OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Irish Veterinary Journal is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Factors affecting retention of veterinary practitioners in Ireland: a cross-sectional study with a focus on clinical practice	66
Seroepidemiological survey of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia among cattle in El Jazeera State (Central Sudan)	21
Selective breeding can contribute to bovine tuberculosis control and eradication	21
Sporadic worldwide “clusters” of feed driven Zilpaterol identifications in racing horses: a review and analysis	17
Summer scour syndrome in weaned dairy calves: case series	15
Thoracolumbar retrolaminar block in seven dogs undergoing spinal surgery	14
Sacrococcygeal epidural administration of 0.5% bupivacaine in seven cats undergoing pelvic or hind limb orthopaedic procedures	14
Ultrasound-guided perineural injection of the saphenous nerve in goat cadavers	13
A mixed-method survey to understand the role of dog welfare organisations in Ireland, including reported challenges and potential solutions	13
Lameness prevalence and management practices on Irish pasture-based dairy farms	11
Comparison of milk and grass composition from grazing Irish dairy herds with and without milk fat depression	11
Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in slaughter pigs and carcasses in Irish abattoirs and their antimicrobial resistance	10
Single nucleotide polymorphisms, gene expression and evaluation of immunological, antioxidant, and pathological parameters associated with bacterial pneumonia in Barki sheep	10
Rate of obesity within a mixed-breed group of horses in Ireland and their owners’ perceptions of body condition and useability of an equine body condition scoring scale	9
A survey of Irish red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) to establish the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis	9
Correction: Confronting the complexities of antimicrobial management for Staphylococcus aureus causing bovine mastitis: an innovative paradigm	9
Animal tuberculosis control in a disease-free country, France: does the long and winding road really lead to eradication?	8
No evidence of BoHV-1 exposure and low levels of pestivirus exposure in sera from 116 opportunistically sampled wild deer in Northern Ireland	7
Multi-platform diagnostic strategy and biosecurity as basis of contagious agalactia control programs in endemic areas	6
Understanding the dog population in the Republic of Ireland: insight from existing data sources?	6
Clinical benefits of early-stage autologous conditioned serum and injectable platelet-rich fibrin on healing superficial digital flexor tendonitis in donkeys	6
Comparison of anesthetic effects of xylazine combined with alfaxalone or ketamine and maintained with isoflurane in captive Formosan Reeve’s Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi micrurus)	6
Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from on-farm and conventional hatching broiler farms in Ireland	5
Irish farmers’ interactions with regional veterinary laboratories- reasons, results, reactions: a survey	5
Virulent systemic feline calicivirus infection: a case report and first description in Ireland	5

The Irish cattle population structured by enterprise type: overview, trade & trends	5
First report of Besnoitia bennetti in Irish donkeys: an emerging parasitic disease in Europe	5
Relationships between body condition score, body weight and body measurements in alpacas	4
Congestive heart failure after enterotomy in a cat with asymptomatic transient myocardial thickening	4
Development of an animal health testing tool to reduce antimicrobial use on farms: perceptions, implications, and needs of Irish dairy farmers and farm veterinarians	4
Comparison between typical primary and eunatraemic, eukalaemic hypoadrenocorticism: 92 cases	4
Horizon scanning: what next for bovine TB control in England?	4
Australia’s colourful path to tuberculosis freedom	4
bTB eradication in Ireland: where to from here?	4
Nucleotide sequence variants, gene expression and serum profile of immune and antioxidant markers associated with brucellosis resistance/susceptibility in Shami goat	4
Fertility outcomes in cows with subclinical endometritis after clinical cure of clinical endometritis	4
Molecular prevalence of Chlamydia spp. in wild birds from Qinghai Lake, China	4
Comparative genomic analysis of multiple mammary tumors from a single dog: whole-genome sequencing study	3
Dry cow pasture silage mineral concentrations and dry cow mineral requirements and supplementation practices on Irish dairy farms	3
Bovine TB in New Zealand – journey from epidemic towards eradication	3
Farmers’ knowledge of Johne’s disease and opinions of the Irish Johne’s Control Programme: results of an online survey answered mostly by young farmers	3
The opinions of farm animal veterinarians in Ireland on antibiotic use and their role in antimicrobial stewardship	3
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in cattle – a review in the context of seasonal pasture-based dairy herds	3
Effects of serial passaging of field isolates of Bangladeshi PPR virus in Vero cells on the fusion protein	3
Ultrasound screening protocol for osteochondrosis at selected predilection sites in thoroughbred yearlings	3
Self-reported awareness of the legal status of eight responsibilities of dog owners in Ireland: are dog owners different from non-dog owners?	2
Combinations of job demands are associated with increased risk of depression in clinical veterinary practice: a cross-sectional study	2
Organic acids mitigate Streptococcus agalactiae virulence in Tilapia fish gut primary cells and in a gut infection model	2
Behaviour change interventions for responsible antimicrobial use on farms	2
Anaesthetic management and complications of a Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) undergoing diagnostic imaging	2
Clinical presentation, outcome and prognostic factors in dogs with immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia: a retrospective single-centre study of 104 cases in Ireland (2002–2020)	2
Correction: Streptococci as the new dominant aetiological factors of mastitis in dairy cows in north-eastern Poland: analysis of the results obtained in 2013–2019	2
Eradication of bovine tuberculosis in Ireland: is it a case of now or never?	2
Prevalence and risk factors for Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 (BoHV-1) infection in Irish beef herds: results from the National Beef Welfare Scheme 2023	2
Effects of adding atracurium to Lidocaine solution during intravenous regional anesthesia in dogs	2
The new Veterinary Medicines Regulation: rising to the challenge	2
Severe anaemia secondary to a perforated gastric ulcer in a male alpaca	2
Confronting the complexities of antimicrobial management for Staphylococcus aureus causing bovine mastitis: an innovative paradigm	2
Identification of a new goat torovirus strain: first detection and genomic analysis in China	2
Serotyping, antibiogram, and detection of bacterial pathogens associated with bovine respiratory disease in selected areas of Ethiopia	2