Research Output

• School of Sport, Animal and Equine Science
• School of Sustainable Environments
• Writtle School of Design

School of Sport, Animal and Equine Science

Amory, J. R., Barker, Z. E., Wright, J. L., Mason, S. A., Blowey, R. W., and Green, L. E. (2008) Associations between sole ulcer, white line disease and digital dermatitis and the milk yield of 1824 dairy cows on 30 dairy cow farms in England and Wales. Prev Vet Med 81: 381-391.

Anderson, A. L. and Whitaker, T.C. (2009) Thoroughbred yearling sales price and subsequent season end 3-year-old racetrack performance measured by Timeform ratings. Comparative Exercise Physiology 6(2); 67-71.

Arkle S, Harrington D, De Luna CJ, George D, Guy J, Sparagano O. (2008). Immunological control of the poultry red mite: the use of whole mite antigens as a candidate vaccine. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1149:36-40.

Bailey, J., Gill, R. and Whitaker, T. C., (2008) Horse gender and fall rate for hurdlers during 2004/05 National Hunt season. British Society of Animal Science, Annual Conference, Scarborough, UK, 313t - 2nd April

Barker, Z. E., Amory, J. R., Wright, J. L., Mason, S. A., Blowey, R. W., and Green, L. E. (2009) Risk factors for increased rates of sole ulcers, white line disease, and digital dermatitis in dairy cattle from twenty-seven farms in England and Wales. J. Dairy Sci. 92:1971-1978

Blackie N, Bleach E C L, Amory J R and Scaife J R. (2008). Effect of locomotion score on the lying behaviour of zero-grazed Holstein dairy cattle. Proceedings 15th International Symposium and Conference on Lameness in Ruminants. 230-234.

Blackie N, Bleach E C L, Amory J R and Scaife J R. (2008). Relationship between lameness and lying behaviour of zero-grazed Holstein dairy cattle recorded using an activity monitor. Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science. 29.

Blackie N, Bleach E C L, Amory J R and Scaife J R. (2008). The use of an activity monitor to assess the welfare of dairy cattle. Proceedings of 42nd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology. 6-9th August 2008. 234

Blackie N, Bleach E C L, Amory J R, and Scaife J R (2008). Relationship between lameness and lying behaviour of zero-grazed Holstein dairy cattle recorded using an activity monitor. British Society Animal Science AGM, Scarborough

Blackie N., Bleach E C L, Amory JR and Scaife JR. (2008). Relationship between lameness and lying behaviour of zero-grazed Holstein dairy cattle using an activity monitor. Proceeding of 4th International Workshop on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (WAFL) 10-13th September 2008. 75

Blackie, N, Bowe, S and Bleach, E C L. (2009). Prediction of parturition in dairy cattle using a 2D accelerometer to measure lying behaviour - A preliminary observational field study. Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science. 99.

BLACKIE, N., BLEACH, E.C.L., AMORY, and SCAIFE, J.R. (2008) Relationship between lameness and lying behaviour of zero-grazed Holstein dairy cattle recorded using an activity monitor. Proc. Brit. Soc. Anim. Sci. p2.

Bowe, S, Blackie, N and Bleach, E C L. (2009). Changes in lying behaviour and activity during the peri-parturient period in primiparous and multiparous Holstein dairy cows. Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science. 100.

Byfield, S. and Whitaker, T. C. (2008) Preliminary investigation of tuber coxae - tuber calcanei length in selected groups of event horses British Society of Animal Science, Annual Conference, Scarborough, UK, 313t - 2nd April

De Luna CJ, Farr KJ, and Bone J. (2009) Emergence of Bluetongue Virus in northern Europe and its Current Situation in Great Britain. !0th Biennial of the Conference of Tropical Medicine, Leubeck, Germany, 28th June - 3rd July, 2009. P102

De Luna CJ, Arkle S, Chapman P, Harrington D, George DR, Guy J, Sparagano O. (2008) The poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) as a potential carrier of vector-borne diseases. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1149:255-258.

De Luna CJ, Valiente Moro C, Guy JH, Zenner L, Sparagano OAE. (2009) Endosymbiotic bacteria living inside the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 48:105-113

Estuty N., Chikunya S. and Scaife J. (2008). Effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on the quality of Suffolk rams. Proceedings of the Society of Feed Technologists.

Estuty N., Chikunya S. and Scaife J. (2008). Effects of n-3 PUFA on the quality of Suffolk rams. Proceedings of the European Association of Animal Production, pp 225.

Estuty N., Chikunya S. and Scaife J. (2009). Effects of feeding protected linseed or fish oil on the lipid composition and characteristics of Suffolk ram semen. Proceedings of the European Association of Animal Production.

GALBRAITH. H and SCAIFE, J.R., (2008) Lameness in dairy cows: Influence of nutrition on claw composition and health In:- Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition 2007, Ed Garnsworthy and Wiseman, Nottingham University Press. pp 61-97.

George DR, Guy JH, Arkle S, Harrington D, De Luna C, Okello EJ, Shiel RS, Port G, Sparagano OA (2008). Use of plant-derived products to control arthropods of veterinary importance: a review. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1149:23-26.

Gudaj R, Blackie N, Bleach E C L, Scaife J R and Amory J R (2009). The behaviour of cows in response to rubber mats in milking parlour stalls. British Society Animal Science AGM, Southport.

Gudaj, R., Blackie, N., Bleach, E.C.L., Scaife, J.R. and Amory, J.R. (2009). The behaviour of cows in response to rubber mats in milking parlour stalls. Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science. 93.

Hale, C., Mann, T., Judd, S. and Hemmings, A. ((2008) 'Voluntary Feed Intake, dry matter intake and consumption rate of three compositionally differing fibre sources when fed to veteran horses with compromised dentition'. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science Equine Student Day, Scarborough, UK, 2 April 2008. Penicuik: BSAS.

Harrington, D., Canales M, de la Fuente J, De Luna C, Robinson K, Guy J. Sparagano O. (2009) Immunisation with recombinant proteins subolesin and Bm86 for the control of Dermanyssus gallinae in poultry. Vaccine 27:4056-4063

Howard, B. Amory, J. R. (2009). A comparative case study of the behavioural responses to keepers of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) and black and white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata). Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Symposium on Zoo Research, July 2009 at Blackpool Zoo, Lancashire, UK

Marangi M, De Luna CJ, Sparagano OAE, Giangaspero A. (2009) Phylogenetic relationship between Dermanyssus gallinae populations in European countries based on mitochondrial COI gene sequences. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 48:143-155.

Maxwell, J.R., Gowers, I.R. and Wilson, A.G. (2009) Complex genetic association of 6q23 with autoimmune rheumatic conditions. Arthritis Research and Therapy 11(2), 107

Mills, A. A., Whitaker, T. C. and Matson, T. (2009) 'Assessment of the post-thaw measurable parameters of equine spermatozoa taken for a comparison between amides and glycerol as cryoprotectants', 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Barcelona, Spain, 24-27 August 2009.

Ovink, F. and Amory, J.R. (2008). The relationship between the behaviour of sows and their histories of piglet crushing. British Society Animal Science AGM, Scarborough

Owen, Y. and Amory, J. R. (2009). Softly, softly, catchy monkeys. A case study employing operant conditioning to reduce transportation stress for red-bellied tamarins (Saguinus labiatus). Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Symposium on Zoo Research, July 2009 at Blackpool Zoo, Lancashire, UK

PINELLI-SAAVEDRA, A., CALDERON DE LA BARCA, A. M., HERNANDEZ, J., VALENZUELA, R. and SCAIFE, J. R. (2008) Effect of supplementing sows' feed with alpha-tocopherol acetate and vitamin C on transfer of alpha-tocopherol to piglet tissues, colostrum, and milk. Aspects of immune status of piglets. Res. Vet. Sci. 85, 92-100.

SADIQ, F., COMPTON, L. A., SCAIFE, J. R. and LOMAX, M. A. (2008) Effect of chronic intravenous glucose and essential amino ac id infusions on protein balance, muscle protein degradation and ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme gene expression. Nutr. Metab. 5, 5-14.

SCAIFE, J.R. and GALBRAITH, H (2009) Nutritional impact of lameness in dairy cows. In Ruminant formula for the future: nutrition and pathology. Elevating performance and health. Eds, Andrieu and Warren, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp 61-81.

Sparagano OAE, De Luna CJ. (2008) "From population structure to genetically-engineered vectors: New ways to control vector-borne diseases?" Infect. Genet. Evol. 8:520-525.

Spencer, K.N & Griffin M. (2009). ;" The Influence Of Leadership Gender on Patterns of Play". 12th World Congress of Sport Psychology, International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP), Marrakech, Morocco

Valiente Moro C, De Luna CJ, Tod AE, Guy JH, Sparagano OAE, Zenner L. (2009) The poultry red mite, D. gallinae, a potential vector of pathogenic agents. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 48:93-104.

Whitaker T.C., Clausen. A. and Mills. A.A (2009) Measure of association between assessed traits and final rank for a sport horses performance evaluation system within the UK. 60th annual Meeting of European Association of Animal Production, Barcelona 24th - 27th August 2009.

Whitaker, T. C., Tyler, C, and Mills, A. A. (2009) 'Broodmare demographics: A study of a United Kingdom sport horses stud during a stud season', 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Barcelona, Spain, 24-27 August 2009.

Whitaker, T.C. , Goupil, X.J.M. and , Vischer, C.N. (2009) Multi-centric, controlled, randomised field clinical trial to evaluate and compare the stress response induced in horses when administered endoparasiticides in tablet or paste formulations. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology Congress. Calgary August 8th - 13th

Whitaker, T.C., Mills, A.A. and Duxbury, L.J. (2008) Horse warm-up regimes at two different competitive levels of show jumping: a pilot study Comparative Exercise Physiology (5) 2, 105-106.

Whitaker, T.C., Mills, A.A. and Duxbury, L.J. (2009) 'Horse warm-up regimes at two different competitive levels of show jumping: a pilot study', Comparative Exercise Physiology.

Whitaker, T.C., Mills, A.A., Kane, R. and Murray, R. (2009) The relationship between judge assessment of behaviour and 'way of going' and scored performance within an elite level dressage competition. British Society of Animal Science, Annual Conference, Southport, UK

Whitaker, T.C., Olusola, O. and Redwin, L. (2008) The influence of horse gender on eventing competition performance. Comparative Exercise Physiology. (5) 2, 67-72.

Whitaker. T.C. (2008) FIFA Football World Ranking System and FIFA World Cup Performance. Journal of Sports Sciences. 26 (2) 88-89

Whitaker. T.C. (2008) Judges scoring patterns within the dressage phase of an elite level eventing competition. Journal of Sports Sciences. 26 (2) 88

Whitaker. T.C. (2008) Penalty score analysis in the Modern Pentathlon (IUPM World Cup Qualifiers 2007). Journal of Sports Sciences. 26 (2) 87-88

Wilkinson, K. and Pitt. R., (2008) The effect of rider posture on the laterality of the equine gait. BASES Conference proceedings. Brunel University

Wilkinson. K, and Graham. S., (2008) The effect of a 6-week core stability programme on rider position. BASES Conference proceedings. Brunel University.

Yaxley M., Schwitzer C. and Chikunya S (2008). Diet selection and nutrient intakes of lion tamarins (Leontopithecus spp): a preliminary study. Proceeding of the 5th European Zoo Nutrition Conference, Chester: 24-27th January 2008

School of Sustainable Environments

Bishop C F H and Hanney S J (2008) Environmentally-compatible packaging of fresh agricultural and horticultural produce for book Environmentally-compatible food packaging Edited by E Chiellini, Woodhead Publishing

Bishop, C F H (2008) Chilling out in Dubai Landwards 63 (3) p24-25

Gash, A.F.J. and Phasey, S. (2008) Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene on juiciness of tomatoes. ISHS Acta Hort

Hart, RG, Labadz, JC, Godby, S and Butcher, DP (2009)Development of micro-topography on lowland raised bogs and its role in the assessment of ecological condition. Paper presented to the British Society for Geomorphology Conference Durham.

Heppa, C. (2008) 'Young Johnston (Child 88) - A Critical Survey' - a paper presented at the International Ballad Commission, University of Cardiff, July-August 2008.

Hobson, P. and Mickleburgh, P. (2009) Heterogeneity matters: resilience to extreme microclimatic conditions inferred from vegetation structure in free-willed and managed forests. Second Congress of Conservation Biology, Prague

Ireland, C. (2009) Experimental Statistics for agriculture and Horticulture. CABI

Jeyendran, T. and Hobson, P (2008) Planning for biodiversity persistence in an anthropocentric world: the need for adaptive & resilient decision-making mechanisms. Journal of Systemics

Labadz J C and O'Brien H and Butcher, DP (2008) Impact of catchment management upon dissolved organic carbon and stream flows in the Peak District, Derbyshire, UK.Proceedings of the British Hydrological Society 10th Annual Symposium pp178-185

Labadz, JC, O'Brien, H, Kissack, C and Topliss, and Butcher, DP (2009)Impacts of blanket peat moorland management on DOC flux in the Ashop catchment, Derbyshire.Paper presented to the British Society for Geomorphology Conference Durham.

Matthews H, and Boone, J. (2008) Agricultural Markets in Transition: The Challenge and Application of New Institutional Economics.. International Conference on Applied Business Research. Accra. Ghana. February 18 - 22. 2008. Published by Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic. ISBN: 978-80-7375-155-5

Mickleburgh, P. and Hobson, P (2009) Forest structure and microclimatic patterns as potential surrogate indicators of ecosystem resilience: implications for environmental forestry practice. Second Congress of Conservation Biology, Prague

Parmenter, P., Hobson, P. and Roscoe, A. (2008) 'The Conservation of Syrphidae: Can a Butterfly Monitoring Protocol be Adapted to Monitor Populations of Hoverflies?', Atropos, 35, 21-26.

Phasey, S and Gash, A.F.J. (2008) Efficacy of 1-Methylcyclopropene on 'Holly' tomatoes treated at pre-grading and post-grading operations. Acta Hort.

Ringwood, Z., Roscoe, A. and Higgott, J. (2009) 'The habitat and conservation requirements of the newly recognised British plume moth Emmelina argoteles (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)', British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 22, 195-204.

Roscoe, A., Gardiner, T. and Ringwood, Z. (2009) 'Sickle-leaved Hare's-ear Bupleurum falcatum subsp. falcatum, the effectiveness of a propagation and introduction programme for a rare umbellifer at Norton Heath roadside verge in Essex, England', Conservation Evidence, 6, 57-61.

Roscoe, A. (2007) ‘Wildlife monitoring at Writtle College: what can constant effort recording tell us about our wildlife?’, Essex Naturalist, 24 (New series), 77-89.

Ringwood, Z., Roscoe, A. and Higgott, J. (2008) ‘A New British Plume Moth (Emmelina argoteles) discovered at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire: How you can help to determine its British distribution’, Nature in Cambridgeshire, 50, 79-84.

Roscoe, A. and Irvin, S. (2010) ‘Flower constancy and efficiency of nectar foraging by the Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius (Hymenoptera: Apidae)’, British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 23, 161-166.

Roscoe, A. and Cullum, J. (2010) ‘Notes on Essex Specialities 5: Sickle-leaved Hare’s-ear Bupleurum falcatum L. subsp. falcatum. An update’, Essex Naturalist, 27 (New series), 132-133.

M Mirzaee, Bishop C F H and Namit S (2008) Implication of temperature changes during strawberry supply chain. Journal of Agricultural Machinery Science 4 (4) 381-387

Nicholson, S. (2008) Referencing the Past'. Article in The Horticulturist, Journal of the Institute of Horticulture, January 2008: 10-13

San S P, J Cullum and T Thomidis (2009) An assessment of the resistance of three hawthorn species to three strains of Erwinia amylovora using three different inoculation methods. Phytoparasitica 37 (4) 371-372

Tshwenyane S.O. and C.F.H. Bishop (2008) The Effect of Uniform and Fluctuating Temperature on the Respiration and Vase life of 'Akito' Roses Acta Hort

Writtle School of Design

Cairns, G. (2008) The Architect Behind the Camera: a spatial vision of cinema

Mosler, S. (2009) "Aspects of Archaeological Heritage in the Cultural Landscapes of Western Anatolia". International Journal of Heritage Studies, Volume 15, Issue 1 , pages 24 - 43. Routledge.

Mosler, S. (2009) "Presenting the Past Landscapes: An Approach towards Visual Landscape Integrity as a Tool for Management of Historical Sites". The International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 16, Issue 1, page 1-24. Cambridge Press.

Raggett, J. (2008) Shakkei - Journal of the Japanese Garden Society 'Searching for Professor Suzuki', Winter

Strong, J. (2009) The Literary Rambo' 4th Conference of the Association of Adaptation Studies. British Film Institute, London. September 25th 2009.

Strong, J. (2008) 'Sweetening Jane: Equivalence through Genre, and the Problem of Class in Austen Adaptations' The Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance. Bristol; Intellect. Vol 1, Issue 3. 205 - 219.

Strong, J. (2008) 'Blood, Guts, and Taste'. Taste Conference, University of Essex/De Universiteit voor Humanistiek/ Copenhagen Business School, Southend Campus, 4th November 2008.

Strong, J. (2008) 'Reconstructing The Name of The Rose'. 3rd Conference of the Association of Literature on Screen Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26th September 2008.

Strong, J. (2008) 'Team Films in Adaptation: Remembered Stories and Forgotten Books.' Adaptation: The Journal of Literature on Screen Studies. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Vol 1, Issue 1. 44 - 57.

Strong, J. (2008) I Conference, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, 5th April 2008.

Strong, J. (2008) 'Review of Dana Polan's Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film.' NeoAmericanist Journal. http://neoamericanist.org (Vol 3, Ed 2, Fall/Winter 08) The Centre for American Studies, University of Western Ontario.

Waterman, T. (April 2009) Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture. Lausanne: AVA Publishing

Waterman, T. and Wall, E. (2009) Basics Landscape Architecture: Urban Design. Lausanne: AVA Publishing

Waterman, T. (2008) 'Uncovering Waterloo', Landscape, February 2008

Waterman, T. (2008) 'Uncovering Waterloo: Part 2', Landscape, July 2008