Publications by authors named "Brandy J Darby"

Objective: To identify challenges veterinarians faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, explore how they coped, identify coping strategies associated with greater resilience, and determine incentives and barriers to performing healthy coping behaviors.

Samples: 266 surveys completed by veterinarians in the Potomac region.

Procedures: A cross-sectional survey was distributed electronically through veterinary medical boards and professional associations between June and September 2021.

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Objective: To explore veterinarians' mental health symptom burden during COVID-19 and identify differences in symptom burden, social support, help seeking, and incentives and barriers associated with receiving help across career stages.

Sample: Online survey responses from 266 veterinarians between June 4 and September 8, 2021.

Procedures: Respondents were grouped by career stage (early [< 5 years of experience], middle [5 to 19 years of experience], or late [≥ 20 years of experience]), and results were compared across groups.

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Resistance of small ruminant gastrointestinal parasites to available classes of anthelmintic drugs is a widespread problem. As such, use of these drugs needs to be applied in a judicious manner in order to protect animal health. Herein, a case of drug-resistant gastrointestinal nematodes imported to the Cayman Islands is outlined.

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