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Case Report: Acute lead poisoning from bullet ingestion in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia: implications for wildlife management (2025)
Journal Article
Hauw, C., Schmidt-Küntzel, A., Basto, A., Yabe, J., McCann, N., Díez-León, M., & Marker, L. (2025). Case Report: Acute lead poisoning from bullet ingestion in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia: implications for wildlife management. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1576760

The case study describes a suspected instance of lead poisoning in a cheetah in Namibia. While lead toxicity is well-documented in carnivorous birds, this case study is only the second of two publications on lead poisoning in cheetahs. Furthermore, w... Read More about Case Report: Acute lead poisoning from bullet ingestion in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia: implications for wildlife management.

Evidence suggesting that microglia make amyloid from neuronally expressed APP: a hypothesis (2025)
Journal Article
Hardy, J., & Lewis, P. (2025). Evidence suggesting that microglia make amyloid from neuronally expressed APP: a hypothesis. Molecular Neurodegeneration, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-025-00847-8

While APP is largely neuonally expressed, A beta amyloid is largely produced by microglia as the clearance mechanisms for damaged membranes becomes overwhelmed.

One Health conceptualization of sustainable diets looking at low- and middle-income settings: a systematic literature review (2025)
Journal Article
Esievo, E., Whatford, L., Espinosa, S., Awulu, O., Ahmed, A., Murray, K., & Ali, Z. (2025). One Health conceptualization of sustainable diets looking at low- and middle-income settings: a systematic literature review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1567245

Unhealthy diets are proven risks for non-communicable diseases and mortality globally. Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are equally faced with food/nutrition insecurity, poor health outcomes, and the need for sustainable food systems transfor... Read More about One Health conceptualization of sustainable diets looking at low- and middle-income settings: a systematic literature review.

"It shreds me from within": thematic analysis of the impact of racism on veterinary professionals and students in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
King, N., Cardwell, J., Lewis, E., Patel-Cook, N., Thuranira-McKeever, C., Crossley, V., & Partheeban, N. (2025). "It shreds me from within": thematic analysis of the impact of racism on veterinary professionals and students in the United Kingdom. BMC Psychology, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02481-x

BackgroundCalls to tackle racism, especially in the workplace, have risen recently around the world and much research has examined the experiences of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) people in professions with relatively high ethnic diversity... Read More about "It shreds me from within": thematic analysis of the impact of racism on veterinary professionals and students in the United Kingdom.

Estimating epidemic dynamics with genomic and time series data (2025)
Journal Article
Zarebski, A., Zwaans, A., Gutierrez, B., du Plessis, L., & Pybus, O. (2025). Estimating epidemic dynamics with genomic and time series data. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 22(227), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0632

Accurately estimating the prevalence and transmissibility of an infectious disease is an important task in genetic infectious disease epidemiology. However, generating accurate estimates of these quantities, that make use of both epidemic time series... Read More about Estimating epidemic dynamics with genomic and time series data.