This article describes the study design and methodology of the Western Canada Study, with emphasis on herd - selection criteria and study implementation, the collection of herd - production data, and the challenges of tracking individual animals in
a large prospective observational study - as the Western Canada Study is the largest on - farm study of its kind in North American cow - calf herds to date.
30CARE Study Group (2008) Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and risk of fetal growth restriction:
a large prospective observational study.
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Breastfeeding is associated with about 10 % lower maternal risk of several major cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in later life, and the magnitude of the inverse association was stronger among those with a longer duration of breastfeeding, according to a
large,
prospective,
observational study among Chinese women.
, Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy is associated with birth weight but not with gestational length: results from a
large prospective observational cohort
study, 2013
Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and childhood growth and overweight: results from a
large Norwegian
prospective observational cohort
study, BMJ Open, published online.
A recent, very
large European
observational study published «Dietary Intake of Total, Animal, and Vegetable Protein and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Euorpean Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)- NL Stud
study published «Dietary Intake of Total, Animal, and Vegetable Protein and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Euorpean
Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)- NL
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20Sengpiel V. et al. (2013) Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy is associated with birth weight but not with gestational length: results from a
large prospective observational cohort
study.
Winners of best award presentations from the event included: Best Avian / Exotics Presentation Dr. Mary Thurber - «Detection of Avian Boravirus in Captive Thick - billed Parrots (Rhynchopsitta Pachyrhyncha) by RT - PCR and ELISA» Best
Large Animal Presentation Dr. Lisa Gamsjaeger - «Sodium Iodide as a Preventative Strategy for Respiratory Disease in Preweaned Dairy Calves» Best Small Animal Presentation # 1 Dr. Catherine Belanger - «High - Pressure Balloon Valvuloplasty for Severe Pulmonic Stenosis: A
Prospective Observational Study in 25 Dogs» Best Small Animal Presentation # 2 Dr. Chai - Fei Li - «Exosome - Associated Integrins as Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for Canine Glioma» Chris Smith Award Dr. Fauna Smith - «Eosinophilic Peritonitis in 8 Horses (1995 - 2015)» Gerald Ling Award Dr. Kate Farrell - «Evaluation of Pulse Oximetry as a Surrogate for Pao2 in Awake Dogs Breathing Room Air and Anesthetized Dogs on Mechanical Ventilation» UC Davis, with the
largest resident training program of any veterinary hospital in the country, is able to offer unique research and publishing opportunities not available elsewhere to veterinarians pursuing advanced training at teaching hospitals.
«This
study is believed to be the
largest and most comprehensive
observational prospective study ever conducted in dogs,» said David Haworth, DVM, PhD, Director, Global Alliances for Pfizer Animal Health.