Research Collaboration Index

Subject Award · Health & Medicine

Veterinary: the candidates

25 partnerships identified in veterinary for a significant contribution to connected research, each anchored to a cited joint paper. 24 have a named lead author identified from the paper's own authorship record.

These are candidates, not winners. Each entry below was identified from the open scholarly record for a significant contribution to a research partnership. The full slate is undergoing complete review by our editorial team ahead of the awards. The Subject Awards are exclusive to partner universities.
🇨🇦 University of Calgary×🇨🇦 University of Saskatchewan
★ Elizabeth Redman · University of Calgary

Regional heterogeneity and unexpectedly high abundance of Cooperia punctata in beef cattle at a northern latitude revealed by ITS-2 rDNA nemabiome metabarcoding

2022 · 23 citations · 21 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on helminth infection and control, has been cited 23 times and anchors a 21-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇩🇰 Aarhus University×🇩🇰 University of Copenhagen
★ Peter T. Thomsen · Aarhus University

Prevalence of lameness in dairy cows: A literature review

2023 · 97 citations · 28 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 97 times and anchors a 28-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇩🇰 University of Copenhagen×🇪🇸 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
★ Björn Forkman · University of Copenhagen

A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare

2025 · 106 citations · 62 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 106 times and anchors a 62-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇬🇧 University of Edinburgh×🇬🇧 University of Glasgow
★ Umer Chaudhry · University of Edinburgh

Genomic landscape of drug response reveals mediators of anthelmintic resistance

2022 · 98 citations · 28 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on helminth infection and control, has been cited 98 times and anchors a 28-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇸🇪 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences×🇳🇴 Norwegian University of Life Sciences
★ Linda Keeling · Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare

2025 · 106 citations · 39 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 106 times and anchors a 39-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇧🇪 Ghent University×🇳🇱 Utrecht University
★ Miel Hostens · Ghent University

Associations between body condition score, locomotion score, and sensor-based time budgets of dairy cattle during the dry period and early lactation

2021 · 30 citations · 16 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 30 times and anchors a 16-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇨🇦 University of Guelph×🇺🇸 The Ohio State University
Lead author under editorial review

2021 AAHA/AAFP Feline Life Stage Guidelines

2021 · 160 citations · 25 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on veterinary medicine and surgery, has been cited 160 times and anchors a 25-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇳🇱 Utrecht University×🇳🇱 Wageningen University & Research
★ T.B. Rodenburg · Utrecht University

Individual Detection and Tracking of Group Housed Pigs in Their Home Pen Using Computer Vision

2021 · 56 citations · 57 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 56 times and anchors a 57-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇳🇱 Wageningen University & Research×🇳🇱 Utrecht University
★ Lisette E. van der Zande · Wageningen University & Research

Individual Detection and Tracking of Group Housed Pigs in Their Home Pen Using Computer Vision

2021 · 56 citations · 57 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 56 times and anchors a 57-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇦🇺 The University of Melbourne×🇦🇺 The University of Queensland
★ P.H. Hemsworth · The University of Melbourne

Costs and Benefits of Improving Farm Animal Welfare

2021 · 140 citations · 43 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 140 times and anchors a 43-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇬🇧 University of Bristol×🇬🇧 University of Liverpool
★ Jo Hockenhull · University of Bristol

How Happy Are Equine Athletes? Stakeholder Perceptions of Equine Welfare Issues Associated with Equestrian Sport

2021 · 52 citations · 21 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on veterinary equine medical research, has been cited 52 times and anchors a 21-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇮🇹 University of Bologna×🇮🇹 University of Turin
★ Damiano Cavallini · University of Bologna

A high-starch vs. high-fibre diet: effects on the gut environment of the different intestinal compartments of the horse digestive tract

2022 · 42 citations · 19 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on veterinary equine medical research, has been cited 42 times and anchors a 19-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇨🇭 University of Zurich×🇨🇭 University of Bern
★ Irmgard Amrein · University of Zurich

The rearing environment persistently modulates mouse phenotypes from the molecular to the behavioural level

2022 · 31 citations · 42 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 31 times and anchors a 42-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇩🇪 Freie Universität Berlin×🇩🇪 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
★ Alexander Bartel · Freie Universität Berlin

Prevalence of disorders in preweaned dairy calves from 731 dairies in Germany: A cross-sectional study

2021 · 37 citations · 25 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal health and immunology, has been cited 37 times and anchors a 25-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇦🇺 Murdoch University×🇦🇺 The University of Melbourne
★ Jordan O. Hampton · Murdoch University

Animal Harms and Food Production: Informing Ethical Choices

2021 · 60 citations · 26 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 60 times and anchors a 26-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇺🇸 Texas A&M University×🇺🇸 Montana State University
★ Shea Mackey · Texas A&M University

Multiple administrations of bovine-appeasing substance during a 42-d preconditioning program followed by feedlot receiving and its effects on physiologic, health, and performance responses of feeder cattle

2024 · 9 citations · 28 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on veterinary medicine and infectious diseases, has been cited 9 times and anchors a 28-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇦🇺 The University of Queensland×🇦🇺 The University of Melbourne
★ Jill N. Fernandes · The University of Queensland

Costs and Benefits of Improving Farm Animal Welfare

2021 · 140 citations · 43 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 140 times and anchors a 43-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇨🇭 University of Bern×🇨🇭 University of Zurich
★ Ivana Jarić · University of Bern

The rearing environment persistently modulates mouse phenotypes from the molecular to the behavioural level

2022 · 31 citations · 42 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 31 times and anchors a 42-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇨🇦 Université de Montréal×🇭🇰 City University of Hong Kong
★ Paulo V. Steagall · Université de Montréal

2022 ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Acute Pain in Cats

2021 · 102 citations · 25 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on veterinary pharmacology and anesthesia, has been cited 102 times and anchors a 25-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇬🇧 University of Liverpool×🇬🇧 University of Edinburgh
★ Veysel Bay · University of Liverpool

The bovine foot skin microbiota is associated with host genotype and the development of infectious digital dermatitis lesions

2023 · 22 citations · 24 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 22 times and anchors a 24-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇦🇺 The University of Adelaide×🇦🇺 The University of Melbourne
★ Eduardo J. Fernández · The University of Adelaide

Animal-Visitor Interactions and the Visitor Experience: Visitor Behaviors, Attitudes, Perceptions, and Learning in the Modern Zoo

2021 · 66 citations · 13 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on animal behavior and welfare studies, has been cited 66 times and anchors a 13-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇺🇸 North Carolina State University×🇺🇸 Duke University
★ Margaret E. Gruen · North Carolina State University

Frunevetmab, a felinized anti-nerve growth factor monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of pain from osteoarthritis in cats

2021 · 50 citations · 31 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on veterinary orthopedics and neurology, has been cited 50 times and anchors a 31-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇺🇸 Cornell University×🇺🇸 University of California, Davis
★ Daniel J. Fletcher · Cornell University

2024 RECOVER Guidelines: Updated treatment recommendations for CPR in dogs and cats

2024 · 28 citations · 35 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on veterinary pharmacology and anesthesia, has been cited 28 times and anchors a 35-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇬🇧 Queen's University Belfast×🇬🇧 University of Liverpool
★ Christopher McFarland · Queen's University Belfast

Tracking gastrointestinal nematode risk on cattle farms through pasture contamination mapping

2022 · 30 citations · 18 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on helminth infection and control, has been cited 30 times and anchors a 18-paper partnership in veterinary.

🇺🇸 University of California, Davis×🇺🇸 Cornell University
★ Jamie M. Burkitt · University of California, Davis

2024 RECOVER Guidelines: Updated treatment recommendations for CPR in dogs and cats

2024 · 28 citations · 35 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on veterinary pharmacology and anesthesia, has been cited 28 times and anchors a 35-paper partnership in veterinary.

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