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Neville Gregory

Name: Professor Neville Gregory
BSc PhD
Post: Professor in Animal Welfare Physiology
Department: Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Email: ngregory@rvc.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1707 66 6855
Address: Veterinary Clinical Sciences
The Royal Veterinary College
Hawkshead Lane
North Mymms
Hatfield
Herts AL9 7TA
Research Group: Infection and Immunity
Neville Gregory

Neville Gregory is professor of Animal Welfare Physiology. His research interests include the suffering associated with clinical diseases and disorders, and with routine methods used in managing livestock and wildlife.


Selected Publications

Warburton, B., Gregory, N.G. and Morriss, G. 2000. Effect of jaw shape in kill-traps on time to loss of palpebral reflexes in Brushtail Possums. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36, 92-96.

Gregory, N.G., Orbell, G.M.B. and Harding D.R.K. 2000. Poisoning with 3-nitropropionic acid in possums (Trichosurus vulpecula). New Zealand Veterinary Journal 48, 85-87.

Sutherland, M.A., Stafford, K.J., Mellor, D.J., Gregory, N.G., Bruce, R.A. and Ward, R.N. 2000. Acute cortisol responses and wound healing in lambs after ring castration plus docking with or without application of a castration clamp to the scrotum. Australian Veterinary Journal 78, 402-405.

Gregory, N.G., Jacobson, L.H., Nagle, T.A., Muirhead, R.W. and LeRoux, G.J. 2000. Effect of preslaughter feeding system on weight loss, gut bacteria, and the physico-chemical properties of digesta in cattle. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 43, 351-361.

Todd, S.E., Mellor, D.J., Stafford, K.J., Gregory, N.G., Bruce, R.A and Ward, R.N. 2000. Effects of food withdrawal and transport on five to ten-day-old calves. Research in Veterinary Science 68, 125-134.

Gregory, N. and Shaw, F. 2000. Penetrating captive bolt stunning and exsanguination of cattle in abattoirs. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 3, 215-230.

Wotton, S.B., Gregory, N.G., Whittington, P.E. and Parkman, I.D. 2000. Electrical stunning of cattle. Veterinary Record 147, 681-684.

Stafford, K.J., Mellor, D.J., Todd, S.E., Gregory, N.G., Bruce, R.A. and Ward, R.N. 2001. The physical state and plasma biochemical profile of young calves on arrival at a slaughter plant. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 49, 142-149.

Gregory, N.G. 2001. Profiles of currents during electrical stunning. Australian Veterinary Journal 79, 844-845.

Hesterman, H., Gregory, N.G. and Boardman W.S.J. 2001. Deflighting procedures and their welfare implications in captive birds. Animal Welfare 10, 405-419.

Sutherland, M.A., Mellor, D.J., Stafford, K.J., Gregory, N.G., Bruce, R.A. and Ward, R.N. 2002. Effect of local anaesthetic combined with wound cauterisation on the cortisol response to dehorning in calves. Australian Veterinary Journal 80, 165-167.

Gregory, N.G. and Taylor, O.D. 2002. Dairy cow preference for a soft track surface. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 50, 83.

Lowe, T.E., Gregory, N.G., Fisher, A.D. and Payne, S.R. 2002. The effects of temperature elevation and water deprivation on lamb physiology, welfare, and meat quality. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 53, 707-714.

Stafford, K.J., Mellor, D.J. and Gregory, N.G. 2002. Advances in animal welfare in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 50 Supplement, 17-21.

Mellor, D.J., Stafford, K.J., Todd, S.E., Lowe, T.E., Gregory, N.G., Bruce, R.A. and Ward, R.N. 2002. A comparison of catecholamine and cortisol responses of young lambs and calves to painful husbandry procedures. Australian Veterinary Journal 80, 228-233.

Littin, K.E., O’Connor, C.E., Gregory, N.G., Mellor, D.J. and Eason. C.T. 2002. Behavior, coagulopathy and pathology of brushtail possums (Trichosusrus vulpecula) poisoned with brodifacoum. Wildlife Research 29, 259-367.

Jacobson, L.H., Nagle, T.A., Gregory, N.G., Bell, R.G., LeRoux G. and Haines, J.M. 2002. Effect of feeding pasture-finished cattle different conserved forages on Escherichia coli in the rumen and faeces. Meat Science 62, 93-106.

Sutherland, M.A., Mellor, D.J., Stafford, K.J., Gregory, N.G., Bruce, R.A. and Ward, R.N. 2002. Modification of cortisol responses to dehorning in calves using a 5-hour local anaesthetic regimen plus phenylbutazone, ketoprofen or adrenocorticotropic hormone injected prior to dehorning. Research in Veterinary Science 73, 115-123.

Mellor, D.J. and Gregory, N.G. (2003). Responsiveness, behavioural arousal and awareness in fetal and newborn lambs: experimental, practical and therapeutic implications.  New Zealand Veterinary Journal 51, 2-13.

Gregory, N.G. and Auricht, G.C. (2003) Foam stability and buffering capacity in cultivars of lucerne (alfalfa). Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 43, 343-347.

Gregory, N.G. (2003) Effect of enhancing curd formation during the first colostrum feed on absorption of γ glutamyl transferase by newborn calves. Australian Veterinary Journal 81, 549-522.

Gregory, N.G. (2004) Swelling of cattle heel horn by urine. Australian Veterinary Journal 82, 161-163.

Gregory, N.G. 2005. Bowhunting deer. Animal Welfare 14, 111-116.

Gregory, N.G., Gepp, M.J. and Babidge, P.J. 2005. Method for checking label accuracy in barn and free range eggs. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 85, 1421-1426.

Gregory, N.G. 2005. Recent concerns about stunning and slaughter. Meat Science 70, 481-491.

Gregory, N., Craggs, L., Hobson, N. and Krogh, C. 2006. Softening of cattle hoof soles and swelling of heel horn by environmental agents. Food and Chemical Toxicology 44, 1223-1227.

Gregory, N.G., Shaw, F.D., Whitford, J.C. and Patterson-Kane, J.C. 2006. Prevalence of ballooning of the severed carotid arteries at slaughter in cattle, calves and sheep. Meat Science 74, 655-657.

Gregory, N.G., Lee, C.J. and Widdicombe, J.P. 2007. Depth of concussion in cattle shot by penetrating captive bolt. Meat Science 77, 499-503.

O’Connor, C.E., Littin, K.E., Milne, L.M., Airey, A.T., Webster, R., Arthur, D.G., Eason, C.T. and Gregory, N.G. 2007. Behavioural, biochemical and pathological responses of possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) poisoned with phosphorus paste. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 55, 109-112.

Alam, M.R., Gregory, N.G., Silva-Fletcher, A., Saifuddin, A.K.M. and Ahasan, A.S.M.L. 2007. Welfare issues during animal transport and slaughter in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Veterinarian 24, 87-97.

Ball, A.L. and Gregory, N.G. 2007. Prognostic indicators in cattle treated for uterine prolapse. Journal of Commonwealth Veterinary Association, 23 (2), 9-15.

Gregory, N.G., von Wenzlawowicz, M., Alam, R.M., Anil, H.M., Yeşildere, T. and Silva-Fletcher, A. 2008. False aneurysms in carotid arteries of cattle and water buffalo during shechita and halal slaughter. Meat Science 79, 285-288.

Tompsett, H.H and Gregory, N.G. 2008. Ease of loading lambs onto vehicles at livestock markets. International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science 56, 33-39.

Gregory, N.G. 2008. Animal welfare at markets and during transport and slaughter. Meat Science 80, 2-11.

Gregory, N.G., Spence, J.Y., Mason, C.W., Tinarwo, A. and Heasman, L. 2008. Effectiveness of poll stunning water buffalo with captive bolt guns. Meat Science 81, 178-182.

Stafford, K.J. and Gregory, N.G. 2008. Implications of intensification of pastoral animal production on animal welfare. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 56, 274-280.

Widdicombe, J.P., Rycroft, A.N. and Gregory, N.G. 2009. Hazards with cracked eggs and their relationship to egg shell strength. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 89, 201-205.

Gregory, N.G., von Wenzlawowicz, M. and von Holleben, K. 2009. Blood in the respiratory tract during slaughter with and without stunning in cattle. Meat Science 82, 13-16.

Limon, G, Guitian, J. and Gregory, N.G. 2009. A note on the slaughter of llamas in Bolivia by the puntilla method. Meat Science 82, 405-406.

Gregory, N.G., Benson, T., Smith, N. and Mason, C.W. 2009. Sheep handling and welfare standards in livestock markets in the UK. Journal of Agricultural Science 147, 333-344.

Gregory, N.G., Benson, T. and Mason, C.W. 2009. Cattle handling and welfare standards in livestock markets in the UK. Journal of Agricultural Science 147, 345-354.

Gregory, N.G., Payne, S.R., Devine, C.D. and Cook, C.J. 2009. Effect of lipopolysaccharide on sickness behaviour in hens kept in cage and free range environment. Research in Veterinary Science 87, 167-170.

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