An Assessment of the Epidemiology and Herd-Level Impact of the Fractured Humerus Epidemic in New Zealand Dairy Cattle, 2007-2015: Results from Four Studies.

A multi-method approach integrating data from four independent sources was used to describe some key features of the epidemiology and estimate the herd and within-herd incidence of fractured humeri in New Zealand dairy cattle for the period 2007-2015. The first dataset was from a national case series where cases of humeral fractures in dairy cattle were identified by veterinarians across New Zealand between the 2007/2008 and 2011/2012 lactation seasons. The second dataset was from a pet food company based in the Waikato region, which collated the number of casualty first- and second-lactation cows found to have a fractured humerus post-slaughter in the 2014/2015 lactation season, and the third dataset was a case series conducted by veterinarians employed in a Waikato veterinary business, also from the 2014/2015 lactation season.

Adolescent Ethanol Exposure Alters Cholinergic Function and Apical Dendritic Branching Within the Orbital Frontal Cortex.

During adolescence, heavy binge-like ethanol consumption can lead to frontocortical structural and functional impairments. These impairments are likely driven by adolescence being a critical time point for maturation of brain regions associated with higher-order cognitive functioning. Rodent models of heavy binge-like ethanol exposure show consistent disruptions to the typical development of the prefrontal cortex (PFC).

A randomised, single-blind comparison of high-level disinfectants for flexible nasendoscopes.

Objectives: To compare the microbiological efficacy, turnaround time, cost, convenience, and patient and user tolerance of Tristel Trio Wipes, PeraSafe solution and Cidex OPA solution for the high-level disinfection of flexible nasendoscopes.

Methods: Flexible nasendoscopes were used in routine clinical encounters. They were then disinfected with one of the three disinfectant methods.

Pathophysiology of humeral fractures in a sample of dairy heifers.

Aims: To investigate the pathophysiology of humeral fractures in first-lactation dairy heifers in the North Island of New Zealand.

Methods: Ten 2-year-old dairy heifers with humeral fractures were subject to euthanasia and the fractured and non-fractured contralateral humeri were collected. Humeri were also collected from 10 unaffected 2-year-old dairy heifers sent for slaughter.

Incomplete primary excision of cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinomas in the Bay of Plenty.

Aim: To investigate factors associated with pathologically reported incomplete primary excision of squamous and basal cell carcinomas.

Methods: All Medlab Bay of Plenty histology reports were obtained for all primarily excised cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin for the Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty regions covering the period 1 January through 30 June 2001. Data were analysed according to surgical training, site of lesion, pathology, and location of positive margin involvement.

A triad of research roles: experiential learning in an undergraduate research course.

This article describes an innovative approach to teaching undergraduate research content directly involving students in a faculty research study, and a student research project undertaken in a nursing research course. Junior-level students participated as research subjects in a faculty study focusing on the health perceptions of baccalaureate nursing students, became data collectors in a related student project on the health perceptions of lay people, and became consumers of the research by analyzing the findings and clinical relevance of these studies. This strategy for teaching research assisted students to master undergraduate research content by participatory involvement in several distinct phases of the research process.