OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Irish Veterinary Journal is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Preparation for a potential outbreak of bluetongue virus in Ireland: surveillance design to estimate local prevalence after an initial case detection	87
Evolution of Bovine Herpesvirus-1 infection prevalence and infection dynamics in Irish dairy herds following an IBR hyperimmunisation vaccination protocol	24
Evidence of mycobacteriaemias and mycobacterial co-infections uncovered in cattle at slaughter using a novel phage-based PhMS-qPCR assay for viable Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. p	24
Global animal melioidosis prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Selective breeding can contribute to bovine tuberculosis control and eradication	19
Factors affecting retention of veterinary practitioners in Ireland: a cross-sectional study with a focus on clinical practice	17
Seroepidemiological survey of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia among cattle in El Jazeera State (Central Sudan)	16
Sporadic worldwide “clusters” of feed driven Zilpaterol identifications in racing horses: a review and analysis	15
Summer scour syndrome in weaned dairy calves: case series	14
Early-phase laparoscopic skill acquisition in veterinary students: impact of 2D/3D vision and conventional/articulating instruments	14
Thoracolumbar retrolaminar block in seven dogs undergoing spinal surgery	13
Ultrasound-guided perineural injection of the saphenous nerve in goat cadavers	9
A mixed-method survey to understand the role of dog welfare organisations in Ireland, including reported challenges and potential solutions	9
Comparison of milk and grass composition from grazing Irish dairy herds with and without milk fat depression	9
Sacrococcygeal epidural administration of 0.5% bupivacaine in seven cats undergoing pelvic or hind limb orthopaedic procedures	9
Effects of age and feeding protocols on the metabolic and physiological condition of unweaned calves during and after long-distance transport	8
Lameness prevalence and management practices on Irish pasture-based dairy farms	8
Correction: Confronting the complexities of antimicrobial management for Staphylococcus aureus causing bovine mastitis: an innovative paradigm	7
A survey of Irish red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) to establish the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis	7
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	7
Single nucleotide polymorphisms, gene expression and evaluation of immunological, antioxidant, and pathological parameters associated with bacterial pneumonia in Barki sheep	7
Clinical benefits of early-stage autologous conditioned serum and injectable platelet-rich fibrin on healing superficial digital flexor tendonitis in donkeys	6
Understanding the dog population in the Republic of Ireland: insight from existing data sources?	6
No evidence of BoHV-1 exposure and low levels of pestivirus exposure in sera from 116 opportunistically sampled wild deer in Northern Ireland	6
First report of Besnoitia bennetti in Irish donkeys: an emerging parasitic disease in Europe	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
A case study of critical points for the entry and spread of Salmonella Infantis in a broiler farm	6
Multi-platform diagnostic strategy and biosecurity as basis of contagious agalactia control programs in endemic areas	6
Animal tuberculosis control in a disease-free country, France: does the long and winding road really lead to eradication?	6
Fertility outcomes in cows with subclinical endometritis after clinical cure of clinical endometritis	5
Relationships between body condition score, body weight and body measurements in alpacas	5
Virulent systemic feline calicivirus infection: a case report and first description in Ireland	5
Congestive heart failure after enterotomy in a cat with asymptomatic transient myocardial thickening	5
bTB eradication in Ireland: where to from here?	5
Irish farmers’ interactions with regional veterinary laboratories- reasons, results, reactions: a survey	5
Horizon scanning: what next for bovine TB control in England?	5
Molecular prevalence of Chlamydia spp. in wild birds from Qinghai Lake, China	5
Integrating whole-genome sequencing and epidemiology to characterise Mycobacterium bovis transmission in Ireland: a proof of concept	5