18 February 2013

Salmonella Serovars and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns on a Sample of High Seroprevalence Pig Farms in England and Wales (2003–2008)

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Surveillance for Avian Influenza in Wild Birds in the European Union in 2007

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Survey of Salmonella prevalence on commercial turkey breeding and fattening farms in the UK in 2006 to 2007

scientific article published on September 2, 2011

Towards a standardised surveillance for Trichinella in the European Union.

scientific article published on 5 March 2011

Understanding how new evidence influences practitioners' beliefs regarding dry cow therapy: A Bayesian approach using probabilistic elicitation

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Use of spatiotemporal analysis of laboratory submission data to identify potential outbreaks of new or emerging diseases in cattle in Great Britain

scientific article published on March 19, 2011