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{"title":"Factors affecting retention of veterinary practitioners in Ireland: a cross-sectional study with a focus on clinical practice.","authors":"Eoin G Ryan,&nbsp;Stephen H Beatty,&nbsp;Elizabeth Gray,&nbsp;Niamh Field,&nbsp;Rory Liston,&nbsp;Victoria Rhodes,&nbsp;John Donlon","doi":"10.1186/s13620-022-00222-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00222-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Retention of veterinary practitioners has arisen as a significant problem in recent years in Ireland. No prior Irish peer-reviewed publications have addressed this problem. An online questionnaire was available through social media and via email to Irish vets from January to November 2019. The aim of this survey was to ascertain the factors contributing to the problem of vet retention in Ireland.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 370 eligible responses were received. The median age of respondents was 31 and the gender balance was 250 females (68%) to 118 males (32%). The majority of respondents worked in clinical practice 322 (89%), with 138 (42.8%) in mixed practice, 115 (35.7%) in small animal practice, 49 (15.2%) solely with farm animals and 20 (6.2%) in equine practice. Fifty-four percent of respondents described themselves as likely to be leaving their current job within two years and 32.8% as being likely to leave the profession. In total, 44 variables were assessed by univariate analysis and 27 variables were significantly (P < 0.05) associated with the likelihood of a respondent leaving their current job within 2 years (LCJ2), as a proxy measure of the problem of retention. All variables significant on univariate analysis at P < 0.2 were included in a multivariable logistic regression model. Factors associated with LCJ2 included satisfaction with work-life balance (Odds Ratio (OR) 0.33); satisfaction with working hours (OR 0.2); number of years qualified (OR 0.91); position as a practice owner/partner/director (OR 0.15); and log₁₀salary (OR 0.03). Four variables were retained in a separate multivariable linear regression model as significant (P < 0.05) predictors of log₁₀salary. Log₁₀salary increased with years qualified. Males had an increased salary compared to females irrespective of years qualified. Part-time employees, vets on maternity leave or postgraduate vets had a lower log₁₀salary. Compared to veterinary employees, self-employed or locum vets had a higher log₁₀salary.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Veterinary employers should consider salary, working hours and the facilitation of a good work-life balance in order to successfully retain veterinary employees. The significant difference in salaries currently offered to male and female vets, and the high percentage of respondents considering leaving the profession, are important findings and warrant further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"75 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9172024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10253178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in cattle – a review in the context of seasonal pasture-based dairy herds","authors":"Niamh L Field, C. McAloon, L. Gavey, J. Mee","doi":"10.1186/s13620-022-00217-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00217-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89196078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sporadic worldwide “clusters” of feed driven Zilpaterol identifications in racing horses: a review and analysis","authors":"Jacob Machin, K. Brewer, Abelardo Morales-Briceño, C. Fenger, G. Maylin, T. Tobin","doi":"10.1186/s13620-022-00215-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00215-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75071957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Streptococci as the new dominant aetiological factors of mastitis in dairy cows in north-eastern Poland: analysis of the results obtained in 2013–2019","authors":"E. Kaczorek-Łukowska, J. Małaczewska, R. Wójcik, K. Duk, A. Blank, A. K. Siwicki","doi":"10.1186/s13620-022-00218-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00218-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72533021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A survey of food-borne and antimicrobial resistance-harbouring bacteria in meat by-products from knackeries and associated equipment and kennels","authors":"Shannon McDonnell, M. Gutierrez, F. Leonard, T. O’Brien, Pat Kearney, Catherine Swan, Gillian Madigan, E. Bracken, Joanne L. McLernon, M. Griffin, Ciaran M. O’Sullivan, J. Egan, D. Prendergast","doi":"10.1186/s13620-022-00219-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00219-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81996637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from on-farm and conventional hatching broiler farms in Ireland","authors":"Noelle Byrne, Lorcan O’Neill, Julia Adriana Calderόn Dίaz, E. Manzanilla, Ana P. Vale, F. Leonard","doi":"10.1186/s13620-022-00214-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00214-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81885035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Irish cattle population structured by enterprise type: overview, trade & trends","authors":"Jonas Brock, M. Lange, J. Tratalos, Natascha V. Meunier, M. Guelbenzu-Gonzalo, S. More, H. Thulke, D. Graham","doi":"10.1186/s13620-022-00212-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00212-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83491298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Serotyping, antibiogram, and detection of bacterial pathogens associated with bovine respiratory disease in selected areas of Ethiopia","authors":"Mirtneh Akalu, B. Vemulapati, T. Abayneh, T. Degefa, Getaw Deresse, E. Gelaye","doi":"10.1186/s13620-022-00210-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00210-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84381048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Engaging with selective dry cow therapy: understanding the barriers and facilitators perceived by Irish farmers.","authors":"Sarah Huey, Michaela Kavanagh, Aine Regan, Moira Dean, Clare McKernan, Finola McCoy, Eoin G Ryan, Javier Caballero-Villalobos, Catherine I McAloon","doi":"10.1186/s13620-021-00207-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13620-021-00207-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) is widely promoted in dairy farming as a method to reduce antimicrobial usage. New legislation introduced by the European Union will restrict and regulate the prophylactic and metaphylactic use of antibiotics from January 2022. Blanket dry cow therapy continues to be a practice engaged in by many farmers in Ireland and for many of these farmers, moving towards SDCT would require a significant infrastructural, behavioural and/or cultural change on their farm. Existing research has reported the important need to understand farmers' motivations to initiate any substantial behaviour change. However, it is currently unknown what farmers know, think and believe about SDCT in Ireland. The aim of this study was to use qualitative methods to explore what barriers and facilitators farmers perceived to exist with SDCT and explore if they had chosen to implement SDCT after voluntarily participating in a funded dry cow consult with a trained veterinarian, with the objective of maximising the dry period udder health performance and moving safely to SDCT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study, 19 farmers were contacted, and telephone interviews were conducted regarding farmers' beliefs about the consequences of SDCT. Audio recordings were professionally transcribed verbatim and analysed qualitatively using an inductive thematic analysis. The analysis identified 6 barriers and 6 facilitators to implementing SDCT. A significant fear of increasing mastitis incidence was evident that caused reluctance towards SDCT and reliance on antibiotics. Mixed perceptions on SDCT, infrastructure limitations, a perceived lack of preventive advice as well as peer influence were presented as barriers to SDCT. Farmers can build confidence when a graded approach to SDCT is implemented, which could help overcome the fear of SDCT and reliance on antibiotics. Regulatory pressure, high standards of farm hygiene and use of targeted veterinary consults were found to facilitate SDCT. Education was suggested to motivate farmers in the future uptake of SDCT. Despite cited negative influences, peer influence can be utilised to encourage the farming community.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study prioritises areas to facilitate the major behaviour change required as a dairy industry in order to move from blanket dry cow therapy to SDCT.</p>","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"74 1","pages":"28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8540178/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39548217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Warmblood fragile foal syndrome causative single nucleotide polymorphism frequency in horses in Ireland.","authors":"Áine Rowe,&nbsp;Sharon Flanagan,&nbsp;Gerald Barry,&nbsp;Lisa M Katz,&nbsp;Elizabeth A Lane,&nbsp;Vivienne Duggan","doi":"10.1186/s13620-021-00206-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-021-00206-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Warmblood Fragile Foal Syndrome (WFFS) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a mutation in the procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 1 (PLOD1) gene. Homozygosity for the mutation results in defective collagen synthesis which clinically manifests as the birth of non viable or still born foals with abnormally fragile skin. While the mutation has been identified in non Warmblood breeds including the Thoroughbred, to date all homozygous clinically affected cases reported in the scientific literature are Warmblood foals. The objective of this study was to investigate the carrier frequency of the mutation in the Thoroughbred and sport horse populations in Ireland.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A test was developed at the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine using real-time PCR to amplify the PLOD1 gene c.2032G > A variant. A subset of the samples was also submitted to an external laboratory with a licensed commercial WFFS genetic test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Warmblood Fragile Foal Syndrome genotyping was performed on hair samples from 469 horses representing 6 different breeds. Six of 303 (1.98%) sport horses tested and three of 109 (2.75%) Thoroughbreds tested were heterozygous for the WFFS polymorphism (N/WFFS). The WFFS polymorphism was not identified in the Standardbred, Cob, Connemara, or other pony breeds.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study identified a low frequency of the WFFS causative mutation in sport horses and Thoroughbreds in Ireland, highlighting the importance of WFFS genetic testing in order to identify phenotypically normal heterozygous carriers and to prevent the birth of nonviable foals.</p>","PeriodicalId":54916,"journal":{"name":"Irish Veterinary Journal","volume":"74 1","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8524838/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39554739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}