Publications by authors named "M A McQuillan"
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- The study aimed to understand ewe mortality rates and causes during the peri-parturient period in non-Merino sheep across 50 farms in southern Australia over two lambing seasons.
- Findings showed an average ewe mortality of 2.5% in Year 1 and 2.0% in Year 2, with factors like age (over 5 years) and litter size (triplets) linked to higher mortality rates.
- Key causes of death identified included dystocia, septicaemia, and trauma, with recommendations for managing older ewes and those expecting multiple lambs to reduce risks.
Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) varies significantly across human populations, with individuals of African ancestry having longer LTL than non-Africans. However, the genetic and environmental drivers of LTL variation in Africans remain largely unknown. We report here on the relationship between LTL, genetics, and a variety of environmental and climatic factors in ethnically diverse African adults (n = 1,818) originating from Botswana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Cameroon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This study explored the attitudes of physician assistant (PA) students toward the future care of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI). Physician assistant student education offers a unique opportunity to confront and reduce bias toward individuals with SMI. However, no previous literature has documented PA student attitudes toward SMI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of positive mental health (MH) screens in a pediatric high-risk asthma (HRA) clinic population, and to determine the success rate of engagement in MH services before and after adding a clinical psychologist to our multidisciplinary clinic.
Hypothesis: We hypothesized that the HRA population would have a higher prevalence of anxiety/depression symptoms than that previously reported for the general pediatric asthma population. We anticipated that the presence of an embedded psychologist in HRA clinic would facilitate successful connection to MH services.