VetCompass Australia publications and reports
A list of publications from VetCompass Australia
McGreevy, P.; Thomson, P.; Dhand, N.K.; Raubenheimer, D.; Masters, S.; Mansfield, C.S.; Baldwin, T.; Soares Magalhaes, R.J.; Rand, J.; Hill, P.; Peaston, A.; Gilkerson, J.; Combs, M.; Raidal, R.; Irwin, P.; Irons, P.; Squires, R.; Brodbelt, D.; Hammond, J. VetCompass Australia: A National Big Data Collection System for Veterinary Science. Animals 2017, 7, 74. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani7100074
McGreevy, P.; Masters, S.; Richards, L.; Soares Magalhaes, R.J.; Peaston, A.; Combs, M.; Irwin, P.J.; Lloyd, J.; Croton, C.; Wylie, C.; Wilson, B. Identification of Microchip Implantation Events for Dogs and Cats in the VetCompass Australia Database. Animals 2019, 9, 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9070423
Hur, B.; Hardefeldt, L.Y.; Verspoor, K.M.; Baldwin, T.; Gilkerson, J.R. Using natural language processing and VetCompass to understand antimicrobial usage patterns in Australia. Aust Vet J 2019, 97, 298-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.12836
Hur, B.; Hardefeldt, L.Y.; Verspoor, K.M.; Baldwin, T.; Gilkerson, J.R. Describing the antimicrobial usage patterns of companion animal veterinary practices; free text analysis of more than 4.4 million consultation records. PLOS ONE 2020, 15, 3. e0230049. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230049
Yoon, S.; Fleeman, L.M.; Wilson, B.J.’ Mansfield, C.S.; McGreevy, P. Epidemiological study of dogs with diabetes mellitus attending primary care veterinary clinics in Australia. Veterinary Record 2020, 187, e22-e22. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105467
Mansfield, C.; Renwick, M.; Stevenson; M.; Wiethoelter, A. Summary of the University of Melbourne investigation into Megaoesophagus and its association with pet food. 2020. https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2018/december/study-confirms-rise-in-megaesophagus-cases-in-dogs-was-linked-to-pet-food
Renwick, M.; Stevenson, M.A.; Wiethoelter, A.; Mansfield, C. A case-control study to identify risk factors for adult-onset idiopathic megaoesophagus in Australian dogs, 2017–2018. BMC Vet Res 2020, 16, 157. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02376-6
Hardefeldt, L.; Hur, B.; Verspoor, K.; Baldwin, T.; Bailey, K.E.; Scarborough, R.; Richards, S.; Billman-Jacobe, H.; Browning, G.F.; Gilkerson, J. Use of cefovecin in dogs and cats attending first-opinion veterinary practices in Australia. Veterinary Record 2020, 187, e95-e95. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105997
Hur, B.; Baldwin, T.; Verspoor, K.; Hardefeldt, L.; Gilkerson, J.R. Domain Adaptation and Instance Selection for Disease Syndrome Classification over Veterinary Clinical Notes. In Proceedings of the 19th SIGBioMed Workshop on Biomedical Language Processing 2020, 156–166, Online. Association for Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2020.bionlp-1.17
Renwick, M. S.; Wiethoelter, A.; Mansfield, C. Outbreak investigation of canine acquired idiopathic megaoesophagus in Australia, 2017-2018. International Journal of Epidemiology 2021, 50. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.567
Yu, Y.; Wilson, B.; Masters, S.; van Rooy, D.; McGreevy, P.D. Mortality Resulting from Undesirable Behaviours in Dogs Aged Three Years and under Attending Primary-Care Veterinary Practices in Australia. Animals 2021, 11, 493. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020493
Mazeau, L.; Wylie, C.; Boland, L.; Beatty, J.A. A shift towards early-age desexing of cats under veterinary care in Australia. Scientific Reports 2021, 11(1), 811. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79513-6
Hur, B.; Hardefeldt, L.Y.; Verspoor, K.M.; Baldwin, T.; Gilkerson, J.R. Overcoming challenges in extracting prescribing habits from veterinary clinics using big data and deep learning. Australian Veterinary Journal 2022, 100(5), 220-222. https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13145
Rynhoud, H.; Croton, C.; Henry, G.; Meler, E.; Gibson, J.S.; Soares Magalhaes, R.J. The effects of oclacitinib treatment on antimicrobial usage in allergic dogs in primary practice: an Australia wide case-control study. BMC Vet Res 2020, 18, 151. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03255-y
Hur, B.; Hardefeldt, L.Y.; Verspoor, K.M.; Baldwin, T.; Gilkerson, J.R. Evaluating the dose, indication and agreement with guidelines of antimicrobial use in companion animal practice with natural language processing. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 2022, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlab194
Spröhnle-Barrera, C.H.; McGhie, J.; Allavena, R.E.; Owen, H.C.; Palmieri, C.; Barnes, T.S. Epidemiology and Survival of Dogs Diagnosed with Splenic Lymphoid Hyperplasia, Complex Hyperplasia, Stromal Sarcoma and Histiocytic Sarcoma. Animals 2022, 12, 960. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12080960
Kalnins, N.J.; Croton, C.; Haworth, M.; Gibson, J.; Purcell, S.L.; Stewart, A.J. A VetCompass Australia Study of Antimicrobial Use in Dog-to-Dog Bite Wounds (1998–2018). Antibiotics 2022, 11, 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11010055
Clark, N.; Proboste, T.; Weerasinghe, G.; Soares Magalhães, R. Near-term forecasting of companion animal tick paralysis incidence: An iterative ensemble model. PLoS computational biology 2022, 18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009874
Hur, B.; Richards, S.; Scarborough, R.; Browning, G.; Billman-Jacobe, H.; Gilkerson, J.R.; Ierardo, J.; Awad, M.; Chay, R.; Bailey, K.E. Antimicrobial stewardship in companion animal practice: an implementation trial in 135 general practice veterinary clinics. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 2022, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac015
Purcell B.; Wiethoelter, A.; Dandrieux, J. Prednisolone prescribing practices for dogs in Australia. PLOS ONE 2023, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282440
Sprohnle-Barrera, C. H. Pathological analysis of Splenic Nodular Lesions in Dogs. School of Veterinary Science. UQ eSpace, The University of Queensland. Doctor of Veterinary Clinical Science, 2023, 139. UQeSpace. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5454-0470
Murphy, B.J.; Stevenson, M.A.; Mansfield, C.S. Bodyweight and body condition scores of Australian British shorthaired cats, 2008-2017. Front Vet Sci. 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1241080
Tripovich, J.S.; Wilson, B.; McGreevy, P.D.; Quain, A. Incidence and risk factors of heat-related illness in dogs from New South Wales, Australia (1997–2017). Aust Vet J. 2023, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13296
Joonè, C.J.; Konovalov, D.A. The effect of neuter status on longevity in the Rottweiler dog. Sci Rep 2023, 13, 17845. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45128-w
Velie, B.D.; Milden, T.; Miller, H.; Haase, B. An estimation of osteochondrodysplasia prevalence in Australian Scottish Fold cats: a retrospective study using VetCompass Data. BMC Vet Res 2023, 19, 252. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-023-03811-0
Owada, K.; Pirashanna, N.; Knibbs, L.; Soares Magalhães, R.; Palmieri, C. Associations between Canine Urothelial Cell Carcinoma and Climate and Environmental Pollution in Queensland, Australia: An Ecological Study. SSRN 2023 Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4348107.
Owada, K.; Palmieri, C.; Hum W.; Gan, T.; Knibbs, L.; Soares Magalhães, R. Geospatial co-distribution of human and canine urothelial cell carcinoma and associated environmental risk factors in Queensland, Australia. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2023, 1. https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2023.OP-015
Hur, B.; Verspoor, K.M.; Baldwin, T.; Hardefeldt, L.Y.; Pfeiffer, C.; Mansfield, C.; Scarborough, R.; Gilkerson, J.R. Using natural language processing and patient journey clustering for temporal phenotyping of antimicrobial therapies for cat bite abscesses. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2024, 223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106112.
Hur, B.; Wang, L.L.; Hardefeldt, L.; Yetisgen, M. Is That the Right Dose? Investigating Generative Language Model Performance on Veterinary Prescription Text Analysis. In Proceedings of the 23rd Workshop on Biomedical Natural Language Processing, 2024, pages 390–397, Bangkok, Thailand. Association for Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2024.bionlp-1.30.
See also the VetCompass Australia Google Scholar profile.
